Harry S Truman was playing Poker when he learned he was to be president.
He was the first president to travel underwater in a modern submarine.
His middle name is S. He said, "I was supposed to be named Harrison Shippe Truman, taking the middle name from my paternal grandfather. Others in my family wanted my middle name to be Solomon, taken from my maternal grandfather. But apparently no agreement could be reached and my name was recorded and stands simply as Harry S Truman."
"Tell him to go to hell!" - Truman's first response to the messenger who told him that Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted him to be his running mate.
Truman watched from a window as guards had a gunfight with two men trying to break in and kill him. One of the men was killed, the other was convicted of several crimes and sentenced to death, Truman changed the sentence to life in prison. Jimmy Carter freed the man in 1979.
His Secretary of State won a Nobel Peace Prize.
Truman was only briefed about the atomic bomb for about 30 minutes.
Truman loved to play the piano. In 1948, a piano leg went through the floor of the White House!
Harry S Truman was a great-nephew of John Tyler.
He was the first president to give a speech on television.
Truman was the first president to be paid a salary of $100,000.
Truman was left handed, but his parents made him write with his right
hand.
He was a Captain in the field artillery in World War I.
Truman popularized the saying, "If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen."
Truman was named one of the 10 best-dressed senators.
He was named after an uncle Harrison Young.
Truman once said, "No man should be allowed to be president who doesn't understand hogs."
Harry S Truman was the first president to take office during wartime.