User:Ethanbas/Timeline of the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower

The presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower began on January 20, 1953 when Dwight D. Eisenhower was inaugurated as President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1961.

1953

 * January 20 - First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower


 * April 16 - Chance for Peace speech


 * July 27 - Korean War ends.

1954

 * September 8 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed on September 8, 1954 as the Southeast Asian version of NATO aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
 * May 17 - Brown v. Board of Education

1955

 * May 14 - The Warsaw Pact is formed by the Soviet Union and communist countries in eastern Europe as a military defense organization to counter NATO.

1956

 * June 29 - Interstate Highway System is created.
 * October 29 - Suez Crisis
 * November 6 - Eisenhower beats Adlai Stevenson in the 1956 US presidential elections to remain president of the United States.

1957

 * January 5 - Eisenhower Doctrine is announced.
 * January 20 - Second inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower
 * September 9 - Civil Rights Act of 1957
 * October 4 - Sputnik 1 is launched, the first artificial Earth satellite.

1958

 * July 29 - The National Aeronautics and Space Act established NASA.

1959

 * January 1 - Cuban Revolution ousts Cuban President Fulgencio Batista.

1960

 * May 6 - Civil Rights Act of 1960

1961

 * January 17 - Eisenhower in his farewell address warns of the military–industrial complex.
 * January 19 - Last full day as President of the United States. Eisenhower is the first President to be constitutionally prevented from running for a third term, as a result of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, which was ratified on February 27, 1951.
 * January 20 - John F. Kennedy is inaugurated as the 35th President of the United States.