August 1953 calendar

August 1953
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1953.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1953: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1953?

Events

01 Aug 1953 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
02 Aug 1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w / Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
03 Aug 1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
04 Aug 1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
05 Aug 1953 Operation "Big Switch": Korean War prisoners exchanged at Panmunjom.
06 Aug 1953 Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military
07 Aug 1953 Eastern Airlines enters the jet age, uses Electra prop-jet.
08 Aug 1953 US and South Korea initial a mutual security pact.
09 Aug 1953 Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
12 Aug 1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
13 Aug 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
14 Aug 1953 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10
16 Aug 1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
17 Aug 1953 Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
18 Aug 1953 The second Kinsey Report, ''Sexual Behavior in the Human Female'', is published in the US.
19 Aug 1953 Cold War: the CIA helps to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
20 Aug 1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests Premier Mossadeq of Persia
21 Aug 1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
22 Aug 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
23 Aug 1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
25 Aug 1953 The general strike ends in France.
28 Aug 1953 Me & Juliet opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
29 Aug 1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
30 Aug 1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City
31 Aug 1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting

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