1953

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1953 () was a common year starting on Thursday according to the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January

6 January: the conference of the Asian socialist parties is opening in Yangon (Burma).
January 7: a right-wing coup d'état fails in Bolivia.
11 January: the Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel.
January 20: in Washington, D.C., Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower takes office as President of the United States.
23 January: at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris, the work "Waiting for Godot," by Samuel Beckett, with Roger Blin's stage.
31 January-1 February: In the south-west of the Netherlands (especially Zealand), the North Sea Flood kills 1528 people. In the United Kingdom it kills 307 and several hundred at sea, including 133 at the Princess Victoria ferry at the Irish sea.

February
1 February: the severe flood continues in the North Sea.
February 2: In the United States, President Eisenhower announces the end of the neutralization of Formosa (Taiwan).
6 February:
In the Alcázar Theatre (Madrid) the comedy The case of the great lady, by Miguel Mihura, is premiered.
In Spain, the reform of the baccalaureate leads to a separation between the sciences and the letters.
7 February: the San Mamés football field is extended in Bilbao.
10 February:
A Constitution, valid for three years, was enacted in Egypt.
In Spain, the provisions of the 1930 regulation on the weight, age and defenses of lidia bulls are re-established.
There is a break in economic negotiations between Egypt and the RFA, because of Egypt's contacts with the GDR.
February 11: Argentine mountaineers reach the peak of Valentine's Day, the top of the Patagonian Andes.
12 February: In Iran, an earthquake of 6.6 left 800 dead.
13 February:
In Yugoslavia, the National Assembly adopted a new Constitution.
In Spain, the Ministry of Information and Tourism decrees the creation of the National Film Library.
February 16: President Juan Domingo Perón advocates a union between Argentina and Chile to form the core of a United States of Latin America.
18 February:
Bwana Devil, the first 3D film, premiered in the United States.
In the United States, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz sign a $8 million contract to continue the television series I love Lucy during 1955.
20 February: In London, the picture Lady with a fan (by Francisco de Goya) is sold for £1400.
February 21: Francis Crick and James Dewey Watson discover the helical structure of the DNA molecule.
February 22: The 22nd edition of the American Cup begins in Peru.
February 28: Francis Crick and James Dewey Watson announce their discovery of the structure of the DNA molecule.

March
1 March: the 3-day air return to Spain and a tour of the