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  • South Africa
    Sep, 1953
    Nelson Mandela

    Mandela's "No Easy Walk to Freedom" speech

    South Africa
    Sep, 1953

    In September 1953, Andrew Kunene read out Mandela's "No Easy Walk to Freedom" speech at a Transvaal ANC meeting; the title was taken from a quote by Indian independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru, a seminal influence on Mandela's thought. The speech laid out a contingency plan for a scenario in which the ANC was banned. This Mandela Plan, or M-Plan, involved dividing the organisation into a cell structure with a more centralised leadership.




  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Sep 7, 1953
    Audrey Hepburn

    Hepburn was featured cover of Time magazine

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Monday Sep 7, 1953

    Hepburn was featured on 7 September 1953 cover of Time magazine, and also became known for her personal style.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1953
    Francisco Franco

    Pact of Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1953

    The visit of US President Dwight Eisenhower to Spain in 1953, which resulted in the Pact of Madrid.




  • Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1953
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Pact of Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Sep 23, 1953

    The Pact of Madrid, signed on September 23, 1953, by Francoist Spain and the United States, was a significant effort to break the international isolation of Spain after World War II, together with the Concordat of 1953. This development came at a time when other victorious Allies of World War II and much of the rest of the world remained hostile (for the 1946 United Nations condemnation of the Francoist regime, see "Spanish Question") to a fascist regime sympathetic to the cause of the former Axis powers and established with Nazi assistance. This accord took the form of three separate executive agreements that pledged the United States to furnish economic and military aid to Spain. The United States, in turn, was to be permitted to construct and to utilize air and naval bases on Spanish territory (Naval Station Rota, Morón Air Base, Torrejón Air Base, and Zaragoza Air Base).




  • Moscow, Russia
    Friday Sep 25, 1953
    Mikhail Gorbachev

    Marriage

    Moscow, Russia
    Friday Sep 25, 1953

    On 25 September 1953 he and Raisa registered their marriage at Sokolniki Registry Office.




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