Ernest Hemingway Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, May 4, 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…

Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Date: April 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Che Guevara Trip Through Latin America July 7, 1953Pravda Doctors’ Plot Accusation in Soviet Union, January 13,…

Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. Date: June 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Blasket…

Korean War: Cessation of hostilities is achieved when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. Date: July 27, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 27 📅 Events on this day in…

Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman. Date: May…

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 1953Western Turkey Earthquake Kills 1,070 March 18, 1953Georgy Malenkov…