The United States introduced its own nuclear program under the Army Corps of Engineers in June 1942. The U.S. needed to build an atomic weapon before Germany or Japan did. On May 12, 1942, President Roosevelt signed an order creating a secret project to develop the nuclear weapon.
Frederick Douglass was born on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. His mother was a slave and when Frederick was born, he became a slave, too. His birth name was Frederick Bailey. He did not know who his father was or the exact date of his birth.
Explore Topeka Kansas, 30 August, and more! A newspaper article about the life of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, published in the Plaindealer (Topeka, Kansas), 30 August 1930. Read more on the GenealogyBank blog: âFrederick Augustus Washington Bailey, aka Frederick Douglass.â http://blog.genealogybank.com/frederick-augustus-washington-bailey-aka-frederick-douglass.html