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Stati Uniti 1953 (1 gennaio) - 1960 (31 dicembre) CercaDefinizione
The presidential inauguration of Dwight Eisenhower on January 20, 1953 marks a shift to a Republican administration. Eisenhower negotiates an armistice of the Korean War, which is signed on July 27, 1953. In 1956, the U.S. begins providing economic and military assistance to South Vietnam after South Vietnam refuses to hold free elections scheduled by the Geneva Accords, and North Vietnam responds by pursuing unification of Vietnam by military means. Between 1944 and 1959, 191,373 Jewish immigrants arrive in the U.S. (en-US)
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Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995. Vol. 12, p. 361