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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.
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 ...
1954 – The Tournament of Roses Parade becomes the first event nationally televised in color 1954 – Detonation of Castle Bravo , a 15 megaton Hydrogen bomb on Bikini Atoll. 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapons, it vaporized three islands, displaced the islanders and caused long lasting contamination.
1953 events in the United States by month (12 C) 1953 in American music (6 P) N. 1953 American novels (78 P) P. 1953 in American politics (4 C, 7 P) S.
1953 NSWRFL season ends with South Sydney defeating St. George 31–12 in the Grand Final; 1953 American All Stars tour of Australia and New Zealand takes place with the Americans playing matches hosted by various Australian teams including the New South Wales Blues and Queensland Maroons. Golf. Australian Open: won by Norman Von Nida
November 20, 1953: Crossfield after Mach 2 flight. The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, piloted by Scott Crossfield, became the first piloted aircraft to reach Mach 2.; Authorities at the Natural History Museum, London announced that the skull of Piltdown Man (allegedly an early human discovered in 1912) was a hoax.
The year 1953 involved numerous significant events in science and technology, including the first description of the DNA double helix, the discovery of neutrinos, ...
December 1953 events in the United States (1 C, 5 P) This page was last ...