Date: May 3, 1953
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 1953Flint-Worcester Tornado Outbreak Kills 94 in Massachusetts, June 9, 1953Milwaukee Brewery Workers…
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 1953CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953French Union…
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 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near Tachikawa, Japan, Killing 129 -…
Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. Date: December 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Waiting for Godot Premieres in Paris, January 5, 1953Batepá Massacre…
The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris. Date: January 5, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg Clemency Appeals, February 11, 1953BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 Crash…
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 → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…