U.S.-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty Signed, October 1, 1953
Date: October 1, 1953
Date: October 1, 1953
Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro delivers his "History Will Absolve Me" speech, and is sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the Fulgencio Batista government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks. Date: October 16, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 16 π Events on this day in 1953 π On…
Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Date: May 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000 for Defecting MiG-15 Pilot, April 27, 1953Joseph Stalin Dies in…
Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike. Date: May 14, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 14 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Deadly F5 Tornado Kills 114 in Waco,…
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. Date: March 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 1 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Nikita Khrushchev Appointed Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, September 13, 1953Tangiwai…
A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom. Date: January 31, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 31 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Eisenhower Approves NSC 162/2 Nuclear Deterrent Policy,…
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 β π Other events on May 29 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Fidel Castroβs…