Harry Truman died that day.
At that time, only two Presidents, John Adams and Herbert Hoover, had lived longer than he did. Today he is ranked fifth (after Ford, Reagan, John Adams and Hoover).
December 26, 1972 (what a bummer for Christmas family celebrations).
President Harry Truman died on December 26, 1972.
President Harry Truman died on December 26, 1972.
Ronald Reagan died in 2004.
No, he died of natural causes on 26 December 1972.
President Truman served as president from 1945 - 1953. He died in 1972 from minor lung congestion; complexity of organic failures; collapse of cardiovascular systems at age 88.
None of the US Presidents have died on Christmas only two have passed the day after. 38Gerald R. FordDec 26, 2006, 6:45PM38Harry S. TrumanDec 26, 1972, 7:50AM33
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 -- December 26, 1972) was the33rd President of the United States (1945--1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice-president and the 34th Vice President of the United States, he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his fourth term.
Richard Milhouse Nixon remained the US President when Harry S. Truman died on 1972 December 6. Truman was 88.
Nothing, Former President Harry Truman died in 1972. Ronald Regan, USA president in 1984, probably gave them a Group medal and public recognition.
President Truman was not assassinated. There was a failed attempt in 1950, however he died of complications with pneumonia on Demember 26, 1972.
No, he is not. He would be nearly 129 years old if he were. He was born in May of 1884 and died December of 1972. He was president from 1945 to 1953.