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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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  • Born

    Born in Dennison, TX

  • Graduated

    Graduated from U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York.

  • Married

    Married Mary Geneva Doud

  • First Son Born

  • Premoted to General

  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima

  • Stopped Smoking (Chain Smoker)

    Was a "Chain Smoker" until then.

  • Eisenhower helps in French Indochina against the Communists

  • Eisenhower's "Chance For Peace" speech

  • Dispatched the first American soldiers to Vietnam

  • Heart Attack

    Did not die

  • Authorized the Interstate Highway System

  • Applied The Middle East Doctrine

  • Eisenhower Doctrine Announced

  • Space Race

  • Admitted Alaska to the Union

  • Admitted Hawaii to the Union

  • Term End

  • Became President

  • Died

    Died in Washington D.C. because of heart failure