The timeline of events in Dwight Eisenhower's life prior to his first term as President, Eisenhower's 1953 - 1955 timeline of events, Eisenhower's 1956 - 1961 timeline of events:

• 1890Born in Denison, Texas on October 14th
• 1915Graduated from West Point
• 1916 Married Mamie Geneva Doud
• 1917Birth of first son, Doud (deceased in 1921)
• 1922Birth of second son, John
• 1942Became the commanding general of American forces in Europe
• 1944Led Allied invasion of Europe
• 1950Became Supreme Commander of NATO forces throughout Europe
• 1952Elected as the 34th President of the United States
• January 20, 1953Dwight David Eisenhower inaugurated as president
• March 5, 1953Russian dictator, Joseph Stalin, dies
• April 1, 1953The Department of Health, Education and Welfare is created by Congress
• April 16, 1953President Eisenhower delivers his "Chance for Peace" speech
• July 26, 1953The armistice in Korea is signed
• August 1, 1953President Dwight Eisenhower asks Congress to broaden the Social Security Act
• August 7, 1953Eisenhower signs the Refugee Relief Act of 1953 increasing the immigrant quotas
• September 30, 1953Eisenhower appoints Earl Warren chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
• October 8, 1953The Soviet Union tests a hydrogen bomb
• December 8, 1953President Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech to the United Nations
• May 17, 1954The Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
• March 16, 1955President Eisenhower promises to use atomic weapons in potential war with China
• May 31, 1955The Supreme Court order the integration of all public schools
• July 29, 1955The U.S. announces the first artificial satellite will launch in 1957
• September 24, 1955President Eisenhower has a light heart attack in Denver, Colorado
• October 10, 1955The Supreme Court orders Autherine Lucy to be admitted to the University of Alabama
• November 25, 1955The Interstate Commerce Commission bans racial segregation on interstate trains/busses
• December 1, 1955Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for not giving up her seat on the bus
• February 22, 1956President Eisenhower gives uranium to "have not" countries for peaceful use
• February 29, 1956President Eisenhower announces candidacy for second term
• June 29, 1956President Eisenhower signs the Federal Aid Highway Act for funding interstate roads
• August 1, 1956Eisenhower signs Social Security Act to permit women to retire at sixty-two
• September 29, 1956President Eisenhower appoints William J. Brennan to the Supreme Court
• November 6, 1956Eisenhower wins re-election to a second term
• January 20, 1957President Eisenhower is inaugurated for his second term
• September 9, 1957President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first since Reconstruction
• September 24, 1957President Eisenhower sends federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to end segregation
• October 4, 1957The Soviets launch Suptnik
• July 7, 1958Eisenhower signs the bill to make Alaska the 49th state
• September 2, 1958Eisenhower signs the National Defense Education Act providing federal funding
• March 18, 1959Eisenhower signs the bill to make Hawaii the 50th state
• February 1, 1960A civil rights sit in takes place in Greensboro, North Carolina
• May 6, 1960Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960
• January 3, 1961President Eisenhower severs all diplomatic relations with Cuba
• January 17, 1961President Eisenhower delivers his Farewell Address to the nation