Monthly Archives: August 2015

Truman sets sail for U.S. following Potsdam Conference 70 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1945)

1940s, U.S. Presidents, World War II


Video: 'The World At War 1973(World War II Documentary)Episode 24-The Bomb(February–September 1945)' (August 2, 1945, at 34:10)

(Thursday, August 2, 1945, 3:49 p.m. CEST; during World War II) — President Harry S. Truman set sail from Plymouth, England, for the U.S. this afternoon aboard the USS Augusta following the 17-day Potsdam Conference with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin in Potsdam, occupied Germany (click here for a clip of this event from “American Experience: Truman” at 2:10:03). Continue reading Truman sets sail for U.S. following Potsdam Conference 70 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1945) →

Potsdam Conference concludes 70 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1945)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'The Potsdam Conference - When the Cold War began'

(Thursday, August 2, 1945, 12:30 a.m. CEST; during Potsdam Conference of World War II) — U.S. President Harry S. Truman, Soviet leader Josef Stalin and Britain’s new prime minister, Clement Attlee, concluded the Potsdam conference this morning after approving the final tripartite communique. Continue reading Potsdam Conference concludes 70 years ago this hour (Aug 2 1945) →

President Ford bids nations live up to spirit of Helsinki Accords 40 years ago this hour (Aug 1 1975)

1970s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President Gerald Ford - Remarks in Helsinki' (click here to watch the full video)

(Friday, August 1, 1975, 10:30 a.m EET) — U.S. President Gerald Ford, declaring that the 35-nation Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe held in Helsinki, Finland, will be judged “not by the promises we make but by the promises we keep,” joined leaders of the Soviet Union and 33 other nations today in affirming a broad charter for European security, human rights and East-West contacts.