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  1. Harry S. Truman

    The First U.S. hydrogen bomb

    Wednesday Jan 7, 1953U.S.

    In response, on January 7, 1953, Truman announced the detonation of the first U.S. hydrogen bomb, which was much more powerful than the Soviet Union's atomic weapons.

  2. Josip Broz Tito

    The law on self-management

    Tuesday Jan 13, 1953Yugoslavia

    On 13 January 1953, they established that the law on self-management was the basis of the entire social order in Yugoslavia.

  3. Josip Broz Tito

    A President

    Wednesday Jan 14, 1953Yugoslavia

    Tito also succeeded Ivan Ribar as the President of Yugoslavia on 14 January 1953.

  4. Richard Nixon

    Vice presidency

    Tuesday Jan 20, 1953Washington D.C., U.S.

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated for president by the Republicans in 1952. He had no strong preference for a vice presidential candidate, and Republican officeholders and party officials met in a "smoke-filled room" and recommended Nixon to the general, who agreed to the senator's selection.

  5. Harry S. Truman

    The First U.S. hydrogen bomb

    Wednesday Jan 7, 1953U.S.

    In response, on January 7, 1953, Truman announced the detonation of the first U.S. hydrogen bomb, which was much more powerful than the Soviet Union's atomic weapons.

  6. Josip Broz Tito

    The law on self-management

    Tuesday Jan 13, 1953Yugoslavia

    On 13 January 1953, they established that the law on self-management was the basis of the entire social order in Yugoslavia.

  7. Josip Broz Tito

    A President

    Wednesday Jan 14, 1953Yugoslavia

    Tito also succeeded Ivan Ribar as the President of Yugoslavia on 14 January 1953.

  8. Richard Nixon

    Vice presidency

    Tuesday Jan 20, 1953Washington D.C., U.S.

    General Dwight D. Eisenhower was nominated for president by the Republicans in 1952. He had no strong preference for a vice presidential candidate, and Republican officeholders and party officials met in a "smoke-filled room" and recommended Nixon to the general, who agreed to the senator's selection.