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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 ...
1953 was a common year ... June 18 – René Fonck, French aviator, top Allied World War I Flying Ace (b. 1894) June 19. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, American ...
The United States was the most influential economic power in the world after World War II under the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the 1950s, the median age of newlyweds declined to its lowest point, a level not seen since. [ 5 ]
The Vietnam War goes by a lot of names around the world, including The Second Indochina War, The Vietnam Conflict, and, in Japan, The Resistance Against America. Milan Krasula/istockphoto 35.
The new leaders sought rapprochement with Yugoslavia and a less hostile relationship with the U.S., [40] and they pursued a negotiated end to the Korean War in July 1953. [41] [42] The doctors who had been imprisoned were released and the anti-Semitic purges ceased. [43]
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.
Dwight David Eisenhower [a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army.
Battles and operations of the Korean War in 1953 (12 P) F. First Indochina War (5 C, 30 P) K. Korean War (20 C, 60 P) L. 1953 labor disputes and strikes (4 P) M.