July 1953
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The following events occurred in July 1953:
July 1, 1953 (Wednesday)
July 2, 1953 (Thursday)
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 6, 1953 (Monday)
July 7, 1953 (Tuesday)
July 8, 1953 (Wednesday)
Nevada 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 NKVD.
July 11, 1953 (Saturday)
July 12, 1953 (Sunday)
- Died: Herbert Rawlinson, English actor (b. 1885)
July 13, 1953 (Monday)
July 14, 1953 (Tuesday)
July 15, 1953 (Wednesday)
- China First Automobile Work, present day of FAW Group, a truck, bus and automobile product and sales in China, was founded in Changchun.
July 16, 1953 (Thursday)
- Died: Hilaire Belloc, French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870)
July 17, 1953 (Friday)
- 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 18, 1953 (Saturday)
July 19, 1953 (Sunday)
- Born: Shōichi Nakagawa, Japanese politician (d. 2009)
July 20, 1953 (Monday)
July 21, 1953 (Tuesday)
- Born: Jeff Fatt, Australian musician
July 22, 1953 (Wednesday)
July 23, 1953 (Thursday)
- Howard Hawks's musical film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, is released by 20th Century Fox.
July 24, 1953 (Friday)
July 25, 1953 (Saturday)
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)
- The Korean War ends with the Korean Armistice Agreement: United Nations Command (Korea) (United States), People's Republic of China, North Korea sign an armistice agreement at Panmunjom and the north remains communist while the south remains capitalist.
July 28, 1953 (Tuesday)
July 29, 1953 (Wednesday)
- Died: Richard William Pearse, New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. 1877)
July 30, 1953 (Thursday)
July 31, 1953 (Friday)
- Died: Robert A. Taft, American politician, United States Senate Majority Leader (b. 1889)
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gollark: I can breed you some of my vast* collection of coppers?
gollark: I'll go set a reminder to pick up lots next release and hopefully get eggos from the spriters.
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References
- "HISTORIC AIRCRAFT: THE FLYING BOXCAR". eLIBRARY.RU. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
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