WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1953
Find out what all happened February to December 1953

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

Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. (18. May 1953)

The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel. (11. February 1953)

Nikita Khrushchev is appointed secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (13. September 1953)

Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement (26. July 1953)

The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale. (12. August 1953)

Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. (16. April 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)

British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia. (27. October 1953)

The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston. (25. May 1953)

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York. (19. June 1953)

Parliamentary elections held in Liechtenstein. (15. February 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)

Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington D.C. (10. October 1953)

Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test. (25. May 1953)

Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice. (27. July 1953)

BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Pianist William Kapell is among the 19 killed. (29. October 1953)

Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement. (28. August 1953)

Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. (1. March 1953)

"The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York City (12. October 1953)