Julius Rosenberg July 1944 example essay topic

September 28, 1915: Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg born March 1917: The Russian Revolution begins 1917: Espionage Act that the Rosenbergs are convicted of violating is enacted May 12, 1918: Julius Rosenberg born 1929: Communist Party of the United States is founded Early 1930's: Julius Rosenberg is member of Young Communist League; campaigns for Scottsboro Boys 1934: Julius Rosenberg enters City College of New York; is involved in radical politics Summer 1939: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg married December 7, 1941: United States enters World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor 1942: Julius Rosenberg becomes member of U.S. Signal Corps 1943: Rosenbergs cease open activities with Communist Party; Daily Worker subscription stops 1943: Soviet spymaster Feklisov first meets with Julius Rosenberg July 1944: David Greenglass chosen to work on the Manhattan Project November 1944: Julius Rosenberg recruits aid of Greenglasses in obtaining information about the Manhattan Project December 1944: Julius Rosenberg provides Soviets with a proximity fuse January 1945: David Greenglass provides his own notes and a sketch of a high-explosive lens from the Manhattan Project June 1945: Harry Gold meets with Greenglass in Albuquerque July 16, 1945: United States explodes first Atom bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico August 6, 1945: United States drops Atom bomb at Hiroshima September 2, 1945: World War II ends with the Japanese surrender September, 1945: Greenglass meets with Rosenberg while on for lough in New York 1945: Julius Rosenberg is dismissed from U.S. Signal Corps 1946: Feklisov meets with Julius Rosenberg for the last time Late 1946: The Verona Code is broken 1947: Rosenberg's machine shop business fails June 30, 1948: Max Elit cher and Morton Sobell drive to Catherine Slip where Sobell met with Julius Rosenberg to exchange microfilm August 28, 1949: Soviets detonate their first Atom bomb January 21, 1950: Alger Hiss convicted of perjury in denying that he passed secret documents to Communist agent Whittaker Chambers February 2, 1950: Klaus Fuchs arrested March 1950: Julius Rosenberg warns Greenglass to flee country May 1950: Rosenberg asks his physician about what kind of shots are necessary for trip to Mexico May 22, 1950: Harry Gold confesses to the FBI May or June 1950: Rosenbergs visit a photographer to obtain passport photos June 15, 1950: David Greenglass names Julius as the man who recruited him to spy for the Soviet Union June 16, 1950: Julius Rosenberg is first interviewed by FBI; Joel Barr disappears in Paris June 30, 1950: United States forces engage in the Korean War July 17, 1950: Julius Rosenberg arrested while shaving August 11, 1950: Ethel Rosenberg arrested August 1950: Sobell and family are kidnapped by Mexican thugs and delivered to U.S. authorities at border January 31, 1951: Grand jury indicts Rosenbergs, Sobell, David Greenglass, and Yakovlev February 1951: Greenglasses change their story, implicating Ethel Rosenberg in spy activities March 6, 1951: Trial begins March 15, 1951: William Perl is arrested on espionage charge March 28, 1951: Trial ends March 29, 1951: Jury returns verdict: Guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage April 5, 1951: Judge Kaufman imposes the death sentence on Rosenbergs, sentences Sobell to 30 years January 10, 1952: Appeal before the United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit February 25, 1952: Appeal denied by Second Circuit Court of Appeals in opinion by Judge Jerome Frank October 13, 1952: Supreme Court announces that it ruled against granting certiorari on the Rosenberg's appeal June 13, 1953: Supreme Court denies stay of execution June 17, 1953: Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas grants stay of execution June 19, 1953: Supreme Court, in special session, vacates Justice Douglas's stay of execution June 19, 1953: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed June 21, 1953: Funeral of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg 1960: Proximity fuse enables Soviets to shoot down American U-2 spy plane over Soviet territory 1969: Martin Sobell is released from prison 1970-1974: Khrushchev tape records his memoirs containing observations on the Rosenbergs spy role 1985: Barr and Saran t flee to Soviet Union 1990: Khrushchev memoirs are published, suggesting that Rosenbergs helped Soviets acquire theA-bomb July 11, 1995: Decoded Verona cables indicating Rosenberg's involvement in espionage are released by NSA and CIA 1997: Soviet spymaster Feklisov admits in interviews that he met with Julius Rosenberg between 1943 and 1946.