Delta Air Lines Flight 318 Crashes Near Marshall, Texas, Killing 19, May 17, 1953

Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: March 6, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Batepá Massacre in…

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. Date: March 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Approves NSC 162/2 Nuclear Deterrent Policy, October 30, 1953Eisenhower Denies…

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 1953Waco F5 Tornado Kills 114 May 11, 1953US Midshipman…

Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000. Date: April 27, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published. Date: October 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Ernest Hemingway Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, May 4, 1953Delta Air Lines Flight 318…

First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. Date: August 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Joseph Stalin Suffers Stroke and Collapses March 1, 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000 for Defecting MiG-15…