March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
July 19 » Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France.
August 3 » Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaim the Kruševo Republic, which exists for only ten days before Ottoman Turks lay waste to the town.
September 11 » The first race at the Milwaukee Mile in West Allis, Wisconsin is held. It is the oldest major speedway in the world.
October 10 » The Women's Social and Political Union is founded in support of the enfranchisement of British women.
October 31 » The Purdue Wreck, a railroad train collision in Indianapolis, kills 17 people, including 14 players of the Purdue University football team.
Day of death December 16, 1953
The temperature on December 16, 1953 was between 6.4 °C and 9.7 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. There was 0.7 hours of sunshine (9%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
May 25 » Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
June 9 » The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts.
November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
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