HARRY S. TRUMAN

BIRTHDAY

• Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1884 in Lamar, MO.

NICKNAME

• Harry S. Truman's nickname was The Buck Stop Here or Give Em Heck Harry.

PRESIDENCEY

• Truman became president in 1945 after Franklin D. Rosevelt died.
• He was our 33rd president.
• He was a democrat.
• He was reelected in 1948 and 1952.
• His salary was $75,000.

IMPORTANT EVENTS

• Truman ended World War Two by bombing the two Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki two end the war.
• Truman joined the anti-communist organization NATO in 1947.
• The Korean War began in 1950 with Truman in office.

FUN FACTS

• The S. in his name stands for either Ship or Solomon which were his grandfathers names.
• He did not make the cut for going to West Point naval academy.
• He survived a assassination attempt because he was not at the White House at the time. He was at the Blair house because of White House renovations. A guard got killed.
• Truman was not the top canadiete for Vice President in 1944.

DEATH

• Truman died on December 26, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri.