127 notable events from 1953 — air crashes, wars and murders. Page 1 of 2.
- Cuban Revolution
from Jul 26, 1953 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
until Jun 19, 1953 · United States · War & armed conflict
- 1953 Iranian coup d'état
Aug 18, 1953–Aug 19, 1953 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin
Mar 9, 1953 · Russian Federation · Stampede & crowd crush
- East German uprising of 1953
Jun 16, 1953–Jun 17, 1953 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- De-Stalinization
from 1953 · War & armed conflict
- Donald Henry Gaskins
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1982 · United States · Murder & homicide
- North Sea flood of 1953
Jan 31, 1953–Feb 1, 1953 · Netherlands · Natural disaster
- 1953 Shinwa Village family seven-person murder case
Dec 12, 1953 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Attack on the Moncada Barracks
Jul 26, 1953 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Aloysius Stepinac
Jan 12, 1953 · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Death and funeral of Mary of Teck
Mar 31, 1953 · United Kingdom · Death & funeral
- Qibya massacre
Oct 15, 1953 · Palestine · Massacre
- Death of Wilma Montesi
1953 · Italy · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Evelyn Hartley
Oct 24, 1953 · United States · Disappearance
- Vorkuta uprising
Jul 19, 1953–Aug 1, 1953 · Russian Federation · Riot & unrest
- Tsuruta Koji assault incident
Jan 6, 1953 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Mack Ray Edwards
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1970 · War & armed conflict
- 1953 Northern Kyushu flood
Jun 25, 1953–Jun 29, 1963 · Japan · Natural disaster
- Tangiwai disaster
Dec 24, 1953 · New Zealand · Rail accident
- Short Creek raid
Jul 26, 1953 · United States · Attack (other)
- 1953 Ionian earthquake
Aug 12, 1953 · Greece · Earthquake
- Tokushima radio dealer murder case
Nov 5, 1953 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- 1953 Kemerovo mid-air collision
May 27, 1953 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Norilsk uprising
May 26, 1953–Aug 4, 1953 · Russian Federation · Riot & unrest
- BOAC Flight 783
May 2, 1953 · India · Aviation accident
- Murder of Bobby Greenlease
Sep 1953 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Moscow Signal
1953–1976 · Russian Federation · War & armed conflict
- Akira Shōda
Jul 27, 1953 · Murder & homicide
- Tachikawa air disaster
Jun 18, 1953 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Air France Flight 178
Sep 1, 1953 · France · Aviation accident
- 1953 Pennsylvania Railroad train wreck
Jan 15, 1953 · United States · Rail accident
- Piroska Jancsó-Ladányi
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1954 · Murder & homicide
- Delta Air Lines Flight 318
May 17, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- The Raz'ezdnoi incident
Aug 8, 1953 · War & armed conflict
- Dai Ichi Daihoumaru Ship case
Feb 4, 1953 · South Korea · Shooting
- Air battle over Merklín
Mar 10, 1953 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Yehud attack
Oct 12, 1953 · Israel · Attack (other)
- Towpath murders
May 31, 1953 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Massacre of 14 July 1953 in Paris
Jul 14, 1953 · France · Riot & unrest
- 1953 Show trial of the Kraków Curia
from Jan 21, 1953 · Poland · Crime & justice
- Lari massacre
Mar 26, 1953 · Kenya · Massacre
- Batepá massacre
Feb 3, 1953 · Sao Tome and Principe · Massacre
- Deception Island incident
Feb 15, 1953 · Argentina · War & armed conflict
- Evelyn Hartley
Oct 24, 1953 · Person
- 1953 Lahore riots
Feb 1, 1953 · Pakistan · Riot & unrest
- Disappearance of Ronald Tammen
Apr 19, 1953 · United States · Disappearance
- Coffin affair
Jun 1, 1953 · Canada · Scandal & controversy
- Trieste riots
Nov 3, 1953–Nov 6, 1953 · Italy · Riot & unrest
- Harvey Collins
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1955 · War & armed conflict
- Elifasi Msomi
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1955 · South Africa · Murder & homicide
