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  2. MS St. Louis - Wikipedia

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    On reaching Cuba, she anchored at 04:00 on May 27 at the far end of the Havana Harbor, but was denied entry to the usual docking areas. The Cuban government, headed by President Federico Laredo Brú, refused to accept the foreign refugees, although they held legal tourist visas to Cuba, as laws related to these had been recently changed. On May ...

  3. SS Exodus - Wikipedia

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    From 1942 President Warfield served in the Second World War as a barracks and training ship for the British Armed Forces. In 1944 she was commissioned into the United States Navy as USS President Warfield (IX-169), a station and accommodation ship for the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach. In 1947, she was renamed Exodus 1947 to take part in Aliyah Bet.

  4. SS Quanza - Wikipedia

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    He was a Roman Catholic, but his ancestry was German Jewish. He was fortunate enough to have a passport from the Vatican for himself and his family. [6] The remaining 121 passengers were denied entry, including nearly all of the Jewish passengers. [4] Quanza proceeded to Veracruz, Mexico, where it arrived on 30 August. [5]

  5. List of people banned from entering the United States

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    The following is a list of notable people who are or were barred from entering the United States. The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) handles deportation in the United States, often in conjunction with advice from the U.S. Department of State. [1]

  6. Struma disaster - Wikipedia

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    The Struma disaster was the sinking on 24 February 1942 of a ship, MV Struma, which had been trying to take nearly 800 Jewish refugees from the Axis member Romania to Mandatory Palestine. She was a small iron-hulled ship of only 240 GRT and had been built in 1867 as a steam-powered schooner [ 3 ] but had recently been re-engined with an ...

  7. United States presidential line of succession - Wikipedia

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    The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.S. presidency (or the office itself, in the instance of succession by the vice president) upon an elected president's death, resignation, removal from office, or incapacity.

  8. List of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, [1] indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. [2] Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. [3] The ...

  9. List of U.S. military vessels named after presidents - Wikipedia

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    USS President was a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate and was one of the original six frigates of the United States Navy. Captured by the Royal Navy in 1815. USS President (1812) was a 12-gun sloop-of-war that served until 1814 when also captured by the Royal Navy.