Browse a chronology of major international events that occurred during Eisenhower's presidency.
1953 |
U.S. and North Korea sign armistice ending the Korean War
Marshal Tito is elected president of Yugoslavia
Josef Stalin dies
Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain crowned
USSR explodes a hydrogen bomb
Edmund Hilary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to climb Mt. Everest |
1954 |
Abdul Nasser seizes power in Egypt and becomes premier
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization is established (SEATO)
U.S. tests hydrogen bomb at Bikini Atoll
Vietnamese Communists occupy Dien Bien Phu and Hanoi
U.S. signs a pact with Nationalist China (Taiwan) |
1955 |
Italy, West Germany, and France establish the European Union
West Germany joins NATO
Juan Perón resigns from the presidency of Argentina
Warsaw Pact signed, establishing military alliances between Communist members
Elections take place in South Vietnam; Bao Dai is replaced by Ngo Dinh Diem |
1956 |
Sudan becomes an independent nation
Pakistan becomes a Muslim republic
Israeli troops invade the Sinai Peninsula
Suez Crisis occurs
Japan joins the UN
Soviet troops enter Hungary; martial law declared
Transatlantic cable telephone service begins |
1957 |
Israel hands over the Gaza Strip to UN forces
USSR launches Sputnik
International Atomic Energy Agency established
Great Britain explodes a thermonuclear bomb |
1958 |
The European Common Market is established
Egypt and the Sudan join to become the United Arab Republic under Nasser
Khruschev becomes head of the USSR
Charles de Gaulle becomes president of France
Fidel Castro begins "total war" against the Batista government in Cuba
U.S. Marines go into Lebanon at the request of President Camille Chamoun |
1959 |
Fidel Castro becomes premier of Cuba
De Valera becomes president of Ireland
Bandaranaika, president of Ceylon, is assassinated
USSR Lunik program reaches the moon |
1960 |
Belgian Congo is granted independence (Congo)
Cyprus becomes an independent republic
Khruschev, Harold Macmillan, Eisenhower, de Gaulle meet for summit talks in Paris |
