The events of 1953
- 05 January 1953
Prime Minister Winston Churchill travels to the U.S. anxious to renew the “special relationship” between Britain and the US.
- 07 January 1953
U.S. – The American President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb.
- 22 January 1953
U.S. – The play, The Crucible, written by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
- 28 January 1953
The teenager Derek Bentley was hanged for the shooting of PC Miles.
- 05 February 1953
Movies – The animated feature film, Peter Pan has its premiere.
- 18 February 1953
Movies – The 3D movie is born as the first 3D movie is shown.
- 05 March 1953
Soviet Union – The Soviet leader Joseph Stalin dies.
- 06 March 1953
Soviet Union – Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union.
- 24 March 1953
Royal Family – Her Majesty Queen Mary, the Queen’s grandmother dies.
- 26 March 1953
U.S. – The Physician and Researcher, Jonas Salk announces the creation of a Polio vaccine.
- 13 April 1953
Literature – Author and Journalist, Ian Fleming publishes Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel.
- 15 April 1953
The first peace time George Medal given to US airman for saving 27 people in the East Anglia floods.
- 16 April 1953
The Royal Yacht Britannia makes its maiden voyage.
- 25 April 1953
Scientist Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish the ‘secret to life- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
- 02 May 1953
Football – The ‘Matthews’ Final – 38-year-old Stanley Matthews finally wins the FA Cup at his third attempt.
- 06 May 1953
The British Labour Prime Minister, Tony Blair is born.
- 29 May 1953
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay are the first to conquer Mount Everest.
- 02 June 1953
Royal Family – Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
- 26 July 1953
Cuba – Cuban Rebel Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful assault on the Moncada Barracks – Attempted revolution.
- 08 August 1953
The Cold War – Soviet Union – Soviet Prime Minister Georgi Malenkov announces that Soviet Union has developed a hydrogen bomb.
- 26 September 1953
Food rationing – the rationing of sugar is lifted.
- 25 November 1953
Football – England suffer their first loss to a foreign team at Wembley stadium when they lose 6-3 to Hungary.
