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The Nation 1953
McCarthyism is gaining ground adn though President Eisenhower promises to fire federal workers taking the 5th amendment at the HUAC hearings he does condemn Senator Joe McCarthy's book burning proposals. Joe McCarthy biography
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty and sentenced to death as Soviet spies. President Eisenhower refused clemency but Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stayed their executions 5 days until Novermber 19th so they would not be put to death on their wedding anniversary. Julius fried fast but it took three separate jolts and her head on fire to finish off Ethel. The harsh sentence was for passing atomic bomb secrets to the Russians. Though still controversial today, it is settled that though Julius was indeed a Soviet spy, Ethel officially was not and atomic secrets were not exposed. The Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Story.
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The World 1953
Josef Stalin died and in the ensuing power struggle Nikita Khrushchev gradually won out. Khrushchev begins the de-Stalination of the Soviet Union, breaks diplomatic relations with Israel, sees to the detonation of the first USSR hydrogen bomb and is responsible for advancing the Soviet space program above and beyond the United States. Nikita Khrushchev bio.
The Korean War Armistice Agreement was signed on July 27, 1953, putting an end to the Korean War which claimed the lives 2.5 million Koreans and 36,000 American soldiers. A 2.5 mile demilitarized zone was drawn between North and South Korea which is still militarized today. The Korean War Armistice Agreement
Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey on a very rainy day was on television and seen by millions. Queen Elizabeth II Coronation.
The Class of 1953
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The Year That Was
A retro, nostalgic multimedia journey through the years
Fiftes - Ticky Tacky - 1950s
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An American Air Force B-47 accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on a house in South Carolina. The fissional material was in a separate area of the plane but the conventional explosion leveled a home. The accident was caused by Copt. Bruce Kulka slipping and grasping the harness pin for the bomb cradle, 
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
With the sudden demise of Supreme Court Chief Justice Vinson, 
