President Harry Truman signed into law the Economic Recovery
Program, also known as the Marshall Plan, which would provide
over $13 billion in aid to post-war Europe.

President Harry Truman signs the Economic Assistance Act.

Gen. George Marshall, who proposed the Marshall Plan

President Woodrow Wilson addressing a special session of Congress

At 8:30 on the evening of Monday, April 2, 1917, President Wilson appeared before
a  joint session of Congress and asked for a declaration of war against Germany in
order to "make the world safe for democracy." On April 4, Congress granted Wilson’s request.

Woodrow Wilson

President Lyndon Johnson, concerned that he might not live through another four- 
year term, shocked the nation when he announced at the end of a speech that he
would not run for re-election.

1920

Vancouver Barracks, located near Vancouver, Washington, was the first American military post in the Pacific Northwest. It was established by the U.S. Army in May of 
1849 and was originally named Columbia Barracks. The installation remained the
oldest military installation (in continual operation), west oft the Mississippi river,
until it was forced to close by the Defense Department in the summer of 2011. 

1907

1909

Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (37) and Julius Rosenberg (35) were
American communists who were convicted for conspiracy to commit
espionage during a time of war. Their charges were related to the
passing of secret information about the atomic bomb to the Soviet
Union when they were employees of the Los Alamos atomic bomb
project. They were both executed in the electric chair on June 19,
1953. This was the first execution of civilians for espionage in U.S.
history

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