Date: April 27, 1953
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 → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953UK Sugar Rationing Ends September 26, 1953Nikita Khrushchev…
Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter. Date: September 21, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 21 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Published, October 19, 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg…
The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris. Date: January 5, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue and Pulitzer Photo, May 3, 1953Crick and Watson…
The Batepá massacre occurs in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleash a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros. Date: February 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
In the deadliest of a series of tornadoes, an F5 tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas. Date: May 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 Crash Near San Francisco, October…
CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. Date: April 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953North Sea Flood Kills 2,100 in Netherlands and UK, January 31, 1953Winston Churchill Knighted by…