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October 14, 1890, Denison, Texas
Dwight D Eisnenhower is born. -
Dwight goes into army for US
General of the Army -
Dwight D Eisenhowergets inaugurated as the 34th president
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Ralph Ellison wins a National Book Award for Invisible Man.
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The Soviet Union announces the death of Josef Stalin
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All price controls officially ended by the Office of Price Stabilization.
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A CIA-sponsored coup in Guatemala overthrows the government of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman.
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Chinese Communist Air Force raid the nationalist-controlled Tachen Islands and seize Ichiang Island
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Eisenhower announces that the United States would use atomic weapons in the event of war with Communist China
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Eisenhower asks Nikita Khrushchev for a partial test-ban agreement
