<Ul> <Li> The United States Army recovered a treasure trove of jewelry and manuscripts that had been stolen by a group of American officers from the Friedrichshof Castle in Kronberg, Germany . Women's' Army Corps Captain Kathleen Nash Durant had hidden part of the loot at her sister's home in Hudson, Wisconsin, and her husband, Colonel Jack W. Durant, had hidden hundreds of diamonds and other gems in a locker at the Illinois Central railway station in Chicago . </Li> <Li> The National School Lunch Act was signed into law by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, permanently establishing federal financial support for free or low - cost meals for schoolchildren . </Li> <Li> The largest solar prominence observed up to that time occurred . The prominence, extending 865,000 miles (1,392,000 km) above the surface of the Sun, was seen from the at Climax, Colorado, by astronomer Walter Orr Roberts . The prominence had been measured at only 300,000 miles (480,000 km) an hour earlier . At its height, the prominence was nearly as long as the Sun's diameter; in a few more hours, it disappeared completely ." </Li> </Ul> <Li> The United States Army recovered a treasure trove of jewelry and manuscripts that had been stolen by a group of American officers from the Friedrichshof Castle in Kronberg, Germany . Women's' Army Corps Captain Kathleen Nash Durant had hidden part of the loot at her sister's home in Hudson, Wisconsin, and her husband, Colonel Jack W. Durant, had hidden hundreds of diamonds and other gems in a locker at the Illinois Central railway station in Chicago . </Li> <Li> The National School Lunch Act was signed into law by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, permanently establishing federal financial support for free or low - cost meals for schoolchildren . </Li> <Li> The largest solar prominence observed up to that time occurred . The prominence, extending 865,000 miles (1,392,000 km) above the surface of the Sun, was seen from the at Climax, Colorado, by astronomer Walter Orr Roberts . The prominence had been measured at only 300,000 miles (480,000 km) an hour earlier . At its height, the prominence was nearly as long as the Sun's diameter; in a few more hours, it disappeared completely ." </Li>

Who was serving as president of u.s. on june 14 1946