Birth
Time: Wednesday May 6, 1953
Place: Edinburgh, Scotland
Details: Anthony Charles Lynton Blair was born at Queen Mary Maternity Home in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6 May 1953.
‹ Earlier in historyGeneral Henri Navarre replaced Salan as supreme commander of French forcesMay, 1953 Later in history ›PromotionSaturday May 9, 1953
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2002 - Fife, Scotland, U.K.
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Sunday May 6, 1860 - Italy
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Monday May 6, 1889 - Paris, France
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Tuesday May 6, 1902 - South Africa
1905 Russian Revolution-The Russian Constitution of 1906
Sunday May 6, 1906 - Russian Empire
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Harry S. Truman-Honorably Discharged from the Army
Tuesday May 6, 1919 - U.S.
Joseph Stalin-Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Tuesday May 6, 1941 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
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Sunday May 6, 1945 - Okinawa, Japan
International Monetary Fund-First Managing Director
Monday May 6, 1946 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Thursday May 6, 1954 - Vietnam
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Friday May 6, 1960 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Monday May 6, 1974 - Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
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Tuesday May 6, 1975 - Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
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Wednesday May 6, 1987 - China and Soviet Union
Croatian War of Independence-The 1991 protest
Monday May 6, 1991 - Split, Croatia
Bosnian War-Agreement for a ceasefire
Wednesday May 6, 1992 - Graz, Austria
Marco van Basten-Resigning from Ajax
Wednesday May 6, 2009 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
David Cameron-The 2010 General Election
Thursday May 6, 2010 - England
Theresa May-Re-elected MP for Maidenhead
Thursday May 6, 2010 - Maidenhead, England
New York Stock Exchange-2010 Flash Crash
Thursday May 6, 2010 - New York City, New York, U.S.
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Wednesday May 6, 2015 - Barcelona, Spain
Bank of America-Bank of America announced it would reduce its financial exposure to coal companies
Wednesday May 6, 2015 - U.S.
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Monday May 6, 2019 - Frogmore Cottages, Eton, Windsor, United Kingdom
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Monday May 6, 2019 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Wednesday May 6, 2020 - U.S.
Edmund Beaufort's death
Saturday May 6, 1471 - Somerset
Sack of Rome (1527)
Friday May 6, 1527 - Rome
Battle of Prague
Friday May 6, 1757 - Prague
Henry Capell Birth
Thursday May 6, 1638 - Hertfordshire
May 1953
First Indochina War-General Henri Navarre replaced Salan as supreme commander of French forces
May, 1953 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
Neil Armstrong-Promotion
Saturday May 9, 1953 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle withdrew again from active politics
May, 1953 - France
1953
Harry S. Truman-The Korean War Ended
1953 - South Korea
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1953 - Miami, Florida, U.S.
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Involved with a high profile lawsuit
1953 - U.S.
Harry S. Truman-The First U.S. hydrogen bomb
Wednesday Jan 7, 1953 - U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-French asked Eisenhower for help in French Indochina against the Communists
1953 - U.S.
Josip Broz Tito-The law on self-management
Tuesday Jan 13, 1953 - Yugoslavia
Josip Broz Tito-A President
Wednesday Jan 14, 1953 - Yugoslavia
Edward VIII-The Crown and the People
1953 - France
Richard Nixon-Vice presidency
Tuesday Jan 20, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Che Guevara-Finishing Studying
Sunday Mar 1, 1953 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jimmy Carter-Nuclear power school
Mar, 1953 - Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Joseph Stalin-Death
Thursday Mar 5, 1953 - Moscow, Soviet Union
Hungarian Revolution of 1956-Joseph Stalin Death
Thursday Mar 5, 1953 - Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (Now Russia)
Frank Sinatra-Capitol Records
Friday Mar 13, 1953 - U.S.
James Bond-Dr. No was published
Tuesday Mar 31, 1953 - United Kingdom
First Indochina War-Giáp began To pressure the French
Thursday Apr 9, 1953 - Laos
Korean War-The Battle of Pork Chop Hill
Thursday Apr 16, 1953 - North of Yeoncheon, South Korea
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Peter Townsend proposed marriage
Apr, 1953 - United Kingdom
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Chance for Peace speech
Thursday Apr 16, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Marlon Brando-Cover of Life Magazine
Monday Apr 20, 1953 - U.S.
