1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower resigned as Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization If you're interested in learning more facts about Dwight D. Eisenhower, visit HistoryNet.com.
Also today in history, in the U.S. and elsewhere:
1818: President James Monroe proclaimed naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
1943: While the U.S. Army's 34th Infantry Division occupied Djebel el Hara in northern Tunisia, German and Italian forces launched a counterattack.
1944: Exercise Tiger suffered disaster when the convoy carrying the 4th Infantry Division, engaged in a dress rehearsal for the coming landings at Normandy, came under attack off Slapton Sands, Devon, by German Schnellboote (motor torpedo boats), resulting in about 750 deaths.
1975: Dirty job, but someone's got to do it: With nobody else available or willing, General Dương Văn Minh swore in as President of the Republic of Vietnam. Even he probably knew this would not end well.
