141 years ago today, on May 8, 1884 (April 14, 1884 lunar calendar), Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, was born. Congenital myopia both hurt him and helped him Harry S. Truman, born on May 8, 1884 in the small town of Lamar, Missouri, was born into a family of farmers for generations, and his early life was difficult. After graduating from high school in 1901, he was unable to go to school, worked as a handyman, and then worked on his hometown farm for 11 years. He joined the army during World War I and was sent to France to fight. From 1917 to 1918, he studied at the Artillery School at Fort Hill, Oklahoma. He retired as a major in 1919 and ran a clothing supply store in Independence City. After the store closed in 1921, he devoted himself to politics. Judge of Jackson County in 1922, Chief Justice in 1926. Senator from 1935-1944. In 1944, Roosevelt was nominated as a vice presidential candidate during his fourth presidential campaign, and was elected vice president in November of the same year. Roosevelt died on April 12 of the following year, and Truman succeeded him as president. He won re-election in 1948. During his term in office, he ordered the dropping of two atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6 and 9, 1945. After the war, he implemented a policy of "containment" against socialist countries. In March 1947, he addressed Congress, arguing that the Greek and Turkish governments could not "sit idly by" in the face of progressive forces, and asked Congress to allocate 400 million dollars to "assist" the collapsing governments of the two countries. This speech came to be known as the "Truman Doctrine." He also supported Secretary of State Marshall's "European Renewal Plan" in June 1947, using "US aid" as a means to open the door to Europe. In 1949, he proposed the "Fourth Point Plan" to "develop backward regions" to infiltrate the Third World. Adopting a hostile policy towards New China, and implementing military encirclement, political isolation, and economic blockade. In June 1950, he ordered the dispatch of troops to Korea, and at the same time ordered the US Seventh Fleet to patrol the Taiwan Strait and openly invade and occupy the Chinese territory of Taiwan. In 1952, he announced that he would not run for the next president and returned to his hometown of Independence City after his term expired in January the following year. He died in December 1972. Truman's parents married on June 28, 1919, in Missouri, after a marathon romance with his beloved daughters, Mary Margaret Truman and Beth. The mother couldn't believe that Truman in the campaign was his own son. Truman was together with his wife, Beth, whom he called "my boss," and "my boss and boss" daughter, Margaret. Cheering for Truman's victory was also a pleasure for the presidential couple. Truman and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1969