U.S. President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" id="mwlA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> delivers his "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atoms_for_Peace" id="mwlQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Atoms for Peace">Atoms for Peace</a>" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.