Date: April 25, 1953
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…
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…
CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. Date: April 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue Photographed by Virginia Schau, May 3, 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to…
The 7.2 Ms Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed. 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…
Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador. Date: July 7, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 7 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Experimental 3D TV…
Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. Date: January 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Flint-Worcester Tornado Outbreak…