Freddie Mercury-Mercury began taking piano lessons at the age of seven
1953 - India
First Indochina War-General Henri Navarre replaced Salan as supreme commander of French forces
May, 1953 - French Indochina (Now Vietnam)
Neil Armstrong-Promotion
Saturday May 9, 1953 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle withdrew again from active politics
May, 1953 - France
Malcolm X-Assistant minister of the Nation's Temple Number One
Monday Jun 1, 1953 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Tuesday Jun 2, 1953 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Churchill discussed the marriage at the 1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference
Jun, 1953 - England, United Kingdom
Winston Churchill-Coronation of Elizabeth II
Tuesday Jun 2, 1953 - London, England, United Kingdom
Edward VIII-Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
Tuesday Jun 2, 1953 - Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
Queen Elizabeth II-Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953
Tuesday Jun 2, 1953 - Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
Che Guevara-Guevara set out
Sunday Jun 7, 1953 - Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador
Louis Armstrong-The Ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert
Sunday Jun 7, 1953 - Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Korean War-The Battle of Kumsong
Wednesday Jun 10, 1953 at 12:00:00 AM - North Korea
Korean War-Outpost Harry
Wednesday Jun 10, 1953 - South Korea
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-The People first mentioned the relationship in Britain
Sunday Jun 14, 1953 - United Kingdom
Martin Luther King-Marriage
Thursday Jun 18, 1953 - Heiberger, Alabama, U.S.
Winston Churchill-Churchill suffered a serious stroke
Tuesday Jun 23, 1953 - England, United Kingdom
Library of Congress-Lawrence Quincy Mumford took over
1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Laser-Charles Hard Townes and graduate students James P. Gordon and Herbert J. Zeiger produced the first microwave amplifier
1953 - Columbia University, New York, U.S.
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Armistice took effect with Korea divided along approximately the same boundary as in 1950
Jul, 1953 - Korean Peninsula
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers-Birth
Friday Jul 10, 1953 - Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Executive Order 10450
Jul, 1953 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Churchill arranged for Townsend's assignment as air attaché in Brussels
Wednesday Jul 15, 1953 - Brussels, Belgium
Raúl Castro-Attack on Moncada Barracks
Sunday Jul 26, 1953 - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Fidel Castro-Moncada Attack
Sunday Jul 26, 1953 - Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
Korean War-The Korean Armistice Agreement
Monday Jul 27, 1953 - P'anmunjŏm, South Korea
Warren Buffett-First Child
Thursday Jul 30, 1953 - Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Samsung-Founding Cheil Jedang
Saturday Aug 1, 1953 - Busan, South Korea
Nelson Mandela-Opening The law firm
Aug, 1953 - Johannesburg, South Africa
Frank Sinatra-The Remarkable Career Revival
Wednesday Aug 5, 1953 - U.S.
Audrey Hepburn-Roman Holiday
Thursday Aug 27, 1953 - U.S.
Nelson Mandela-Mandela's "No Easy Walk to Freedom" speech
Sep, 1953 - South Africa
Audrey Hepburn-Hepburn was featured cover of Time magazine
Monday Sep 7, 1953 - New York City, New York, U.S.
Francisco Franco-Pact of Madrid
Wednesday Sep 23, 1953 - Madrid, Spain
Dwight D. Eisenhower-Pact of Madrid
Wednesday Sep 23, 1953 - Madrid, Spain
Mikhail Gorbachev-Marriage
Friday Sep 25, 1953 - Moscow, Russia
Jimmy Carter-Left active duty
Friday Oct 9, 1953 - U.S.
Bank of America-Separation of Transamerica Corporation and Bank of America
1953 - U.S.
Fidel Castro-Imprisonment
Friday Oct 16, 1953 - Isla de la Juventud, Cuba
James Bond-First Novel Published
1953 - London, England, United Kingdom
Anna May Wong-Internal hemorrhage
1953 - U.S.
First Indochina War-Operation Castor
Friday Nov 20, 1953 - Dien Bien Phu, Vietnam
Che Guevara-Update to Aunt
Thursday Dec 10, 1953 - Guatemala
Dwight D. Eisenhower-New Look
1953 - U.S.