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Dwight David Eisenhower
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Birth of Dwight David Eisenhower.
Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas. His parents are David Jacob Eisenhower and Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower. Dwight was the third of his seven brothers. -
Dwight David Eisenhower graduates from Abilene High School
Dwight David Eisenhower graduated from Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas. Dwight David Eisenhower continues his education at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. -
Dwight David Eisenhower graduates from the United States Military Academy.
At the United States Military Academy at West Point, Dwight David Eisenhower was trained to become an officer in the United States Army in the state of New York. -
Dwight David Eisenhower graduates from the United States Army Command and General Staff College.
Dwight David Eisenhower earned his Master's Degree of Military Art and Science in Leavenworth, Kansas. -
Dwight David Eisenhower graduates from the United States Army War College.
Dwight David Eisenhower earned his Master's Degree in Strategic Studies (interdisciplinary studies on conflicts, peacekeeping strategies, and the employment of the military) from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. -
Dwight David Eisenhower becomes the aide of Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur.
General Dwight David Eisenhower became one of the Army Chief of Staff General Douglas MacArthur's adviser in 1933 and went to the Philippines with him in 1935 to prop up the Philippine military against an iminent Japanese invasion. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower becomes the national military adviser to the Philippines.
General Dwight David Eisenhower arrives in the Philippines with Army Chief of Staff Douglas MacArthur in 1935 in an attempt to prepare the Philippines against a Japanese invasion. When General Dwight David Eisenhower was there, he became the national military adviser of the Republic of the Philippines. -
Dwight David Eisenhower begins to plan for the designs of the Interstate System.
Dwight David Eisenhower is the designer and father of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Japan pulls the United States into World War II on the side of the Allies by bombing Pearl Harbor in Oahu, Hawaii. Five days later, Army Chief of Staff General George Catlett Marshall summons General Dwight David Eisenhower to Washington D.C. so that they can plan out the entire Pacific naval war strategy against Japan. -
George Catlett Marshall summons Dwight David Eisenhower to Washington D.C.
Due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, George Catlett Marshall, the current Army Chief of STaff at that time, summoned General Dwight David Eisenhower to Washington D.C. and give a recommendation on how the entire Pacific strategy should be handled. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower takes command in World War II at North Africa.
This was the first time General Dwight David Eisenhower actually served as a General overseas. His inexperience showed at the first battles but his wonderful organizational skills and superior knowledge of tactics, strategy, and the art war, helped him quickly get his act together and he ended becoming the best American General who ever lived. Essentially, General Dwight David Eisenhower is the one who won World War II for the Allies. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower leads successfully leads Operation Torch.
Operation Torch was the successful Allied invasion of North Africa which drove the Germans out of the region. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower leads the Allied invasion of Italy.
The success of the Allies led by General Dwight David Eisenhower in the North African Campaign which took place in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco set the stage for a successful Allied invasion of mainland Italy and the Italian island Sicily. This successful amphibious invasion was also led by General Dwight David Eisenhower and this gave the Allies control over the Meditarranean Sea. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower leads the Allied invasion of Normandy.
The Battle of Normandy (which is the Northern region of France that was at that time being occupied by Nazi Germany) is the successful Allied operation which invaded and liberated German-occupied Western Europe. It is commonly referred to as what we know now today as D-Day but its code name at the time was Operation Overlord. The Battle of Normandy would not have been an Allied victory if it wasn't for General Dwight David Eisenhower. -
General Dwight David Eisenhower becomes U.S. Army Chief of Staff.
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General Dwight David Eisenhower leaves his position as U.S. Chief of Staff.
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General Dwight David Eisenhower becomes the 13th President of Columbia University.
