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16-year-old Barbara Songhurst and 18-year-old Christine Reed were raped and murdered on a towpath near Teddington Lock on the River Thames. [ 134 ] [ 135 ] Alfred Charles Whiteway would be convicted of the murders [ 136 ] and hanged on December 22, 1953.
1953 was a common year ... May 29 – 1953 British Mount Everest expedition: ... Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history up to this ...
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.
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May 1953 sports events in the United States (4 P) Pages in category "May 1953 in the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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 ...
Learn more about where the May 1 holiday originated and how to celebrate May Day with traditions like May Day baskets, plus May Day basket ideas to DIY and buy.
2 May – Blackpool F.C. win the FA Cup final with a 4–3 victory over Bolton Wanderers, who have been 3–1 ahead until the final quarter of the game. Stan Mortensen scores a hat-trick, but the 38-year-old winger Stanley Matthews is instrumental in winning the game for Blackpool, who have never won a major trophy before.