November 1953

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The following events occurred in November 1953:

November 1, 1953 (Sunday)

• Born: Darrell Issa, American politician, U.S. Representative from California, in Cleveland, Ohio[1]

November 2, 1953 (Monday)

November 3, 1953 (Tuesday)

November 4, 1953 (Wednesday)

November 5, 1953 (Thursday)

• David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister of Israel.

November 6, 1953 (Friday)

November 7, 1953 (Saturday)

November 8, 1953 (Sunday)

November 9, 1953 (Monday)

• • Cambodia becomes independent from France.
  • The Laotian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Laos and the Pathet Lao, all the while resuming the First Indochina War against the French Army in a Two-front war.

November 10, 1953 (Tuesday)

November 11, 1953 (Wednesday)

November 12, 1953 (Thursday)

November 13, 1953 (Friday)

• Born: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico since 2018, in Tepetitán, Tabasco, Mexico

November 14, 1953 (Saturday)

November 15, 1953 (Sunday)

November 16, 1953 (Monday)

• Born: Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, in Cardiff[2]

November 17, 1953 (Tuesday)

November 18, 1953 (Wednesday)

• Born: Kevin Nealon, American actor and comedian, in St. Louis, Missouri

November 19, 1953 (Thursday)

November 20, 1953 (Friday)

November 20, 1953: Crossfield after Mach 2 flight

• The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, piloted by Scott Crossfield, became the first piloted aircraft to reach Mach 2.
• Authorities at the Natural History Museum, London announced that the skull of Piltdown Man (allegedly an early human discovered in 1912) was a hoax.[3][4]

November 21, 1953 (Saturday)

• Puerto Williams was founded in Chile as the southernmost settlement of the world.

November 22, 1953 (Sunday)

• Operation Castor: French paratroopers took Điện Biên Phủ.

November 23, 1953 (Monday)

November 24, 1953 (Tuesday)

November 25, 1953 (Wednesday)

• "Match of the Century": England lost 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental European team at home.

November 26, 1953 (Thursday)

November 27, 1953 (Friday)

November 28, 1953 (Saturday)

November 29, 1953 (Sunday)

• First Indochina War: Battle of Dien Bien Phu – French paratroopers consolidate their position at Điện Biên Phủ.

November 30, 1953 (Monday)

• Kabaka crisis: Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, was deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

References

1. "ISSA, Darrell 1953 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
2. "BFI Screenonline: Rhys Jones, Griff (1953-) Biography".
3. Weiner, J. S.; Oakley, K. P.; Le Gros Clark, W. E. (20 November 1953). "The Solution of the Piltdown Problem". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 2 (3): 141–6.
4. "Piltdown Man forgery". The Times. London. 21 November 1953. p. 6.