The temperature on April 21, 1953 was between 2.9 °C and 19.2 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 13.3 hours of sunshine (93%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
January 3 » Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
January 5 » The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.
May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
July 27 » Cessation of hostilities is achieved in the Korean War when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
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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