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