- Shek Kip Mei fire
Dec 25, 1953 · Hong Kong · Fire
- Murder of Kyllikki Saari
May 17, 1953 · Finland · Murder & homicide
- 1953 Sarnia tornado
May 21, 1953 · Canada · Natural disaster
- BCPA Flight 304
Oct 29, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1953 Wakayama flood
Jul 1953 · Japan · Natural disaster
- Sebastião Antônio de Oliveira
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1975 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- Robert Eugene Carter
Jul 11, 1953 · Murder & homicide
- Francisco de Marco
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1984 · Brazil · Murder & homicide
- 1953 Plzeň uprising
Jun 1, 1953 · Czechia · War & armed conflict
- Werner Boost
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1956 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Kyoto Asahigaoka Junior High School incident
Apr 29, 1953–Jun 1, 1954 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Stratford tube crash
Apr 8, 1953 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1953 Avro Lincoln shootdown incident
Mar 12, 1953 · Germany · War & armed conflict
- Air France Flight 152
Aug 3, 1953 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- US Forces Japan jurisdiction waiver secret agreement case
1953 · Japan · Incident
- Transocean Air Lines Flight 512
Jul 12, 1953 · Marshall Islands · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 35
Apr 30, 1953 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1953 Calama earthquake
Dec 6, 1953 · Chile · Earthquake
- Schulze warehouse fire in Valparaíso
Jan 1, 1953 · Chile · Fire
- John Price Hayter
Jan 1, 1953–Jan 1, 1986 · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 229
Jun 14, 1953 · Georgia · Aviation accident
- 1953 Skyways Avro York disappearance
Feb 2, 1953 · Aviation accident
- 1953 Col des Nuages derailment
Jun 24, 1953 · Vietnam · Rail accident
- Terrorist attack to Plaza de Mayo, 15 April 1953
Apr 15, 1953 · Argentina · Terrorism
- Sinnai air crash
Jan 26, 1953 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Bac affair
Feb 24, 1953–Jul 7, 1955 · France · Crime & justice
- Western Air Lines Flight 636
Apr 20, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1953 New York Central Railroad accident
Mar 27, 1953 · United States · Rail accident
- National Airlines Flight 470
Feb 14, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- Clem Graver
Jun 11, 1953 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash
Oct 14, 1953 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Ryumon Incident
Jan 1953 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Henry Borynski
Jul 13, 1953 · United Kingdom · Disappearance
- USMC R4Q NROTC crash
Jul 17, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- Government Ordinance No. 201 case
Apr 8, 1953 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1953 Nutts Corner BEA Vickers Viking accident
Jan 5, 1953 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Irk Valley Junction rail crash
Aug 15, 1953 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- 1953 Paphos earthquake
Sep 10, 1953 · Cyprus · Earthquake
- Transocean Air Lines Flight 942
Mar 20, 1953 · United States · Aviation accident
- Comodoro Rivadavia rail disaster (1953)
Feb 15, 1953 · Argentina · Rail accident
- Ginza chocolate shop explosion and fire
Jan 28, 1953 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Aeroflot Flight 783
Oct 27, 1953 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Plovdiv tobacco workers' strike
May 4, 1953 · Bulgaria · Riot & unrest
- 1953 Busan station fire
Nov 27, 1953 · South Korea · Fire
- Spoorwegongeval bij Weesp
Jun 19, 1953 · Netherlands · Rail accident
- Sydenham rail disaster
Dec 19, 1953 · Australia · Rail accident
- 1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake
Mar 18, 1953 · Türkiye · Earthquake
- Italo-Yugoslav crisis of 1953–54
Oct 1953–Dec 20, 1953 · Italy · Crisis
- 1953 Concepción earthquake
May 6, 1953 · Chile · Earthquake