East Germany Workers Uprising Quelled by Soviet Troops, June 17, 1953
Date: June 17, 1953
Date: June 17, 1953
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. Date: May 4, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 4 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Public TV Station KUHT Begins Broadcasting, May 25, 1953Soviet Thermonuclear…
Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo. Date: June 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 26 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Joseph Stalin Dies at Moscow Dacha After Cerebral Hemorrhage,…
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 β π Other events on May 25 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Nikita Khrushchev Elected First Secretary of…
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19. Date: May 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 17 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Canadian Pacific De Havilland Comet Crashes in Karachi, 1953 March 3, 1953Nikita Khrushchev Elected…
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks. Date: October 16, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 16 π Events on this day in 1953 π On…
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 β π Other events on March 5 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from…