Eisenhower administration happenings in January:

January 1953: Neutralization of Formosa by Seventh Fleet ended.

January 21, 1954: First atomic submarine, U.S.S. Nautilus, launched, Groton, Connecticut.

January 28, 1955: Congress approved presidential request to allow U.S. forces to defend Formosa against Communist aggression.

January 10-11, 1957: Southern Christian Leadership Conference is formed by Martin Luther King, Jr. and 60 others.

January 31, 1958: Launching of Explorer I; first American satellite.

January 1, 1959: Fidel Castro's guerilla forces overthrow the Batista regime in Cuba.

January 17, 1961: President Eisenhower delivers his Farewell Address to the Nation warning of the "military-industrial complex."