Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo. Date: June 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. Date: June 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129. Date: June 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Egyptian revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt. Date: June 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. Date: June 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons. Date: June 8, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, United States, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes. Date: June 8, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 8 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey becomes the first British coronation and one of the first major international events to be televised. Date: June 2, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 2 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)