Date: February 3, 1953
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…
The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed. Date: August 22, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg Clemency Appeals, February 11,…
Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day…
The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston. Date: May 25, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Tangiwai Disaster: New…
An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. Date: January 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events…
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 → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Joseph Stalin Suffers Stroke and Collapses,…