July 1953

July 3, 1953 (Friday)

  • First ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas, the world's ninth highest mountain, is made by Austrian climber Hermann Buhl alone.

July 4, 1953 (Saturday)

  • Strikes and riots hit coal mining regions in Poland.

July 5, 1953 (Sunday)

  • The European Economic Community (EEC) holds its first assembly in Strasbourg, France.

July 8, 1953 (Wednesday)

  • Nevada TV, KLAS-TV, airs for the first time on channel 8 at 7pm.

July 9, 1953 (Thursday)

  • The US Treasury formally renames the Bureau of Internal Revenue; the new name (which had previously been used informally) is the Internal Revenue Service.
  • Died: Annie Kenney, British working-class suffragette (b. 1879)

July 10, 1953 (Friday)

  • The Soviet official newspaper Pravda announces that Lavrentiy Beria has been deposed as head of the MVD.

July 12, 1953 (Sunday)

July 15, 1953 (Wednesday)

July 16, 1953 (Thursday)

  • Died: Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)

July 17, 1953 (Friday)

  • USMC R4Q NROTC crash: the greatest recorded loss of United States midshipmen in a single event results from an aircraft crash near NAS Whiting Field.[1]
  • Died: Maude Adams, American actress (b. 1872)

July 19, 1953 (Sunday)

July 21, 1953 (Tuesday)

July 23, 1953 (Thursday)

July 26, 1953 (Sunday)

  • Fidel Castro and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the Moncada Barracks, preliminary to the Cuban Revolution.
  • The Short Creek raid is carried out on a polygynous Mormon sect in Arizona.
  • Died: Nikolaos Plastiras, Greek general and politician (b. 1883)

July 27, 1953 (Monday)

July 29, 1953 (Wednesday)

July 31, 1953 (Friday)

  • Died: Robert A. Taft, American politician, United States Senate Majority Leader (b. 1889)

References

  1. "HISTORIC AIRCRAFT: THE FLYING BOXCAR". eLIBRARY.RU. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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