Date: October 30, 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 1953French Union Withdraws from Operation Camargue Against Viet Minh,…
Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: September 7, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 7 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000 for MiG-15 Defection, April 27, 1953USAF C-124…
Rationing of sugar in the United Kingdom ends. Date: September 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Nikita Khrushchev Appointed Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, September 13, 1953French Union Withdraws from Operation Camargue Against…
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War. Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Soviet Thermonuclear Bomb…
American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people. Date: September 16, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Cambodia Gains Independence from France, November 9, 1953Che Guevara Trip Through Latin America…