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January 22 – The Crucible, a historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism, opens on Broadway. February 1 – WEEK-TV begins broadcasting in Peoria, Illinois. February 5 – Walt Disney's 14th animated film, Peter Pan, premieres in Chicago. It is Disney's final film to be distributed by RKO.
1953 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
Korean Armistice Agreement signed July 27, 1953; The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, February 27, 1951; Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th president of the United States on January 20, 1953; The Territory of Alaska is admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska (the 49th state) on January 3, 1959
November 8: Donald Trump wins the 2016 presidential election, in an upset against Hillary Clinton, the first woman to be nominated by a major party. The United Nations lifts sanctions from Iran in recognition of the dismantling of its nuclear program. Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill sign the Ecumenical Declaration.
An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight ...
Historical timelines show the significant historical events and developments for a specific topic, over the course of centuries or millennia. Graphical timelines provide a visual representation for the timespan of multiple events that have a particular duration, over the course of centuries or millennia.
July 13: Alfred Dreyfus is exonerated and reinstated as a major in the French Army; the Dreyfus affair ends. August 16: An earthquake in Valparaíso, Chile, magnitude 8.2, kills 20,000. September 28: The US begins the Second Occupation of Cuba. October 23: Brazilian inventor Alberto Santos-Dumont takes off and flies his 14-bis to a crowd in Paris.
January 11, 2024 South Africa formally accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza, filing a case with the United Nation's International Court of Justice in the Hague.