Egyptian Revolution Overthrows Muhammad Ali Dynasty, Declares Republic, June 18, 1953
Date: June 18, 1953
Date: June 18, 1953
The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston. 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 1953Jacqueline Cochran First…
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…
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 1953Western Turkey Earthquake Kills 1,070 March 18, 1953Joseph Stalin…
An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership. Date: January 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 13 π Events…
A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom. Date: January 31, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953US Midshipman Aircraft Crash Kills 44 in…
Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress. Date: January 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 3 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Hillary and Tenzing…