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This is a timeline of the history in 1942-1953. There are many dates that are not included, but theses are a few dates that I researched.
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President Roosevelt approves production of the atomic bomb following receipt of a National Academy of Sciences report determining that a bomb is feasible. -
President Roosevelt instructs the Army to take responsibility for construction of atomic weapons complex. The Army delegates the task to the Corps of Engineers. -
In the south towards the city of Stalingrad the German forces attack the Soviet Union. -
The Big Inch crude-oil pipeline is completed from the Texas oil fields to Pennsylvania. The line serves as a transportation alternative to tankers. -
Groves selects Hanford, Washington, as site for full-scale plutonium production and separation facilities. Three reactors--B, D, and F--are built -
A letter from parents promises land in exchange for hiding their daughter. -
After months of fierce fighting and heavy casualties, German forces numbering now only about 91,000 surviving soldiers surrender at Stalingrad on the Volga -
The Little Big Inch pipeline for petroleum products is completed from Texas to New Jersey. Like the Big Inch, it was built by a private company. Called War Emergency Pipelines, but owned by the Federal government. -
Congress passes the Synthetic Liquid Fuels Act authorizing the Bureau of Mines to build energy research laboratories -
In Hitlers East Prussian headquarters at Rastenburg. German military officers attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. -
Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1944 confirms the authorization of the Southwestern Power Administration. President Roosevelt created it through a series of Executive and Departmental orders. -
Harry S. Truman was president from 1945 to 1953. He became president once President Roosevelt passed. A few weeks into being president he received a development of atomic bombs or the unfolding of the difficulties with Soviet Russia. Then suddenly all of these wartime problems became his. He felt a heavy load on his shoulders when he became president. -
The gun model uranium bomb, called Little Boy, is dropped on Hiroshima, Japan -
The implosion model plutonium bomb, called Fat Man, is dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Five days later, Japan surrenders -
Built by Earl Tupper. -
The Credit Card was invented by John Biggins. -
President Truman signs the Atomic Energy Act of 1946 transferring Manhattan Project assets to the civilian Atomic Energy Commission. -
In accordance with the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, all atomic energy activities are transferred to the newly created Atomic Energy Commission. -
Barcode invented by Norman Joseph Woodland -
Soviet Union begins blockade of West Berlin -
Soviet Union detonates first atomic device -
It began in 1950 and end in 1953. North Korea invaded South Korea, and the nations that were allied with the United States intervened on behalf of the South. The USSR and the People’s Republic of China supported the North Korea. The Korean Demilitarized Zone was established. -
President Truman instructs the Atomic Energy Commission to expedite development of a thermonuclear weapon. -
Invented by Peter Florjančič -
The heart lung machine was invented by Nikolai Amosov.