#33 Harry S Truman

1945--1953

--Truman's "middle name" was simply 'S', the middle initial chosen after both of his grandfathers, Solomon Young and Anderson Shipp Truman.

--Roosevelt's choice of running mate for the election of 1944, Harry Truman had been vice-president for only 82 days when Franklin Roosevelt died. Eleanor Roosevelt herself informed Truman of her husband's death. When he asked if there was anything he could do for her, she replied "Is there anything we can do for you? You're the one in trouble now!"

--Truman presided over the end of World War II (it was ultimately his decision to drop atomic bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki to force Japan's surrender). He also supported the creation of the United Nations, recognized the state of Israel, and formalized the policy of Soviet containment (known as "The Truman Doctrine").

--Harry Truman's inauguration in 1949 was the first ever televised nationally.

--An unauthorized Nancy Drew book was published in 1956 that featured the girl sleuth teaming up with an ornery former-President Truman to solve "The Case of the Missing Piano".