Dwight D. Eisenhower died on 28 March 1969 in Walter Reed Army Medical Center, aged 78. An American general and Republican statesman, Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe during the Second World War, directing the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944 and the campaign that defeated Germany. After the war he served as army chief of staff, president of Columbia University and the first supreme commander of NATO. He won the presidency in 1952 and served two terms, ending the Korean War, launching the Interstate Highway System and sending federal troops to enforce school desegregation in Little Rock. In his farewell address he warned of the influence of the military-industrial complex.
Before and after
- from 2 March 1969 to 11 September 1969Sino-Soviet border conflict
- 2 March 1969First flight of Concorde
- 3 March 1969Launch of Apollo 9
- 27 March 1969Birth of Mariah Carey
- 28 March 1969Death of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 14 May 1969Birth of Cate Blanchett
- 18 May 1969Launch of Apollo 10
- 23 May 1969Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
- 26 May 1969Founding of Andean Community
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