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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1933 | - 4 Mar 1933—12 Apr 1945: FD Roosevelt/Garner, Wallace and Truman admin
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| 2 | 1941 | - 8 Dec 1941—2 Sep 1945: World War II, from U.S. declares war on Japan to Japan's surrender.
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| 3 | 1945 | - 12 Apr 1945—20 Jan 1953: Truman/(vacant) and Barkley admin
- 6 Aug 1945—9 Aug 1945: 6th: U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
9th: U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki
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| 4 | 1950 | - 25 Jun 1950—27 Jul 1953: Korean War
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| 5 | 1953 | - 20 Jan 1953—20 Jan 1961: Eisenhower/Nixon admin
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| 6 | 1961 | - 20 Jan 1961—22 Nov 1963: Kennedy/Johnson admin
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| 7 | 1963 | - 22 Nov 1963—20 Jan 1969: Johnson/(vacant)Humphrey admin
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| 8 | 1964 | - 7 Aug 1964—29 Mar 1973: Vietnam War
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| 9 | 1969 | - 20 Jan 1969—9 Aug 1974: Nixon/(vacant) and Ford admin
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| 10 | 1974 | - 9 Aug 1974—20 Jan 1977: Ford/(vacant)and Rockerfeller admin
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| 11 | 1981 | - 20 Jan 1981—20 Jan 1989: Reagan/GHW Bush admin
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| 12 | 1989 | - 20 Jan 1989—20 Jan 1993: GHW Bush/Quayle admin
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| 13 | 1993 | - 20 Jan 1993—20 Jan 2001: Clinton/Gore admin
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| 14 | 1999 | - Mar 1999—Jun 1999: Kosovo War
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| 15 | 2001 | - 20 Jan 2001—20 Jan 2009: GW Bush/Cheney admin
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| 16 | 2009 | - 20 Jan 2009: Obama/Biden admin
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1945 - 2011 (66 years)