Time Line 1954 Oct 272008 Births Ordinations Religious Professions Consecrations Bishop Edmund Francis Gibbons Deaths Venerations Beatifications Blessed Jean-Martin Moÿe Blessed Mary Assunta Canonizations Saint Dominic Savio Saint Joseph Pignatelli Saint Peter Chanel Founded Elevations Publications Other Events United States president Eisenhower signs an order adding the words “under God” to the Pledge of Allegience 1953 1955