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BOAC Flight 783 broke up in midair and crashed near Calcutta, India, killing all 43 people aboard. [5]Hussein was crowned King of Jordan.On the same day, Faisal II, Hussein's cousin, assumed his constitutional powers as King of Iraq.
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.
May 11 – The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: an F5 tornado hits in the downtown section of Waco, Texas, killing 114. May 25 – Nuclear testing: at the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test: Upshot–Knothole Grable.
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The Kano riot of 1953 refers to the riot, which broke out in the ancient city of Kano, [1] located in Northern Nigeria, in May 1953.The nature of the riot was clashes between Northerners, mainly the Hausa and Fulani, who were opposed to Nigeria's Independence and Southerners, made up of mainly the Yorubas and the Igbos who supported immediate independence for Nigeria.
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