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The history of the United States from 1945 to 1964 was a time of high economic growth and general prosperity. It was also a time of confrontation as the capitalist United States and its allies politically opposed the Soviet Union and other communist states; the Cold War had begun.
The United States then established airfields for bombing runs against mainland Japan from the Mariana Islands, achieving hard-fought victories at Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. Bloodied at Okinawa, the U.S. prepared to invade Japan's home islands when B-29s dropped atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki , compelling Japan ...
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(1874–1964) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933: Republican: 1928: Charles Curtis: 32: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945: Democratic: 1932
No. [a]PortraitName (birth–death)Term [14]January 20, 2021 – IncumbentDonald Trump (b. 1946) [74]January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021Barack Obama (b. 1961) [73]January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017George W. Bush (b. 1946) [72]January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009January 20, 2017: Barack Obama: Democratic: 2008: Joe Biden: 2012: 45: January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021: Donald Trump: Republican: 2016: Mike Pence: 46: January 20, 2021 – Incumbent: Joe Biden: Democratic: 2020: Kamala Harris: Sources:
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On October 12, 1492, three Spanish ships under the command of Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) landed on the Lucayan island of Guanahani which he names San Salvador(The Savior).On November 14, 1493, a Spanish fleet under the command of Columbus lands on a large inhabited island which he names Santa Cruz (Holy Cross, now Saint Croix). Columbus then visits and names San Tom...On November 19, 1493, Columbus lands on the large Taíno island of Borikén which he names San Juan Bautista (Saint John the Baptist, now Puerto Ricoand part of the United States).On August 8, 1508, Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León establishes Capárra, the first European settlement on the island of San Juan Bautistain Puerto Rico.
French establish the colony of l'Acadie (Acadia) on Île Sainte-Croix (Saint Croix Island, Maine), June 1604 – 1605English establish the Virginia Colony on Jamestown Islandon May 14, 1607English establish the Popham Colony along the Kennebec River (Maine) on August 13, 1607 – August 1607England reunites the Province of East Jersey and the Province of West Jersey as the Province of New-JerseyWilliam Penn grants the three lower counties on the Delaware River their own General Assembly, making Delaware a semi-autonomous region of the Province of Pennsylvania, November 1704 – July 4, 1776The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland unite to become the Kingdom of Great Britain on May 1, 1707. England's colonies become British colonies.The Territory of Indianais organized, May 7, 1800The Territory Northwest of the River Ohio is admitted to the Union as the State of Ohio(the 17th state) on March 1, 1803A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas, killing approximately 8,000 people, September 8, 1900Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinleyon September 14, 1901The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba, May 20, 1902The United States seizes opportunity to build a ship canal across the Isthmus of Panama, January 22, 1903 – August 15, 1914Al-Qaeda attack on the USS Cole at Aden in Yemenon October 12, 2000.Events from the year 1945 in the United States. World War II ended during this year following the surrender of Germany in May and that of Japan in September.
As the head of the government of the United States, the president is arguably the most powerful government official in the world. The president is elected to a four-year term via an electoral college system. Since the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted in 1951, the American presidency has been
