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Mother was Born
Mount Sydney, Virginia. Name was Ida Elizabeth Stoever -
Father was Born
Born in Elizabethville, Pennsylvania. Name was David Jacob Eisenhower -
Birthdate
In Denison, Texas.
Given Name was David Dwight -
Wife was Born
Name was Marie Geneva Doud. Born in Boone, Iowa -
Attended College
College United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. To Be a General. -
Left College
Went for Four Years. At United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. -
Got Married
Married to Marie Geneva Doud -
Birth of First Child
Dwight Doud Eisenhower. Born in San Antonio, Texas -
First Son Dies
Died of Scarlet Fever -
Birth of Second Child
John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower. Born in Denver, Colorado -
Father Dies
79-years-old In Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas -
Mother Dies
84-years-old in Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas -
Running for President
Wins and Beats Adlai Stevenson -
Elected into Office
34th President began at noon EST on January 20, 1953, with his inauguration as the 34th president of the United States -
US and Japan Agree on Rearmament
Americans were pressing Japanese rearmament while the Japanese government resisted rearmament in the name of the American-inspired constitution. Japanese were very reluctant. The Japanese finally agreed to the minimum compromise that the Americans would accept, which was the creation of a "National Police Reserve" a paramilitary force of 75,000 to defend the Japanese islands. -
He Signs The Wiley-Dander Seaway Act
Creating jointly with Canada the St. Lawrence Seaway lock and river system which allows for water travel from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes along the St. Lawrence river. -
U.S. signs SEATO
Southeast Asian Treaty Organization was a military alliance created to defend Southeast Asia against communist aggression and subversion during the Cold War -
First Filming of Press Conference
The first filming of a presidential press conference -
Eisenhower’s “open skies”
Eisenhower makes his “open skies” proposal at Geneva, calling for the Unites States and the Soviet Union to share maps indicating locations of military installments. -
Emmett Till lynched in Mississippi
14-year old black boy Emmett Till is kidnapped and brutally murdered in Money, Mississippi. After a local white woman, Carolyn Bryant accuses Till of having whistled at her in a grocery store, Till is kidnapped by Bryant’s husband Roy and Roy’s half-brother J.W. Milam. Till’s mutilated body was found in the Tallahatchie river three days later. -
Heartattack
Has a heartattack in Colorado on vacation in the Hospital for seven weeks -
Adlai Stevenson Announces Run
Adlai Stevenson announces that he will run for President in 1956 later losing to Eisenhower -
Peaceful Atomic Purposes
Eisenhower releases $1 billion worth of Uranium-235 for peaceful atomic purposes -
Re Election
Reelected beat Adlai Stevenson again -
Alaska
Alaska becomes the 49th state -
Hawaii
Hawaii became to 50th state -
Left Office
Served Two Four Year Terms -
Death
In Washington, D.C.
Of Congestive Heart Failure.
He is now buried in Abilene, Kansas -
Wife Died
Died in her Sleep. Buried in Alibene, Kansas -
Second Son Dies
Died at the age of 91. Buried in West Point Cemetery, West Point, NY