Dwight David Eisenhower gave a special emphasis on education, especially because he himself had to work very hard to get one. He believed that all people have the right to an education regardless of their race. This is why he intervened in the Little Rock Crisis in September, 1957. Eisenhower once said “The principal purpose of education, is to prepare the student for effective personal and social life in a free society." -
General Dwight David Eisenhower becomes the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
General Dwight David Eisenhower was the first Supreme Allied Commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) which was founded on April 4, 1949, in Washington D.C. General Dwight David Eisenhower played a big role in helping Turkey become a member of NATO. Turkey joined on October 22, 1951, and officially become a member on February 18, 1952. NATO is a very important military alliance since it contains world superpowers such as Turkey and the United States. -
Dwight David Eisenhower resigns from being the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
In order to run for president Dwight David Eisenhower stepped down from his position of Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. -
Dwight David Eisenhower steps down from his position as the President of Columbia University.
After being the President of Columbia University, Dwight David Eisenhower joined politics and ran for President of the United States. With a triumphant victory, Eisenhower became the President of the United States of America after being the President of Columbia University. -
Dwight David Eisenhower becomes President of the United States of America.
Dwight David Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States of America and served from 1953 to 1961 and did many great things. Eisenhower, or "Ike" which was his nickname, won a landslide victory. This just comes to show that not all Republicans are illogical. There can be some wise ones like Dwight David Eisenhower and John Kasich. -
Dwight David Eisenhower makes truce in Korea and ends the war.
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Dwight David Eisenhower signs the Social Security Act Amendments of 1954
On September 1, 1954, President Dwight David Eisenhower signed the Social Security Act Amendments of 1954 which increased medical care and the number of people rehabilitated every year, helped state and local governments solve national education problems, improve housing (preventing and eliminating slums and conserve and develop urban communities, etc.), and extended the unemployment insurance program which helps people eligible to work have unemployment benefits. -
Dwight David Eisenhower founds SEATO.
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) is an anti-communist military alliance similar to NATO. The members of SEATO include the United States, France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Pakistan. -
Dwight David Eisenhower signs the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
Dwight David Eisenhower created the United States Interstate Highway System. -
Dwight David Eisenhower signs the first Civil Rights Bill of 1957.
The Civil Rights Bill of 1957 is the first Civil Rights Bill passed by Congress and signed by President Dwight David Eisenhower. -
The Soviets successfully launch the first man made satellite; Sputnik.
This compells President Dwight David Eisenhower to establish NASA and DARPA in order to prevent the Americans to be left behind technologically of the Soviets. -
President Dwight David Eisenhower founds DARPA
President Dwight David Eisenhower founded DARPA in order to increase survelliance against communism and prevent future technological surprises like Sputnik. Ultimately, DARPA ended up funding and contributing to projects such as the invention of the internet and the GPS (Global Positioning System) which helps everyone in this classroom today, including me as I'm doing my presentation. -
Dwight David Eisenhower founds NASA.
Dwight David Eisenhower founded NASA pretty much for the same reason as DARPA; to prevent technological surprises in order to ensure national security. Therefore, he started the space race and made sure that the Americans did not fall behind the Soviets. Furthermore, NASA is one of this nation's most important agencies. It invented LEDs, artificial limbs, PCVs, and much more. Without Eisenhower, neither would Daniel Lockwood be presenting Neil Armstrong nor would Luke be presenting JFK. -
Dwight David Eisenhower finishes his Presidential term.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy becomes President of the United States of America after Dwight David Eisenhower. Eisenhower paved Kennedy's way by establishing NASA which enabled him to land the first man on the moon and by leaving a peaceful legacy for him to following throughout his term during the Cold War. As a result of NASA, Neil Armstrong was able to also become influential. Eisenhower is so influential he even helped other influential Americans like JFK, Armstrong, and Martin Luther King. -
Dwight David Eisenhower dies of congestive heart failure.
Dwight David Eisenhower is the most influential American who ever walked this Earth. Just like Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Eisenhower steered his country in the right direction by giving importance to human rights, democracy, technology, science, civil rights, and education. If it wasn't for him, the United States of America would not be the amazing country it is today! -
The End: I Like Ike!
