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December 18 – Carl Hall and Bonnie Brown are both executed in the Missouri gas chamber after pleading guilty to the Murder and kidnapping of six year old Bobby Greenlease; [5] she is the third woman in history (and last until 2021) to be executed by federal authorities.
1953 was a common year ... killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history up to this time, and the first with a confirmed death toll exceeding 100. ...
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.
31 January–1 February – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 307 people on the east coast of Britain, with more at sea. [3] A corvette and a submarine sink at their moorings in HM Dockyard Sheerness. 1 February – Pool petrol, introduced during World War II, is replaced by individual brands.
1953 in the United States by state or territory (53 C) 1953 disestablishments in the United States (41 C, 10 P) 1953 establishments in the United States (56 C, 42 P)
The CIA now officially describes the 1953 coup it backed in Iran that overthrew its prime minister and cemented the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as undemocratic. Other American officials ...
EDITOR'S NOTE — In August 1953, a CIA-backed coup toppled Iran's prime minister, cementing the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for over 25 years before the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The coup ...
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