Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th president of the United States, promoted Atoms for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in order to ease Cold War tensions.

Dwight David “Ike” Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
Born: October 14, 1890, Denison, TX
Died: March 28, 1969, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda
Presidential term: January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
Party: Republican Party
Vice president: Richard Nixon (1953–1961)
Nicknames: Kansas Cyclone, Ike, General Ike, Little Ike, Duckpin
• First president to serve in World War II.
• First president to serve in both World Wars.
• First president to have been a five-star general of the army.
• First president to have served as chief of staff of the United States Army.
• First president to have served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe.
• First president to have an aircraft carrier named after him.
• First president to be born in Texas.
• First president from Kansas.
• First president to begin his presidency on January 20 (per the Twentieth Amendment). He began his presidency on January 20, 1953.
• First president to celebrate his 70th birthday while in office. Eisenhower was born in 1890 and turned 70 in 1960. His office term ended in 1961.
• First president to have had both major parties attempt to recruit him for the presidential nomination of their party. Eisenhower was a popular military figure of World War II, and was encouraged by Democrats and Republicans to run for their party’s presidential nomination after the war. president Truman reportedly offered to serve as Eisenhower’s vice president if he ran as a Democrat. Eisenhower ultimately ran as a Republican.
• First president to travel by jet aircraft and helicopter.
• First president to get a pilot’s license.
• First president to visit the independent nations of Switzerland, Vatican City, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Greece, Tunisia, Spain, Chile, Portugal, the Philippines, South Korea and Taiwan while in office.
• First president to give a televised news conference, in 1955.
• First president to appear on color television.
• First president of all 50 states (Alaska and Hawaii were admitted during his presidency).
• First president to be term-limited, due to the 22nd Amendment.
• First president to have served more than one full term with a Congress controlled by the opposing party.
• First president to have received an honorary knighthood from a foreign nation (Eisenhower received 22 such honors).
• First president to receive the Army Distinguished Service Medal, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal, and the Legion of Merit.
• First president to receive the Philippine Distinguished Service Star, the French Médaille militaire, the French Croix de guerre 1939–1945, the Belgian Croix de guerre, and the Luxembourgish Military Medal.
• First president and first American to be appointed to the British Order of Merit.
• First president to be made a Grand Cordon of the Japanese Order of the Chrysanthemum.
• First president and American to receive the Soviet Order of Victory, for serving as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force.
• First president to receive an Emmy Award.
• First president to have had a secretary of health, education, and welfare.
• First president to have had a national security advisor.
• First president to serve as president of Columbia University.