Birth Year Challenge

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I read a post a couple days ago about a challenge of events happening the year you are born. Below is 1953. Birth Year Challenge I was born in 1953, which was an interesting year for what happened that year. A lot happened, so I’m going to give the highlights by month. January – 7 – President Truman announces the US has developed hydrogen bomb. 14 – Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yugoslavia CIA sponsored Robertson Panel to discuss UFO phenomenon 19 – 71.1% of US households tune their TV’s to watch I Love Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, more than tuned into the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower the next day. 20 – President Eisenhower sworn in as 34th President of the US February – 5 – Walt Disney’s feature film, Peter Pan, premieres. 11 – President Eisenhower refuses clemency for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel. 28 – James Watson and Francis Crick of the University of Cambridge announce structure of DNA molecule. Greece, Turkey, and Yugoslavia sign Balkan Pact. March – 1 – Joseph Stalin suffered stroke at all-night dinner with future premiers. Died March 5th. 14 – Nikita Khrushchev is selected First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party. 17 – First test of the nuclear bomb tested in Nevada. 26 – Jonas Salk announced Polio Vaccine. April – 13 – Ian Fleming published his first James Bond novel – Casino Royale, in the UK. German football team SG Dynamo Dresden founded. 17 – Mickey Mantle hits 565 ft (172 m) home run at Griffith Stadium in Washington D.C. – believed to be the longest home run in history. May – 2 – Hussein crowned king of Jordan June – 2 – Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. 19 – Ethel and Julius Rosenberg executed in Sing Sing Prison for acts of espionage. 30 – First roll on/roll off crosses English Channel – Dover – Boulogne. July – 3 – First ascent of Nanga Parbat in the Pakistan Himalayas, world’s ninth largest mountain, made by Austrian climber – Hermann Buhl alone. 5 – EEC holds first assembly in Strasbourg, France. 19 – Day I was born 27 – Korean War ends with the Korean Armistice Agreement – North remains Communist, South remains Capitalist. October – 23 – Alto Broadcasting System in Philippines makes first television broadcast in Southeast Asia. November – 5 – David Ben-Gurion resigns as Prime Minister of Israel. 9 – Cambodia becomes independent of France. December – 10 – Albert Schweitzer given 1952 Nobel Peace Prize 17 – FCC approved color television 24 – Tangiwai disaster – Railway bridge collapsed in Tangiwai, New Zealand, sending fully loaded passenger train into Whangaehu River – 151 killed. Verified by Wikipedia