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President Dwight David Eisenhower TimeLine

  • Birth

    Birth

    Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas.
  • Jobs or careers

    Jobs or careers

    Before he was president he was a five-star general in the army. After the war, he served as Army Chief of Staff, as president of Columbia University and as the first Supreme Commander of NATO
  • Military experience

    Military experience

    He was in the army. His rank was general. He served from 1915 – 1953 1961 – 1969
  • Marriage

    Marriage

    On July 1, 1916, he Married Mamie Geneva.
  • Children

    Children

    Doud Eisenhower was born on September 24, 1917,in San Antonio , Texas
  • Children

    Children

    John Eisenhower was born on August 3, 1922,in Denver, CO
  • Education

    Education

    He went to Abilene High School and graduated in 1909
    After high school, he went to west point.
    Then he went to the United States Army Command and General Staff College from 1925-1926 then u.s army war college from 1927-1928.
  • Political party

    Political party

    His party was republican. He took office on January 20, 1953
  • Date elected to office

    Date elected to office

    Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected to office on January 20, 1953, in Washington, D.C., United States.
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    The Soviet Union announces the death of Josef Stalin.
  • news worthy events

    news worthy events

    price controls lifted
  • Laws developed

    Laws developed

    The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was created on April 1st, 1953, and signed by President Eisenhower in Washington DC. It was created to improve the administration of Federal responsibilities in the fields of health, education, and social security.
  • Programs developed

    Programs developed

    Eisenhower signs the Submerged Lands Act, allowing states to submerge navigable lands within their borders to create waterways such as rivers on in Washington dc
  • News worthy events while in office

    News worthy events while in office

    the Rosenberg execution, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed on June 19, 1953, they were killed at Sing Sing Prison.
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    Iranians overthrow Mossadegh
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    Soviets test H-bomb
  • events during presiency

    events during presiency

    Eisenhower gives “Atoms for Peace” speech
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    U.S. and Japan agree on rearmament
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    France surrenders at Dien Bien Phu
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    Eisenhower signs Wiley-Dander Seaway Act
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    Geneva Agreements of 1954
  • events during presidency

    events during presidency

    U.S. signs SEATO
  • Date left office

    Date left office

    Eisenhower left office on January 20, 1961.
  • locaton retired

    locaton retired

    Eisenhower retired to his small farm adjacent to the battlefield outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • events after they left office

    events after they left office

    Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin completes the first orbit of Earth by a human
  • events after they left office

    events after they left office

    Uganda and Tanganyika become independent nations
  • events after they left office

    events after they left office

    U.S. establishes a military council in South Vietnam
  • events they left office

    events they left office

    USSR sends arms to Cuba, setting off the "Cuban Missile Crisis" with the U.S.
  • events after they left office

    events after they left office

    U2 pilot Gary Powers is traded by the USSR for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel, who had been captured by the U.S.
  • Death

    Death

    Eisenhower Died on March 28, 1969, in Washington, D.C. The cause of death was heart failure.
    He is buried at Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, in Abilene, Kanas.