WHAT ALL HAPPENED NOVEMBER TO DECEMBER 1953
Find out what all happened November to December 1953

The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax. (21. November 1953)

Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people. (24. December 1953)

The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland. (17. November 1953)

The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan. (2. November 1953)

Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita. (6. December 1953)

Andhra Pradesh attains statehood, with Kurnool as its capital. (1. November 1953)

Cambodia gains independence from France. (9. November 1953)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. (8. December 1953)

Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company. (9. December 1953)

Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda. (30. November 1953)