Vol 21 1935-1936
Vol 22 1936-1937
Vol 23 1937-1938
Vol 24 1938-1939
Vol 25 1939-1940
Vol 26 1940-1941
Vol 27 1941-1942
Vol 28 1942-1943
Vol 29 1943-1944
Vol 30 1944-1945
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Major events in United States history during this period:
| 1937 | Roosevelt’s second inauguration (Jan. 20). |
| 1938 | Fair Labor Standards Act is passed, setting the first minimum wage in the U.S. at 25 cents per hour (June 25). |
| 1939–1945 | World War II: U.S. declares its neutrality in European conflict (Sept. 5, 1939). F. Roosevelt’s third inauguration (Jan. 20, 1941). He is the first and only president elected to a third term. Japan attacks Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines (Dec. 7, 1941). U.S. declares war on Japan (Dec. 8). Germany and Italy declare war on the United States; U.S. reciprocates by declaring war on both countries (Dec. 11). Allies invade North Africa (Oct.–Dec. 1942) and Italy (Sept.–Dec. 1943). Allies invade France on D-Day (June 6, 1944). F. Roosevelt’s fourth inauguration (Jan. 20, 1945). President Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Yalta in the USSR to discuss postwar occupation of Germany (Feb. 4–11). President Roosevelt dies of a stroke (April 12) and is succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman. Germany surrenders unconditionally (May 7). First atomic bomb is detonated at Alamogordo, N.M. (July 16). President Truman, Churchill, and Stalin meet at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, to demand Japan’s unconditional surrender and to discuss plans for postwar Europe (July 17–Aug. 2). U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (Aug. 6). U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan (Aug. 9). Japan agrees to unconditional surrender (Aug. 14). Japanese envoys sign surrender terms aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo harbor (Sept. 2). |
| 1945 | United Nations is established (Oct. 24). |