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1996 Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94
1992 Mollie Parnis, fashion designer (Mamie Eisenhower), dies 1985 Milton S Eisenhower, U.S. diplomat, dies at 85 1984 Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies 1973 David Eisenhower writes his last sports column 1973 Eisenhower Tunnel, world's highest/U.S. longest, opens 1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation 1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of Eisenhower dollar 1970 Congress authorizes Eisenhower dollar coin 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president/general WWII, dies in Washington at 78 1969 Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President 1968 Julie Nixon weds Dwight David Eisenhower 1968 Former President Dwight Eisenhower shot a hole-in-one 1967 Julie Nixon and David Eisenhower announce their engagement 1961 Eisenhower allegedly orders assassination of Congo's Lumumba 1960 President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 1960 Eisenhower forms anti-Castro-exile army under the CIA 1960 Eisenhower and Premier Kishi sign US-Japanese Security pact 1959 President Eisenhower watches Pakistan vs. Australia Test Cricket at Karachi 1959 U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris 1959 Queen Elizabeth and President Eisenhower open St. Lawrence Seaway 1959 Eisenhower routes Canadian premier Diefenbaker message off the Moon 1959 President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Hawaii statehood bill 1958 1st radio broadcast from space (President Eisenhower voice "To all mankind, America's wish for Peace on Earth and Good Will to Men Everywhere") 1958 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower 1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958 1958 President Eisenhower sends U.S. troops to Lebanon; they stay 3 months 1958 President Eisenhower signed a bill approving Alaskan statehood 1958 President Eisenhower orders National Guard out of Central High School, Little Rock 1957 President Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke, impairing his speech 1957 President Eisenhower apologizes to finance minister of Ghana, Komla Agbeli Gbdemah, after he is refused service in a Dover, Del, restaurant 1957 Eisenhower orders U.S. troops to desegregate Little Rock schools 1957 President Eisenhower signs 1st civil rights bill since Reconstruction 1957 1st President to fly in helicopter - Dwight Eisenhower 1957 Eisenhower asks Congress to send troops to the Mid East 1956 President Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E. Stevenson (D) 1956 President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon renominated by Republican convention in San Francisco 1956 Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus 1956 President Eisenhower announces he would seek a 2nd term 1955 President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver 1955 President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75 cents to $1 an hour 1955 Eisenhower authorizes $46 million for construction of CIA headquarters 1955 1st President to appear on color TV, Eisenhower 1955 President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1955 President Eisenhower sends 1st U.S. advisors to South Vietnam 1955 1st presidential news conference on network TV, Eisenhower on ABC 1955 1st presidential news conference filmed for TV (Eisenhower) 1954 President Eisenhower offers aid to South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem 1954 Eisenhower signs Communist Control Act, outlawing the Communist Party 1954 President Eisenhower put forward a plan for an interstate highway system 1954 President Eisenhower signs order adding words 'under God' to the Pledge 1954 President Eisenhower fears "domino-effect" in Indo-China 1954 Eisenhower warns against U.S. intervention in Vietnam 1954 President Eisenhower reports detonation of 1st H-bomb, done in 1952 1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower and 161 reporters) 1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1953 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal 1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill 1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple 1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) 1952 President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war 1952 Eisenhower (R) elected 34th President beating Adlai Stevenson (D) 1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 1950 General Eisenhower named NATO commander 1950 U.S. General Eisenhower becomes supreme commander of NATO-Europe 1948 Julie Nixon Eisenhower, Washington D.C., daughter of Richard Milhaus 1948 David Eisenhower, Eisenhower's grandson, married Julie Nixon 1948 Omar Bradley succeeds Dwight Eisenhower as Army Chief of Staff 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower 1947 David Eisenhower, grandson of President Dwight, married Julie Nixon 1947 General Eisenhower opens drive to raise $170M in aid for European Jews 1945 General Eisenhower welcomed in Hague (on Hitler's train) 1945 General Eisenhower declares German defenses on Western Front broken 1945 Generals Eisenhower/Bradley/Patton attack at Remagen the Rhine 1945 General Eisenhower, Montgomery and Bradley discuss advance in Germany 1945 Generals Eisenhower, Patton and Patch meet in Luneville 1944 Eisenhower and Montgomery meet in Hasselt Belgium 1944 General Eisenhower's clerk Rickey marries corporal Pearlie 1944 U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star 1944 Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery confer in Brussel 1944 General Montgomery consults with Generals Bradley/Eisenhower 1944 General Eisenhower visits Montgomery's headquarter in Normandy 1944 General Eisenhower visits front in Normandy 1944 General Eisenhower decides invasion set for June 6 1944 Generals Eisenhower and Montgomery dine in Portsmouth 1944 General Eisenhower sets D-Day for June 5th 1944 Eisenhower, Montgomery, Churchill and George VI discuss D-Day plan 1944 General Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet 1944 General Eisenhower postpones South France invasion until after Normandy 1944 General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London 1944 General Eisenhower arrives in England 1943 Montgomery discusses Overlord with Eisenhower and Bedell Smith 1943 Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces 1943 Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice 1943 General Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II 1943 General Alexander, Eisenhower, Anderson and Bradley discuss assault on Tunis 1943 German assault on Sidi Bou Zid Tunisia, General Eisenhower visits front 1943 General Eisenhower departs Algiers to Tebessa 1943 General Eisenhower selected to command the allied armies in Europe 1942 Allies under Eisenhower land in N-Africa (Casablanca) 1942 Dwight D. Eisenhower named commander for invasion of North Africa 1942 General Dwight Eisenhower appointed commander of U.S. forces in Europe 1916 Dwight Eisenhower marries Mary 'Mamie' Geneva Doud in Denver. Colorado 1910 Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby 1901 Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1899 Milton S Eisenhower, Dwight's brother/president, Pennsylvania State 1896 Mamie G Doud Eisenhower, 1st lady, 1953-61 1890 Dwight D Eisenhower, Denison, Texas, R, 34th President, 1953 - 1961, General, WW 2 1890 Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President |
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