Page 4: Historical Events In 1953
Wednesday, 18 March 2026
Mar 04 Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter and the wolf), dies at 61. 


Mar 05 Josef Stalin's death announced. 


Mar 05 Josef V Stalin, soviet leader responsible for 11M murders, dies at 73. 


Mar 05 Soviet dictator Josef Stalin dies at age 73 


Mar 06 Malenkov is recorded as becoming chairman of the USSR. 


Mar 07 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances 


Mar 07 Jackie McGlew scores 255 vs New Zealand at Wellington 


Mar 07 Jackie McGlew scores 255* v NZ at Wellington. 


Mar 07 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by L E Marron, in Chile 


Mar 08 "Two's Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 90 performances 


Mar 08 A census bureau report indicated that 239000 farmers had quit tilling the soil and planting crops (giving up farming) over the previous two years. 


Mar 08 Census indicates 239000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years 


Mar 09 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow. 


Mar 10 Charles Gordon Curtis, inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92. 


Mar 11 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams). 


Mar 11 An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches. 


Mar 14 Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 


Mar 14 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting. 


Mar 14 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party 


Mar 15 In this year, Patty Berg claims LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship. 


Mar 15 West Germany loses in soccer to Netherlands, 2-1. 


Mar 16 AL rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore 


Mar 17 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2475M. 


Mar 17 Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta, composer, dies at 73. 


Mar 17 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site. 


Mar 18 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 


Mar 19 25th Academy Awards "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised). 


Mar 19 25th Academy Awards: "Greatest Show on Earth", Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised) 


Mar 19 Cecil B. DeMille received the only Oscar of his illustrious career for the circus extravaganza, The Greatest Show on Earth 


Mar 19 Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real", premieres in New York NY. 


Mar 19 Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real," premieres in NYC 


Mar 20 Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60. 


Mar 20 Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole. 


Mar 21 NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) 


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