President Dwight D. Eisenhower is born in Denison, Texas. Before being elected in 1952, Eisenhower attended West Point, served in the U. S. Army for over 30 years, was appointed the first NATO Supreme Allied Commander, and served as the president of Columbia University.
An American U-2 reconnaissance plane photographs a Soviet nuclear missile construction site in San Cristobal, Cuba, confirming the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt is shot in the chest by saloon keeper John Schrank in Milwaukee. Roosevelt, who was campaigning in Milwaukee for another chance at the presidency, delivered his speech after he had been wounded, and the bullet remained in his chest for the rest of his life.
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