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President Dwight Eisenhower breaks relations with Cuba just prior to leaving office (January 1961). The presidential inauguration of John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961 marks a shift to a Democratic administration. In 1962, Kennedy approves the first important arms deal between the U.S. and Israel (U.S. Hawk anti-aircraft). Kennedy is assassinated on November 22, 1963, and Vice President Lyndon Johnson is sworn in to office on the same day. Between 1960 and 1968 about 73,000 Jewish immigrants arrive, most of them Israelis, Cubans, and Near Easterners. Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution on August 7, 1964, providing the primary constitutional authorization for Johnson's rapid escalation of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. After the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, the U.S. is instrumental in preventing U.N. bodies from branding Israel an aggressor and demanding the unconditional withdrawal of Israeli forces from occupied territories. (en-US)

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Encyclopaedia Britannica: a dictionary of arts, sciences, and general literature. Chicago: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1995. Vol. 5, p. 564

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• Stati Uniti 1945 (8 maggio) - 2002