On October 14, 1890, Dwight David Eisenhower was born in Denison, Texas. He grew up in Kansas and attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. During World War II, he rose to command Allied forces in Western Europe and oversaw the D-Day invasion. After the war, he served as Army chief of staff and later as president of Columbia University. Elected president in 1952, he guided the United States through early Cold War tensions and oversaw major infrastructure projects such as the interstate highway system. His birth is noted as the beginning of a career that combined military leadership and two terms in the White House.
