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  2. 1953 - Wikipedia

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    1953 was a common year ... June 18 – René Fonck, French aviator, top Allied World War I Flying Ace (b. 1894) June 19. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, American ...

  3. List of wars: 1945–1989 - Wikipedia

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    Graph of global conflict deaths from 1945 to 1989 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1945 and 1989.Other wars can be found in the historical lists of wars and the list of wars extended by diplomatic irregularity.

  4. List of wars: 1900–1944 - Wikipedia

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    Graph of global conflict deaths from 1900 to 1944 from various sources. This is a list of wars that began between 1900 and 1944.. This period saw the outbreak of World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945), which are among the deadliest conflicts in human history, with many of the world's great powers partaking in total war and some partaking in genocides.

  5. Timeline of World War I - Wikipedia

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    The Great War. USA: Public Broadcasting System. "WWI Timeline". National Wwi Museum and Memorial. USA: National World War I Museum. "World War One Timeline". UK: BBC. "New Zealand and the First World War (timeline)". New Zealand Government. "Timeline: Australia in the First World War, 1914-1918". Australian War Memorial.

  6. Chance for Peace speech - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower took office in January 1953, with the Korean War in a stalemate. Three and a half years prior, the Soviet Union had successfully detonated the atomic bomb named RDS-1, and appeared to reach approximate military parity with the United States. [1]

  7. January 1953 - Wikipedia

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    January 31, 1953: Unprecedented floods affect the Netherlands and UK. North Sea flood of 1953: Flooding broke out in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, continuing until February 1 and eventually resulting in the deaths of more than 2000 people. [47] [48]

  8. 1950s - Wikipedia

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    The United States was the most influential economic power in the world after World War II under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the 1950s, the median age of newlyweds declined to its lowest point, a level not seen since. [ 5 ]

  9. History of the United States (1917–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The history of the United States from 1917 to 1945 was marked by World War I, the interwar period, the Great Depression, and World War II. The United States tried and failed to broker a peace settlement for World War I , then entered the war after Germany launched a submarine campaign against U.S. merchant ships that were supplying Germany's ...