![Steel Magnate Cyrus Eaton](https://www.onthisday.com/images/people/cyrus-s-eaton.jpg?w=360)
Profession: Steel Magnate
Biography: One of the most powerful financiers in the American Midwest. He funded and helped organize the first Pugwash Conference on World Peace and nuclear disarmament in 1957.
Born: December 27, 1883
Birthplace: Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Capricorn
Historical Events
- 1955-07-13 Industrialist Cyrus Eaton first offers to host a conference on dangers of nuclear weapons in Pugwash, Nova Scotia
- 1957-07-08 First Pugwash Conference, the "Thinkers Lodge" held on nuclear disarmament at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, founded by Joseph Rotblat and hosted by Cyrus Eaton