Georgy Malenkov Succeeds Joseph Stalin as Soviet Premier, March 6, 1953
Date: March 6, 1953
Date: March 6, 1953
First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. Date: August 10, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 10 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First Narcotics Anonymous Meeting in Southern…
Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme. Date: August 12, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 12 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Public TV Station…
The 7.2 Msβ― Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed. Date: August 12, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 12 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 β π Other events on May 29 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953USAF C-124…
Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Date: February 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 11 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953CIA and MI6 Overthrow Mosaddegh in Iran, Restore…
BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Date: October 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 29 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to Break Sound Barrier, May 18, 19537.2 Ionian Earthquake Kills Up to 800…