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Battle of Stalingrad
Brutal military campaign between Russian forces and Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during World War II. -
Kidney dialysis machine
The first artificial kidney machine was developed by Willem Kolff. -
D-day
Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. -
Franklin D. Roosevelt Dies
Roosevelt dies of hemorrhagic stroke -
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman takes over office. -
Pearl Harbor
Japans surprise attack on Pearl Harbor ended in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945. -
End of WWII
Japanese formally signs the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri, marking the official ending of World War II. -
Cold War
Began when the Soviet-backed North Korean People's Army invaded its pro-Western neighbor to the south. -
Twenty-second Amendment
Limits the President to two terms FDR was the only president to serve more than two terms. -
Dwight Eisenhower elected President
United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election