Date: September 12, 1953
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Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid. Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 26 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. Date: December 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 9 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Delta Air Lines Flight 318 Crashes Near Marshall, Texas, Killing…
Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter. Date: September 21, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 21 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Queen Elizabeth II Coronation First Televised British Coronation June 2,…
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…
Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. Date: November 30, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 30 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953UK Sugar Rationing Ends…
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000. Date: April 27, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 27 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from…