Harry S. Truman, 6 Months Old, 1884

                Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) 

             Truman was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953).

William Rogers and Lawrence Walsh witness signing the Civil Rights Bill 
by President Eisenhower

President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed into law a stronger, more protective Civil
Rights Act dealing with discriminatory laws and practices in the segregated South,
by which blacks had been deprived of the right to register and vote. It served to
eliminate certain loopholes created by the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

The Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on students during an anti-
Vietnam war protest at Kent State University. Four students were killed
and nine others were wounded.

 
Francis Gary Powers by his Lockheed U-2 Spy Plane  

  
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, center, in Moscow’s Hall of Columns during
the opening of his espionage trial.

The U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War presidency of Dwight Eisenhower
and the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States
U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers (above) was shot down over the
airspace of the Soviet Union.

The U.S.government at first denied the plane’s purpose and mission, but then
was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet
government produced the remains of the downed aircraft and it’s surviving
pilot along with photos of Russian military bases taken by Powers.

On August 17, 1960, Powers was convicted of espionage against the Soviet
Union and was sentenced to a total of 10 years, three years in imprisonment
followed by seven years of hard labor. On February 10, 1962, Powers was
exchanged along with American student Frederic Pryor in a spy swap for
Soviet KGB Colonel Vilyam Fisher.

U-2 wreckage captured in the Soviet Union

Inauguration of George Washington

The Electoral College elected George Washington unanimously as the first president 
of the United States in 1789. His inauguration on April 30, 1789 became the first U.S.
national holiday in 1889.

Centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington.