Ernest Hemingway Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea, May 4, 1953

The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. Date: November 21, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)…

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. Date: March 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953U.S.-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty Signed, October 1, 1953World’s First Stack…

A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129. Date: June 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Approves NSC 162/2 Nuclear Deterrent Policy, October 30, 1953Israeli-Soviet Relations…

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 1953US Midshipman Aircraft Crash Kills 44 in Florida July 17, 1953Operation Moolah Offers…

Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. Date: May 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 29 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Approves…

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 1953Beecher, Michigan F5 Tornado Kills 116, Injures 844, Destroys…