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Dwights Birth
Dwight David Eisenhower is born in Denison on October 14, 1890. -
Graduation
from Abilene High School -
Eisenhowers service
enlists in the Millitary -
Married
Married Mamie Geneva Doud -
Won the Election
He won by a landslide of 33 million votes to opponent Adlai Stevenson%u2019s 27 million. -
Eisenhowers Diplomat act
Eisenhower departs for Korea to review the military situation. -
Eisenhowers Commander in cheif act
Eisenhower announces that the Seventh Fleet patrolling the Formosa Strait will no longer shield Communist China from military action by Nationalist China. -
Eisenhowers political party act
Eisenhower removes government controls on wages and salaries. -
Eisenhowers apointments
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is created. Eisenhower names Oveta Culp Hobby as the first secretary of the newly created department. Hobby is only the second woman to serve in a presidential Cabinet. -
Eisenhowers State act
President Eisenhower delivers %u201CThe Chance for Peace%u201D speech before American Society of Newspaper Editors. -
Eisenhowers Legislative act
President Eisenhower signs the Submerged Lands Act giving states the natural resources, ownership and sovereignty over %u201Clands beneath navigable waters within the boundaries of the respective states.%u201D -
President Eisenhower dies (PHSYIC)
President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack in Denver. -
Eisenhowers executive act
Eisenhower appoints William J. Brennan to the Supreme Court. -
Eisenhowers importent decision
President Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act, which provides loans for college students majoring in math, science and foreign languages. -
Dwights Death
He died from a coronary heart disease. He was 78 years old.