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  • Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1953
    Malcolm X

    Assistant minister of the Nation's Temple Number One

    Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
    Monday Jun 1, 1953

    In June 1953 he was named assistant minister of the Nation's Temple Number One in Detroit.




  • Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

    Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953

    The coronation of Elizabeth II took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey, London.




  • England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 1953
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Churchill discussed the marriage at the 1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference

    England, United Kingdom
    Jun, 1953

    Churchill discussed the marriage at the 1953 Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference held with the coronation; the Statute of Westminster 1931 requires Dominion parliaments to also approve any Bill of Renunciation changing the line of succession. The Canadian government stated that altering the line twice in 25 years would harm the monarchy. Churchill informed the Queen that both his Cabinet and Dominion prime ministers were against the marriage and that Parliament would not approve a marriage that would be unrecognized by the Church of England unless Margaret renounced her rights to the throne. Prince Philip was reportedly the most opposed to Townsend in the royal family, while Margaret's mother and sister wanted her to be happy but could not approve of the marriage. Besides Townsend's divorce, two major problems were financial and constitutional. Margaret did not possess her sister's large fortune and would need the £6,000 annual civil list allowance and £15,000 additional allowance Parliament had provided for her upon a suitable marriage. She did not object to being removed from the line of succession to the throne as the Queen and all her children dying was unlikely, but receiving parliamentary approval for the marriage would be difficult and uncertain. At the age of 25, Margaret would not need Elizabeth's permission under the 1772 Act; she could, after notifying the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, marry in one year if Parliament did not prevent her. If Churchill told the Queen, however, one could easily leave the line of succession, another could easily enter the line, dangerous for a hereditary monarchy.




  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953
    Winston Churchill

    Coronation of Elizabeth II

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953

    Churchill developed a close friendship with Elizabeth II. It was widely expected that he would retire after her Coronation in June 1953 but, after Eden became seriously ill, Churchill increased his own responsibilities by taking over at the Foreign Office. Eden was incapacitated until the end of the year and was never completely well again.




  • Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953
    Edward VIII

    Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II

    Westminster Abbey, London, England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953

    In June 1953, instead of attending the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, his niece, in London, the Duke and Duchess watched the ceremony on television in Paris. The Duke said that it was contrary to precedent for a Sovereign or former Sovereign to attend any coronation of another.




  • Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953
    Queen Elizabeth II

    Coronation of Elizabeth II, 1953

    Westminster Abbey, London, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 2, 1953

    Queen Elizabeth II was crowned on June 2, 1953, in Westminster Abbey. 




  • Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador
    Sunday Jun 7, 1953
    Che Guevara

    Guevara set out

    Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador
    Sunday Jun 7, 1953

    On July 7, 1953, Guevara set out, this time to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and El Salvador.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 7, 1953
    Louis Armstrong

    The Ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Sunday Jun 7, 1953

    Louis Armstrong and his All Stars were featured at the ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert also at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles produced by Leon Hefflin Sr. held on June 7, 1953 along with Shorty Rogers, Roy Brown, Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl Bostic, and Nat "King" Cole.


  • South Korea
    Wednesday Jun 10, 1953
    Korean War

    Outpost Harry

    South Korea
    Wednesday Jun 10, 1953

    Outpost Harry was a remote Korean War outpost located on a tiny hilltop in what was commonly referred to as the "Iron Triangle" on the Korean Peninsula. This was an area approximately 60 miles (100 km) northeast of Seoul and was the most direct route to the South Korean capital.


  • North Korea
    Wednesday Jun 10, 1953
    12:00:00 AM
    Korean War

    The Battle of Kumsong

    North Korea
    Wednesday Jun 10, 1953
    12:00:00 AM

    The Battle of Kumsong, also known as the Jincheng Campaign , was one of the last battles of the Korean War. During the ceasefire negotiations seeking to end the Korean War, the United Nations Command (UNC) and Chinese and North Korean forces were unable to agree on the issue of prisoner repatriation. South Korean President Syngman Rhee, who refused to sign the armistice, released 27,000 North Korean prisoners who refused repatriation. This action caused an outrage among the Chinese and North Korean commands and threatened to derail the ongoing negotiations. As a result, the Chinese decided to launch an offensive aimed at the Kumsong salient. This would be the last large-scale Chinese offensive of the war, scoring a victory over the UNC forces.


  • United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 14, 1953
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    The People first mentioned the relationship in Britain

    United Kingdom
    Sunday Jun 14, 1953

    Although foreign media speculated on Margaret and Townsend's relationship, the British press did not. After reporters saw her plucking fluff from his coat during the coronation on 2 June 1953—"I never thought a thing about it, and neither did Margaret", Townsend later said; "After that, the storm broke"—The People first mentioned the relationship in Britain on 14 June. With the headline "They Must Deny it NOW", the front-page article warned that "scandalous rumors about Princess Margaret are racing around the world", which the newspaper stated were "of course, utterly untrue". The foreign press believed that the Regency Act 1953—which made Prince Philip, the Queen's husband, regent instead of Margaret on the Queen's death—was enacted to allow the princess to marry Townsend, but as late as 23 July most other British newspapers except the Daily Mirror did not discuss the rumors. Acting Prime Minister Rab Butler asked that "deplorable speculation" end, without mentioning Margaret or Townsend.


  • Heiberger, Alabama, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 18, 1953
    Martin Luther King

    Marriage

    Heiberger, Alabama, U.S.
    Thursday Jun 18, 1953

    King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953, on the lawn of her parents' house in her hometown of Heiberger, Alabama.


  • England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 23, 1953
    Winston Churchill

    Churchill suffered a serious stroke

    England, United Kingdom
    Tuesday Jun 23, 1953

    On the evening of 23 June 1953, Churchill suffered a serious stroke and became partially paralyzed down one side. Had Eden been well, Churchill's premiership would most likely have been over. The matter was kept secret and Churchill went home to Chartwell to recuperate. He had fully recovered by November.


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