Date: December 8, 1953
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: December 10, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 10 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953North Sea Flood Kills 2,100 in Netherlands and UK, January 31, 1953Pit River Bridge…
Israeli-Soviet relations are severed. Date: February 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Royal Australian Regiment Repels Chinese Assaults at The Hook, July 26, 1953Hillary and Tenzing First to Summit Mount Everest, May 29,…
Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo. Date: June 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 26 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue Photographed by Virginia Schau, May…
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 1953First U.S. Experimental 3D TV Broadcast of Space Patrol, April 29, 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman…
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…
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19. Date: May 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953American Airlines Flight 723 Crashes in Colonie, New York, September 16, 1953Supreme Court Ends…