Philadelphia in World War II

The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Kwame Nkrumah, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Richard Nixon.

Notable people

  1. Kwame Nkrumah

    from 1939 to 1943

    2 moments here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    in 1944

    1 moment here

    Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as New York state senator, assistant secretary of the Navy,…

  3. Richard Nixon

    in 1945

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

  4. Bertrand Russell

    in 1941

    1 moment here

    Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, was an English philosopher, mathematician, logician, writer, and public campaigner.…

  5. Gerald Ford

    in 1943

    1 moment here

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…

Moments

  1. 1939 Studies at the University of Pennsylvania Kwame Nkrumah
  2. 1941 Lecturing at the Barnes Foundation Bertrand Russell
  3. 1943 Graduate degrees at Penn Kwame Nkrumah
  4. 1943 USS Monterey pre-commissioning detachment Gerald Ford
  5. 1944 Campaigns through Philadelphia in the rain Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  6. 1945 Bureau of Aeronautics office Richard Nixon

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