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August 19 – Cold War: 1953 Iranian coup d'état ("Operation Ajax") – The CIA helps to overthrow the democratic government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and retain Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi on the throne. August 20 – The U.S. returns to West Germany 382 ships it had captured during World War II. September 9 – The Supreme Court decision ...
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
Date Place Event Feb 1950: Sweden BARK was finished in Sweden. Next to come was BESK in 1953.: Apr 1950: US SEAC (Standards Eastern Automatic Computer) demonstrated at US NBS in Washington, DC – was the first fully functional stored-program computer in the U.S.
July 7, 1953 July 30 Drama at Eight: DuMont: July 9, 1953 July 31 Ladies' Date: DuMont: October 13, 1952 September 1 The Range Rider: Syndication: April 5, 1951 September 11 Gulf Playhouse: NBC: October 3, 1952 September 12 The Aldrich Family: NBC: October 2, 1949 September 13 The Old American Barn Dance: DuMont: July 5, 1953 September 15 Blind ...
The year 1953 involved numerous significant events in science and technology, including the first description of the DNA double helix, the discovery of neutrinos, ...
The 83rd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the federal government of the United States in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1953, until January 3, 1955, during the last two weeks of the Truman administration, with the remainder spanning the first two years of Dwight Eisenhower's presidency.
The year 1953 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1953. Events ...
The following is the 1952–53 network television schedule for the four major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States.The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1952 through March 1953.