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17 July – Miss France Christiane Martel Won Miss Universe 1953 [1] 28 July – Operation Camargue, further French military action against the Viet Minh, begins. [2] 10 August – Operation Camargue ends. 13 August – 4 million workers go on strike in France to protest against austerity measures. 25 August – General strike ends in France.
The literary life of Paris after World War II was also centered in Saint-Germain-des-Prés on the left bank, where there was a large concentration of book stores and publishing houses. Because most writers lived in tiny rooms or apartments, they gathered in cafés, most famously the Café de Flore , the Brasserie Lipp and Les Deux Magots ...
Pages in category "1953 in Paris" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. 1953 Coupe de France final; F.
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.
"Les Balles du 14 juillet 1953" (The Bullets of July 14, 1953) is the reference work on the subject, thanks in particular to the study of police archives (Archives of the Prefecture of Police of Paris, series HE8), the investigative file at the Archives of the Seine (Archives de la Seine, No. 1348 W17), and numerous unpublished testimonies from ...
8 June – A decree of the Prévôt de Paris authorized caterers and chefs to establish restaurants and to serve clients until eleven in the evening in winter and midnight in summer. [91] The first restaurant in the modern sense, the Taverne anglaise, is opened by Antoine Beauvilliers in the arcade of the Palais-Royal. [88]
January 31, 1953: Unprecedented floods affect the Netherlands and UK. North Sea flood of 1953: Flooding broke out in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, continuing until February 1 and eventually resulting in the deaths of more than 2000 people. [47] [48]
The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships ended in Bucharest. The Swaythling Cup for the men's team was won by England and the Corbillon Cup for the women's team by Romania. [30] The 15th Gent–Wevelgem cycle race was held in Belgium and was won by Raymond Impanis. [31] Died: