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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 ...
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 ...
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.
1953 – Shah of Iran returns to power in CIA-orchestrated coup known as Operation Ajax 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 ...
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 ...
In 1953, Joseph Stalin, the leader of the Soviet Union, died. This led to the rise of Nikita Khrushchev, who denounced Stalin and pursued a more liberal domestic and foreign policy, stressing peaceful competition with the West rather than overt hostility. There were anti-Stalinist uprisings in East Germany and Poland in 1953 and Hungary in 1956.
Events from the year 1953 in Canada. Incumbents. Crown. Monarch – Elizabeth II [1] Federal government. Governor General – Vincent Massey [2] Prime ...
1953 in the United States by state or territory (53 C) 1953 disestablishments in the United States (41 C, 10 P) 1953 establishments in the United States (56 C, 42 P)