United Nations Conference on International Organization opens in San Francisco, CA, in 1945

3/13/45: US delegates to the San Francisco United Nations Conference on International Organization enter the White House to meet with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt / montage photo op in Oval Office with delegates, L to R with Roosevelt seated in front: Rep. Sol Bloom (D-NY), Barnard College Dean Virginia Gildersleeve, Sen. Tom Connally (D-TX), Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius, Jr., Commander Harold Stassen, Sen. Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-MI), Rep. Charles A. Eaton (R-NJ) / 4/25/45: montage War Memorial Opera House and War Memorial Veterans Building in San Francisco, CA, site of the Conference, with crowd outside / Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov walks toward building entrance / WS Stettinius takes platform at Conference as audience of delegates applauds / bank of flags of nations in attendance / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series