Date: April 25, 1953
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 1953Pravda Accuses Soviet Doctors of Poison Plot, January 13,…
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 1953BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 Crash Near San Francisco, October 29, 1953Western Turkey Earthquake Kills 1,070+…
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 1953Fidel Castro’s History Will Absolve Me Speech and Sentence, October 16,…
Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test. 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 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to Break…
Cambodia gains independence from France. Date: November 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Piltdown Man Hoax Exposed by Natural History Museum, London November 21, 1953Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Published, October 19, 1953Operation Moolah…
Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier. Date: March 5, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…