American Airlines Flight 723 Crashes in Colonie, New York, September 16, 1953

The 7.2 Ms  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 → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid. Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: September 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 13 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Public TV Station KUHT Begins Broadcasting, May 25, 1953CIA…

The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts. Date: June 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953U.S. First and Only Nuclear Artillery Test at Nevada Test Site, May 25, 1953Western Turkey…

A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people. Date: March 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Deadly F5 Tornado Kills 114 in Waco, Texas May 11,…

Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends. Date: September 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953Joseph Stalin Dies at Moscow Dacha After Cerebral…