Date: June 2, 1953
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19. Date: May 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Hillary and Tenzing First to Summit Mount Everest, May 29, 1953Frances P. Bolton and…
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 1953US Midshipman Aircraft Crash Kills 44 in Florida July 17, 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue and Pulitzer Photo, May 3,…
Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War. Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July…
Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people. Date: December 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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 1953Crick and Watson Publish DNA Double Helix Discovery, April 25,…
A United States-South Korea mutual defense treaty is concluded in Washington, D.C. Date: October 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Lavrentiy Beria Arrested by Khrushchev and Politburo, June 26, 1953Batepá Massacre in São…