March 1953

Events in History in March 1953

Event of Interest

Mar 6 Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR

Soviet Leader Georgy Malenkov — Soviet Leader
Georgy Malenkov

Mar 7 Jackie McGlew scores 255* for South Africa v NZ at Wellington
Mar 8 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years

Event of Interest

Mar 9 Joseph Stalin's funeral is held in Moscow after four days of national mourning

Soviet General Secretary Joseph Stalin — Soviet General Secretary
Joseph Stalin

Mar 11 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
Mar 17 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Mar 18 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes Yenice–Gönen in western Turkey, 1070 die

Event of Interest

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

Playwright Tennessee Williams — Playwright
Tennessee Williams

Mar 22 Antonín Zápotocký chosen as President of Czechoslovakia
Mar 24 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

Polio

Mar 26 Dr. Jonas Salk announces that he has successfully tested a vaccine to prevent polio, clinical trials began the next year

Children with polio in a US hospital, inside an iron lung. In about 0.5% of cases, patients suffered from paralysis, sometimes resulting in the inability to breathe. More often, limbs would be paralyzed.

Mar 27 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut, Ohio
Mar 28 "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises 5,200,000 guilders
Mar 28 US Men's Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins

Event of Interest

Mar 30 Albert Einstein announces revised unified field theory

Theoretical Physicist Albert Einstein — Theoretical Physicist
Albert Einstein

Mar 31 US Department of Health, Education & Welfare established

Event of Interest

Mar 31 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld for Secretary-General

Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld — Secretary-General of the United Nations
Dag Hammarskjöld

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