The temperature on March 9, 1953 was between -1 °C and 10.1 °C and averaged 4.7 °C. There was 5.3 hours of sunshine (47%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north. Source: KNMI
February 19 » Book censorship in the United States: The Georgia Literature Commission is established.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
July 17 » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida, killing 44.
July 26 » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
December 9 » Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
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