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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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