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1943

Albert Hofmann test LSD for the first time on himself. 1943. “Oklahoma!” opens on Broadway. PT-109 sinks and a young JFK helps save his crew. 1944. D-Day. Paris liberated by the Allies. 1944. FDR elected to a 4 th term. Battle of the Bulge begins. 1945. FDR dies on April 12th.

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1943

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  1. Albert Hofmann test LSD for the first time on himself 1943 “Oklahoma!” opens on Broadway PT-109 sinks and a young JFK helps save his crew

  2. 1944 D-Day

  3. Paris liberated by the Allies 1944 FDR elected to a 4th term Battle of the Bulge begins

  4. 1945 FDR dies on April 12th Truman takes oath as 33rd president

  5. 1945 Mussolini and his mistress are executed Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide May 7th – Germany signs unconditional surrender Berlin falls to Soviet forces May 8th – V-E Day

  6. Nagasaki – Aug. 9th 1945 Truman signs the order to drop atomic bombs on: Hiroshima – Aug.6th

  7. Sept. 2nd – Formal Japanese surrender. World War II officially ends 1945 Japan announces its surrender August 15th - V-J Day

  8. 1946 The War Brides Act allows foreign-born wives of US citizens who served in the US military to enter the US The world begins to enter the Cold War as the US and Russia begin constructing nuclear arms

  9. 1947 Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into law, creating the Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the National Security Council. The House Un-American Activities Committee investigates the Red Scare in Hollywood

  10. 1947 Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose, the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built Kenneth Arnold makes the first widely reported UFO sighting near Mount Rainier, Washington. This starts a an interest in the subject nationwide Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in an X-1 rocket-powered research plane

  11. 1948 Truman abolishes racial segregation in the armed forces Truman wins re-election against Dewey

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