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December 23, 1953 (Wednesday) The Soviet Union announces officially that Lavrentiy Beria has been executed.; December 24, 1953 (Thursday) Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge collapses at Tangiwai, New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River; 151 are killed.; December 25, 1953 (Friday) The Amami Islands are returned to Japan after 8 years of …