Date: March 5, 1953
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people. Date: March 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay First Summit Mount Everest May 29, 1953Winston Churchill Knighted by…
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. Date: June 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Frances P. Bolton and Son First Mother-Son U.S. Congress, January 3,…
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. Date: December 8, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in…
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19. Date: May 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near Tachikawa, Japan, Killing 129 – June 18, 1953Piltdown Man Hoax…
Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman. Date: May…
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. Date: May 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Delta Air…