Date: April 27, 1953
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 1953I Love…
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)…
Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA. Date: April 25, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Batepá…
Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. Date: May 4, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Western Turkey Earthquake Kills 1,070 March 18, 1953Queen Elizabeth II Coronation First…
Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. Date: January 14, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Georgy Malenkov Succeeds Joseph Stalin as Soviet Premier, March 6, 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near Tachikawa,…
First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California. Date: August 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953CIA and MI6 Overthrow Mosaddegh in Iran, Restore Shah, August 19, 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near…