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Eisenhower inaugurated
Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as the 34th president of the United -
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Eisenhower's years as president
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Stalin Dies
The Soviet Union announces the death of Josef Stalin -
Price controls lifed
All price controls officially ended by the Office of Price Stabilization -
Departments of Health, Education, and Welfare created
The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is created by a joint congressional action -
Eisenhow delivers "Chance for Peace" speech
Eisenhower delivers his "Chance for Peace" speech, also known as the "Cross of Iron" of Newspaper Editors, speaking against the increase of military spending -
McCarthy hearings begin
The Army-McCarthy hearings begin to resolve the conflict between the U.S. Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy concerning McCarthy’s pressuring of the Army to make certain appointments and McCarthy’s aggressive anticommunism; these continue for two months. -
Submerged Lands Act
Eisenhower signs the Submerged Lands, Act allowing states to submerge navigable land waterways such as rivers. -
Rosenberg Execution
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Eisenhower announces Korean armistice
Eisenhower addresses the American public and announces an armistice in Korea. -
Eisenhower proposes Social Security coverage increase
Eisenhower proposes broadening the provisions of the Social Security Act to cover Americans -
Refugee Relief Act of 1953
Eisenhower signs the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, admitting 214,00 more immigrants that permitting under existence immigration quotas. -
Iranians overthrow Mossadegh
Iranians, with the backing of the CA, overthrow the government of Prime Minister Mohammed Mossadegh, ensuring Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi's hold on Power. -
Secretary of Labor resigns
Secretary of Labor Martin Durkin resigns, in large part to protest the failure of the Eisenhower administration to propose amendments to the Taft-Harley Act. -
Eisenhowe appoints Earl Warren
Eisenhower appoints Earl Warren Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. -
Soviets test H-bomb
Eisenhower announces that the Soviet Union has tested a hydrogen bomb. -
Eisenhowe gives "Atoms for Peace" speech
Eisenhower gives his "Atoms for Peace" speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, addressing the international awareness of and potential peaceful uses for atomic energy. -
Eisenhower Sends a special message
Eisenhower sends a special message to congress asking for changes in the Taft-Hartley labor laws -
United States and Japan agree on rearmament
The United States and Japan sign a mutual defense agreement that provides for the gradual and partial rearmament of Japan -
France Surrenders at Dien Bien Phu
France Surrenders its garrison at Dien Bien Phu to the Vietminh. -
Brown V. Topeka Board of Education
Brown v. Topeka Board of Education The Supreme Court announces a decision in Brown v. Topeka Board of Education, ruling that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
U.S Signs SEATO
The United States and seven other nations sign the SEATO(South East Asian organization) pact aimed at preventing communism in South East Asia. -
First White Citizen's council is organized
The first “White Citizens Council” is organized in Indianola, Mississippi to oppose the integration of schools and other public spaces and to promote white supremacy. -
Parks takes a seat to take a stand
Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, at 42, is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger in compliance with segregation laws. Her actions and subsequent arrest spark a bus boycott in Montgomery which lasts for more than a year. -
Social Securitty Act of 1956
Eisenhower signs the Social Security Act 1956, permitting women to retire at age sixty-two and disabled workers at age fifty. -
Geneva Conference Opens
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Emmet Till Lynched in MIssissippi
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Browder vs. Gayle
After a successful year of bus boycotts against segregation in Montgomery, Alabama, a three-judge district court rules in Browder v. Gayle that bus segregation in Montgomery is unconstitutional. -
Eisenhower gets re-elected
Eisenhower defeats Stevenson by nine million votes to win a second term. Congress remains in the hands of the Democratic Party. -
Eisenhoer meets with Civil Rights Leaders
Eisenhower finally meets with civil rights leaders Martin Luther King, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, and Lester Granger, who have been critical of Eisenhower’s slow pace of progress and lack of strong support for Civil Rights legislation. -
Hawaii becomes a state
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Soviets shoot down u-2
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