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Ho Chi Minh Land Reforms
Ho Chi Minh "land reforms" in North Vietnam; thousands of people classified as landowners and wealthy farmers are imprisoned, tortured, or executed. -
Diem Repression
Ngo Dinh Diem begins a campaign to repress those who fought for or sympathized with the Viet Minh. -
Ike Reelected
EIisenhower is reelected