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Explore 97 historical events and records for United States of America in 1953.

Historical records for United States of America in 1953

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Mogambo

Kelly, Grace Patricia · Arts / Cinema

Stars in, "Mogambo"

Niagara

Monroe, Marilyn · Arts / Cinema

The first of these was the Technicolor film noir Niagara, in which she played a femme fatale scheming to murder her husband, played by Joseph Cotten.

Nobel Prize

Lipmann, Fritz Albert · Stockholm · Biochemist · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering coenzyme A and demonstrating its importance in intermediary metabolism.

Of the Japanese Peace Treaty

Dulles, John Foster · Secretry of State · Government / Republican Party Government

Dulles supervised the completion of the Japanese Peace Treaty, in which full independence was restored to Japan under United States terms

Pactomania

Dulles, John Foster · Secretry of State · Government / Republican Party Government

As Secretary of State, Dulles concentrated on building up NATO and forming other alliances (a phenomenon described as his "Pactomania") as part of his strategy of controlling Soviet expansion by threatening massive retaliation in event of a war

Pactomania

Dulles, John Foster · Secretry of State · Warfare / North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

As Secretary of State, Dulles concentrated on building up NATO and forming other alliances (a phenomenon described as his "Pactomania") as part of his strategy of controlling Soviet expansion by threatening massive retaliation in event of a war

Pastor

King, Martin Luther · Atlanta · Pastor · Politics / Civil Rights

Appointed Pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama

PBSUCCESS Planning Assignment

Hunt, Everette Howard · Washington · CIA Political Action Officer · Politics / Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Hunt became involved in planning political and psychological warfare for the CIA operation that targeted the government of Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz.

Peace

Eisenhower, Dwight David · Washington · Warfare / Korean War

Signs a truce ending the Korean War

Peace Treaty of Japan

Dulles, John Foster · Secretry of State · Government / Republican Party Government

Dulles supervised the completion of the Japanese Peace Treaty, in which full independence was restored to Japan under United States terms

Roman Holiday

Wyler, William · Arts / Cinema

Directs, Roman Holiday

Senator

Goldwater, Barry Morris · President of USA · Government / Republican Party Government

Elected Senator for Arizona

The Glenn Miller Story

Stewart, James Maitland · Arts / Cinema

Stars in, "The Glenn Miller Story"

The Man with the Golden Arm with Frank Sinatra

Novak, Kim · Arts / Cinema

Plays Molly in The Man with the Golden Arm with Frank Sinatra

The Martian Way

Asimov, Isaac · Arts / Literature

Asimov published The Martian Way, a novella about the resourcefulness of human settlers beyond Earth.

Unified Field Theory Criticism Response

Einstein, Albert · Princeton · Physicist · Science / Physics

Publishes a response to criticism of unified field theory, defending the mathematical programme through which he hoped to extend relativistic field physics.

Vice Presidency

Nixon, Richard Milhous · Vice President of USA · Government / Republican Party Government

Winner of the Vice Presidency as running mate of Dwight Eisenhower. Appointed Vice President of the USA

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