Mercedes-Benz W120/121 is First Produced. The Mercedes-Benz W120 and W121 "Ponton" cars were produced from 1953 through 1962. They were sold under the "180" and "190" model names.

01/09/2016 · 1953 in history - brainyhistory. January 1. Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique," premieres; January 1. WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, Pennsylvania (NBC) 1st …

Events in History. 6 January 1953. Godfrey Bowen sets world sheep-shearing record. 29 May 1953. Hillary and Tenzing reach summit of Everest. 23 December 1953. Queen Elizabeth II arrives for royal tour. 24 December 1953. Tangiwai railway disaster

In 1953, MIT’s Whirlwind becomes the first computer to use magnetic core memory. Core memory is made up of tiny “donuts” made of magnetic material strung on wires into a grid. Each core stored a bit, magnetized one way for a “zero,” and the other way for a “one.” The wires could both detect and change the state of a bit.

The devastating North Sea flood of 1953 caused catastrophic damage and loss of life in Scotland, England, Belgium and The Netherlands and became one of the worst peacetime disasters of the 20 th century. 307 people died in England, 19 died in Scotland, 28 died in Belgium, 1,836 died in the Netherlands and a further 361 people died at sea.. The flood caused a major rethinking of …

Civil Rights Movement History 1953. Baton Rouge LA Bus Boycott (June) Baton Rouge, LA Bus Boycott (June) Back in 1950, the independent Black-owned buses that had served Baton Rouge's Black community were outlawed. Henceforth, everyone has to ride the segregated buses run by the official bus company.

The East German Uprising, 1953. On June 16, 1953, workers in East Berlin rose in protest against government demands to increase productivity. Within days, nearly a million East Germans joined the protests and began rioting across hundreds of East German cities and towns.

1953 Black History Viewed Through Magazines These scans come from my rather large magazine collection. Instead of filling my house with old moldy magazines, I scanned them (in most cases, photographed them) and filled a storage area with moldy magazines. Now they reside on an external harddrive.

Today in History is a timetable of everything that happened on this date in the areas of politics, war, science, music, sport, art, entertainment, and more. ... 1953. The Pope asks the United States to grant clemency to convicted spies Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. 1968. The United States sends 10,500 more combat troops to Vietnam.

Feb 6 Princess Elizabeth of York, 25, becomes Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Pakistan and Ceylon.. Feb 26 Elizabeth's Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, announces possession of an atomic bomb.. Mar 10 In Cuba a bright former army sergeant of mixed race who has risen from poverty, Fulgencia Batista, takes power in a …