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Dwight Davi Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), nicknamed "Ike", was a General of the Army (five star general) in the United States Army and U.S. politician, who served as the thirty-fourth President of the United States (1953–1961). During the Second World War, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe, with responsibility for planning and supervising the successful invasion of France and Germany in 1944–45. In 1951, he became the first supreme commander of NATO.

Trivia about eisenhower

  • He was the first president to preside over 50 states
  • As seen in the photo, this president liked to paint to help himself relax
  • First awarded in 1958, an amateur golf trophy is named for this U.S. president
  • He was the last one who also served as a U.S. president
  • Of golfing with this president, Bob quipped, "It's hard to play a guy who rattles his medals while you're putting"
  • Playing on the 1912 West Point football team, this future president tackled Jim Thorpe
  • On Dec. 24, 1943 this U.S. general was appointed Supreme Allied Commander
  • U.S. President & 5-star general
  • For Michael Korda's "Ike", a biography of this man, I'm thinking Brendan Fraser
  • ...Hawaii gained statehood
  • ...Hawaii became a state
  • This president called his 1953 appointment of Earl Warren "the biggest damn' fool mistake I ever made"
  • He died in 1969 but popped up on a U.S. dollar coin 2 years later
  • An honorary "Atoms for Peace" award went to this ex-U.S. president in 1969, the year of his death
  • This president who often said "nucular" proposed the "Atoms for Peace" plan at the U.N.
  • In 1933 this major became the aide to Gen. MacArthur; later, he would become Supreme Allied Commander
  • The family bible records his first 2 names as David Dwight, not Dwight David
  • One of the "Six Crises" Richard Nixon faced in his book of that title was this president's heart attack
  • His 1957 inauguration included a "minority dinner" featuring gefilte fish, minestrone soup & Greek salad
  • (Sarah leans from a train.) In World War Two, Number 1592 was refurbished and codenamed "Bayonet" to serve as this general's private coach
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Omaha Beach in France.) Hours before his troops stormed these shores, he told them, "You are about to embark on the great crusade towards which we have striven these many months"
  • In 1953 he told visitors, "There is one thing about being president--nobody can tell you when to sit down"
  • In his farewell, he warned against the influence of "military-industrial complex"
  • About him Truman said, “The general doesn't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday”
  • He was the first president to preside over all 50 states
  • Kay Summersby drove him to work in the 1940s & may have driven him to infidelity as well
  • In his January 17 farewell address, he warned about the dangers of the "military-industrial complex"
  • Adlai Stevenson (twice)
  • A little Rogaine goes a long way for this now hirsute prez who once worked in the Panama Canal Zone
  • E.G. Marshall, Robert Duvall & Tom Selleck have all played this U.S. president
  • The complex of buildings at this library in Abilene, Kansas includes a nondenominational chapel where the president is buried
  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reads the clue from the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C.) Engraved in the memorial granite is this man's quote, prior to D-Day, that begins, "You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade"
  • 1952 & 1956:Adlai Stevenson
  • Mamie Geneva Doud
  • October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas
  • On June 6, 1944 he said, "The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you"
  • Asked about his golf game after leaving the White House, this 34th Pres. said that "a lot more people beat me now"
  • While in the Military, this 34th president of the U.S. was stationed at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio
  • Last president born in the 19th century
  • This U.S. president agreed to the ceasefire that ended the conflict & that remains in effect to this day
  • WIENER SHOE
  • He graduated from West Point in 1915 & returned to school in 1948 as president of Columbia University
  • To everything, there is a season: he was the first president who was limited to 2 full terms of office by the Constitution
  • The No. 1 nonfiction book of 1948 was "Crusade in Europe" by this American general
  • (Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Pentagon pool.) A gym and pool were built at the Pentagon after World War II, at the suggestion of this man, then Army Chief of Staff
  • (Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Waldorf Astoria.) A circle of five stars marks the doorway of the suite that this U.S. president once lived in
  • Earl Warren became Chief Justice of the U.S.
  • 1979:Robert Duvall as this general
  • "We must guard against feverish building of vast armaments to meet glibly predicted moments of... 'maximum peril'"
  • As a boy in Kansas, he said his dream was to be a Major League Baseball player; he went into the Army instead
  • In the 1950s the U.S. Golf Association installed a putting green for him near the Rose Garden

Tweets about eisenhower

  • RT @quotes_region: "Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all." - Dwight Eisenhower
  • Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all. - Dwight Eisenhower
  • Today's #history: Ferraro named VP candidate; Eisenhower takes first presidential ride in a helicopter ^ja
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  • “@fullofbalogna: Eisenhower, the GOP's last good president. #Werd
  • RT @fullofbalogna: Eisenhower, the GOP's last good president.
  • Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. - Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • RT @GreatestQuotes: "Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all." - Dwight Eisenhower
  • Pessimism never won any battle. Dwight D. Eisenhower
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  • “Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs.” - Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • RT @RPMarathon: History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.-Dwight D Eisenhower
  • "The only way to win World War III is to prevent it." - Dwight Eisenhower
  • Loved this: "What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight–it’s the size of the fight in the dog. " - Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • "He voted for Eisenhower cause Lincoln won the war." -John Prine
  • Leadership: The art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Eisenhower
  • Pessimism never won any battle. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • "Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all." - Dwight Eisenhower
  • New Rick Perry op-ed for US military interventionism targets Rand Paul isolationism praises Reagan, Eisenhower. //
  • Today in 1957: Dwight D. Eisenhower became the 1st President of the U.S. to fly in a helicopter in the Bell H-13J:
  • Some people wanted champagne and caviar when they should have had beer and hot dogs. - Eisenhower #quote
  • ¡Qué hubiese sido de Ike Eisenhower si no le llega a asesorar Guardiola! Seguro que los aliados hubiesen desembarcado en Namek
  • #QuoteoftheDay from President Dwight D. Eisenhower. #LouDobbsTonight
  • Here is Ansel Adams' rendition of Alaska, whose statehood bill was signed by President Eisenhower this day 1958:
  • Politics should be the part-time profession of every citizen. - Dwight Eisenhower
  • Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. (Dwight D. Eisenhower)
  • . President Eisenhower on our #Freedom. Let's not let the #leftists, #takers and #uninformed steal it from us. #WAR
  • A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. - Eisenhower #quote
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  • リーダーシップとは、 自分がしてほしいことを他人がしたいと心から思うように仕向ける技術のこと(Dwight D. Eisenhower) #就活
  • 😷 Pesimisme tidak pernah memenangkan satu pun pertempuran. Dwight D Eisenhower
  • 😈 Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. Dwight Eisenhower
  • RT @NWORevelation: President Eisenhower's Farewell Speech Warning Of Military and Corporation Take Over = A #OneWorldOrder = https://t.co/P…
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  • RT @Charvettebey: I like Ann Lewis! Can congress come back to the 50's & fund Eisenhower legislation? #Uppers @upwithsteve Or is THAT over …
  • I like Ann Lewis! Can congress come back to the 50's & fund Eisenhower legislation? #Uppers @upwithsteve Or is THAT over too?
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  • @maroofmir "Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all." - Dwight Eisenhower
  • RT @jlock17: So, person who still gets excited about the mail running, tell us more about President Eisenhower.
  • RT @CHRISVOSSSHOW: In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • "The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty loving people everywhere march with you." #Gen_Eisenhower_1944.
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  • "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • RT @johnavant: “@MostFamousQuote: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." -Dwight D. Eisenhower”
  • RT @The_Gym_Crowd: Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • RT @MostFamousQuote: "A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both." -Dwight D. Eisenhower