The Year 1953
Histroy and Politics
New constitution proclaimed in Yugoslavia; Marshal Tito elected president.
Eisenhower inaugurated as the President of the US.
Gen. Naguib is voted dictorial powers in Egypt for 3 years; republic proclaimed.
USSR severs relations with Isreal in Feb.; resumed again in July.
Stalin dies, succeeded by G. M. Malenkov; L.P. Beria dismissed and executed; Khrushchev
appointed First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
US Congress creates new cabinet post of Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Jomo Kenyatta and 5 other Kikuyu convicted of managing Mau Mau.
Vietnamese rebels attack Laos.
Queen Elizabeth II crowned.
The Rosenbergs, first sentenced as atomic spies in 1951 are executed.
Joseph Laniel elected Premier of France.
Korean armistice signed at Panmunjom July 27; US ans S. Korea sign mutual defense treaty.
Ben-Gurion resigns; Moshe Sharett elected Prime Minister of Isreal.
Rene Coty elected President of France.
Nobel Peace Prize: Gen. George C. Marshall.
Scinece, Technology, Growth
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology: F.A. Lipmann (US) and H.A.Krebs (Brit) for their work on living cells.
Mazel discovers Cave Cougnac, near Gourdon containing prehistoric paintings.
Fourth International Astronautic Congress meets in Zurich.
Cosmic ray observatory erected on Mount Wrangell, Alaska.
USSR explodes hydrogen bomb.
W. Le Gross Clark proves the Piltdown Man to have been a hoax.
Hillary and Tenzing become the first to clomb Mount Everest.
Austro-Ger. expidition climbs Nanga Parbat in the Himalayas.
E.P. Hubble, US astronomer dies.
A rocket-powered US plane is flown at more than 1,600 mph.
Lung cancer reported attributable to cigarette smoking.
Daily Life
Queen Mary of England dies.
London Stock Exchange opens public galleries.
Maureen Connolly (US) wins women's Grand Slam-all 4 major championships.
Ben Hogan (US) wins Maters, US Open, and the British Open Championships.
Jim Thorpe, US athlete dies.
Tornadoes in Texas, Michigan, ans Massachusetts kill 350 people.
Controls on wages, salaries, and on some goods are lifted (feb. 6)in US; all price controlls removed Mar.17th.
"Native Dancer" E. Guerin up, wins Belmont, Preakness, loses Kentucky Derby to "Dark Star".
Australia tennis team retains Davis Cup.
S. California defeats Wisconsin in Rose Bowl, 7-0.
Boston Braves (NL) moves to Milwaukee; St. Louis Browns (AL)
move to Baltimore and become the Baltimore Orioles.
New York (AL) defeats Brooklyn in World Series, 4-2. (5th consecutive Worlds Series win)
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