Date: April 27, 1953
An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people. Date: March 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg Clemency Appeals, February 11, 1953Hillary and Tenzing First to Summit Mount Everest,…
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 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near Tachikawa, Japan, Killing 129 – June 18, 1953Canadian Pacific De…
Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published. Date: October 19, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 19 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Devil’s Island Penal Colony Permanently Closes, August 22, 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to Break Sound Barrier, May 18, 1953Edmund…
Cambodia gains independence from France. Date: November 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Josip Broz Tito Elected First President of Yugoslavia, January 14, 1953Pravda Doctors’ Plot Accusation in Soviet Union, January 13, 1953I…
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…
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)…