2 miles (3.2 km) off Miami Beach, Florida, 52-year-old American attorney Hope Root died in an attempt to set a new deep diving record of 410 feet (120 m). Root descended to 500 feet (150 m) and did not resurface.[1]
December 4, 1953 (Friday)
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With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performed what he claimed to be his favorite Beethoven symphony, the Eroica, for the last time. The live performance was broadcast nationwide on radio, and later released on records and CD.
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December 19, 1953 (Saturday)
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December 20, 1953 (Sunday)
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December 21, 1953 (Monday)
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December 22, 1953 (Tuesday)
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December 23, 1953 (Wednesday)
Former Soviet politician and NKVD chief Lavrentiy Beria was “tried by special session” by the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union, convicted of treason, terrorism, and counter revolutionary activity, and executed by firing squad.
Born:John Callahan, American soap opera actor, in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2020)[2]
Died:Lavrentiy Beria, Soviet politician and NKVD chief, executed by firing squad
December 24, 1953 (Thursday)
Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge collapsed at Tangiwai, New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River; 151 were killed.
December 25, 1953 (Friday)
The Amami Islands were returned to Japan after 8 years of United States military occupation.
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