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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 ...
(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
January 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:
A hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas, killing approximately 8,000 people, September 8, 1900. Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley on September 14, 1901. The United States recognizes the independence of the Republic of Cuba, May 20, 1902.
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
