Timeline Tuesday 20 January 1953

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• 1945 – 1953 Truman presidency 33rd President — 1945 to 1953 Harry S. Truman assumed the presidency on April 12, 1945 after FDR's death. He authorised the atomic bombs on Japan, launched the Marshall Plan, established NATO, and recognised Israel in 1948.
• 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower Inaugurated as US President Former general takes office Dwight D. Eisenhower was sworn in as the 34th President of the United States, having won the 1952 election in a landslide as a war hero and political newcomer. His administration would oversee the end of the Korean War and the early buildup of Cold War nuclear strategy. He served two terms until 1961.
• 1953 – 1961 Eisenhower presidency 34th President — 1953 to 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower served as the 34th President from January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961. He ended the Korean War, presided over post-war prosperity, created the Interstate Highway System and managed Cold War tensions.
• 1953 – 2019 Jeffrey Epstein (1953-2019) Died 10 August 2019, aged 66 Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier who was facing federal sex trafficking charges involving the abuse of underage girls at the time of his death. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York, in a death ruled a suicide that prompted widespread scrutiny. His case implicated numerous prominent associates.
• 1953 – 1961 Richard Nixon becomes vice president Under Eisenhower, 1953-1961 He stood in three times while Eisenhower was ill, and turned a ceremonial job into a platform.