Date: April 25, 1953
Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammad Mosaddegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Date: August 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Canadian Pacific…
BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Date: October 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 29 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Canadian Pacific De Havilland Comet Crashes in Karachi, 1953 March 3, 1953Canadian Pacific De Havilland Comet Crash…
Thermonuclear bomb testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of "RDS-6s" (Joe 4) using a "layered" scheme. 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 1953Georgy Malenkov Succeeds Stalin as…
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) More events from 1953Delta Air Lines Flight 318 Crashes Near Marshall, Texas, Killing 19,…
Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA. Date: April 25, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Cold…
The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44. Date: July 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953UK Sugar Rationing Ends…