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| 1932 | Birth |  |
| 9th July Evanston Birth of Donald Henry Rumsfeld |
| 1957 | Administrative Assistant | |
| Ohio Appointed as Administrative Assistant to David S. Dennison Jr., a Congress man representing the 11th district of Ohio |
| 1962 | Election | |
| Elected to the United States House of Representatives for the 13th Congress ional District in Illinois in 1962, at the age of 30 |
| 1969 | Office of Economic Opportunity | |
| Appointed Director of the United States Office of Economic Opportunity, Assistant to the President, and a member of the President's Cabinet |
| 1973 | Ambassador | |
| Appointed USAAmbassador to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
| 1974 | Chief of Staff | |
| Appointed White House Chief of Staff |
| 1975 | Secretary of Defense | |
| Appointed United States Secretary of Defense, 1st term |
| 1977 | Chief Executive Officer | |
| Skokie Appointed Chief Executive Officer, President, and then Chairman of G.D. Searle & Company, a worldwide pharmaceutical company based in Skokie, Illinois |
| 1977 | Presidential Medal of Freedom | |
| Awarded the nation's highest civilian award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| 1982 | General Advisory Committee on Arms Control | |
| Appointed Member of the President's General Advisory Committee on Arms Control |
| 1982 | Special Envoy Rumsfeld | |
| Appointed President Reagan's Special Envoy on the Law of the Sea Treaty |
| 1983 | Adviser | |
| Appointed Senior Advisor to President Reagan's Panel on Strategic Systems |
| 1983 | Special Envoy Rumsfeld | |
| Appointed President Reagan's Special Envoy to the Middle East |
| 2001 | Declaration of War | |
| 18th Sep Rumsfeld says preparations are being made against countries with terrorists |
| 2001 | Secretary of Defense | |
| 20th Jan Appointed United States Secretary of Defense, 2nd term |
| 2006 | Dismissal | |
| 8th Nov Bush dismisses Rumsfeld after losing the Senate & House of Representives elections |
