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President Eisenhower orders U.S. Marines to land in Lebanon, at the request of the Beirut government. |
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law. |
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US President Dwight David Eisenhower suffers a mild stroke which impairs his speech. |
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Operation ALERT is implemented by the U.S. Civil Defense Agency and millions of Americans and 55 U.S. cities participate in a mock nuclear war. Operation ALERT wiould be abandoned in 1962. |
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U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill into law to place the words "under God" to the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance. |
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Dwight David Eisenhower warns against US involvement in the Vietnam conflict. |
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President Eisenhower and 161 reporters participate in the first White House Press Conference. |
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President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills his campaign pledge and goes to Korea in search of a key to ending the frustrating Korean War. |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower retires from active service in the United States Army. |
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Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower is named commander of the North Atlanic Treaty Organization, NATO. |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower advises President Truman not to use the Atomic Bomb. In his assessment, it is unecessary. |
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U.S. General Dwight Eisenhower & British General Bernard Montgomery meet in Hasselt, Belgium. |
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The Allied Invasion of Normandy begins with Operation Overlord as 155,000 Allied troops land on the beaches of Normandie, France in the largest amphibious military operation in history. |
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British bombers drop 5000 tons of bombs on German bunkers and gun batters along the Normandy coast in preparation for D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Europe. |
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Gen. Dwight David Eisenhower arrives in England. |
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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower and British PM Winston Churchill discuss the North Africa situation during their meeting in Algiers, Algeria. |
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The Americans approve Operation Torch, Churchill's preferred alternative to an immediate invasion of Europe. Operation Torch would secure all of North Africa for the Allies from the Vichy French and Germans. |
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