Eisenhower Years By andy0610 Jan 20, 1953 Inaugurated as the 34th President of the United States Period: Jan 20, 1953 to Jan 20, 1961 Eisenhower Years Apr 1, 1953 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare created Jun 19, 1953 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg executed Jul 26, 1953 Announces an armistice in Korea Aug 1, 1953 Broadening the provisions of the Social Security Act - 10 million additional Americans Aug 7, 1953 Refugee Relief Act - Admitting 214,000 more immigrants to existing immigration quotas Oct 8, 1953 Announces that the USSR has tested a hydrogen bomb Dec 8, 1953 "Atoms for Peace" speech to the U.N Mar 8, 1954 Signed a mutual defense agreement providing gradual & partial rearmament of Japan May 17, 1954 Brown V. Topeka Board of Education - Racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional Jul 21, 1954 Geneva Accords signed - Cease-fire in Vietnam. US refuses to sign Dec 2, 1954 US signs a mutual defense pact with Taiwan (R.O.C) Jul 18, 1955 Geneva Conference - Britian, France, USSR, and the US Sep 24, 1955 Eisenhower suffers a "moderate" heart attack at Denver, Colorado Nov 25, 1955 Interstate Commerce Commission bans racial segregation on interstate trains and buses Dec 1, 1955 Boycott of the city's buses led by MLK for more than a year - Rosa Parks arrest in Montgomery, AL Dec 5, 1955 American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations RATIFIED Feb 22, 1956 Releases $1 billion worth of Uranium-235 for peaceful atomic purposes May 31, 1956 U-2 Spy Flights over the Soviet Union Jun 4, 1956 Bowder V. Gayle - Rules bus segregation in Montgomery unconstitutional Jun 29, 1956 Federal Aid Highway Act Aug 1, 1956 Social Security Act - Women retire at age 62 adn disabled workers at 50 Dec 20, 1956 End of Montgomery Bus Boycott Jan 5, 1957 Eisenhower Doctrine presented Jan 6, 1957 Elvis Presley appearance on Ed Sullivan Show - Waist up issue Jan 20, 1957 Inaugurated for second term as President of United States Mar 5, 1957 Congress sanctions the "Eisenhower Doctrine" Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act passed Sep 24, 1957 Federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas Oct 4, 1957 USSR launches Sputnik Sep 2, 1958 National Defensse Education Act Mar 18, 1959 Hawaii as the fiftieth state Jul 24, 1959 Nixon and Khrushchev's "kitchen debate" in Moscow Mar 17, 1960 CIA training exiles to invade Cuba May 5, 1960 USSR shot down American U-2 Spy Plane May 6, 1960 Civil Rights Act of 1960 - passed May 16, 1960 Paris Summit issue - Eisenhower refues to apologize to USSR, Khrushchev refuses to meet Jan 17, 1961 Eisenhower Farewell Address - "Millitary Industrial Complex"