| YEAR | BESS TRUMAN | YEAR | MAMIE EISENHOWER |
| 1885 | BORN FEBRUARY 13 | 1896 | BORN NOVEMBER 14 |
| 1919 | MARRIED HARRY TRUMAN | 1916 | MARRIED JULY 1 TO DWIGHT EISENHOWER |
| 1924 | BIRTH OF DAUGHTER, MARGARET | 1920 | BABY SON DIED ON SCARLET FEVER. HAD ANOTHER SON, JOHN |
| 1935 | MOVED TO WASHINGTON, DC BECAUSE HUSBAND BECAME A US SENATOR | 1952 | BECAME FIRST LADY OF THE UNITED STATES |
| 1945 | BECAME FIRST LADY AUGUST 12 AFTER THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT | 1956 | OCCUPYIED THE HOSPITAL ROOM NEXT TO HER HUSBAND FOR 19 DAYS WHEN HE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK |
| 1982 | DIED OCTOBER 18 | 1979 | DIED NOVEMBER 1 |