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Hawaii Becomes Fiftieth State

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1959

Dwight David Eisenhower21 August 1959

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Hawaii formally enters the Union as the fiftieth state during Eisenhower's presidency.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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