The temperature on June 20, 1953 was between 14.0 °C and 23.3 °C and averaged 18.6 °C. There was 10.8 hours of sunshine (64%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
March 5 » Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier.
March 18 » An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
July 7 » Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
August 17 » Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous takes place, in Southern California.
December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
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