August 1953

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The following events occurred in August 1953:

August 1, 1953 (Saturday)

  • The 1953–54 DFB-Pokal football tournament opened in West Germany.
  • Indian Airlines, based in Delhi, began operations, having been set up under the Air Corporations Act, 1953, by a merger of several domestic airlines.

August 2, 1953 (Sunday)

August 3, 1953 (Monday)

August 4, 1953 (Tuesday)

August 5, 1953 (Wednesday)

August 6, 1953 (Thursday)

August 7, 1953 (Friday)

August 8, 1953 (Saturday)

August 9, 1953 (Sunday)

  • The British ferry St Columba ran aground in Ettrick Bay, Kyles of Bute, Buteshire, but was refloated later in the day.

August 10, 1953 (Monday)

August 11, 1953 (Tuesday)

August 12, 1953 (Wednesday)

August 13, 1953 (Thursday)

  • Four million workers went on strike in France to protest against austerity measures.

August 14, 1953 (Friday)

August 15, 1953 (Saturday)

August 16, 1953 (Sunday)

August 17, 1953 (Monday)

  • The first planning session of Narcotics Anonymous was held in Southern California, United States (see October 5).
  • A gas screw vessel, the Dickie Ray, was stranded off Carmanah Lighthouse, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, and lost.
  • Born: Herta Müller, German novelist, poet, essayist and Nobel laureate, in Nițchidorf, Romania

August 18, 1953 (Tuesday)

August 19, 1953 (Wednesday)

August 20, 1953 (Thursday)

August 21, 1953 (Friday)

August 22, 1953 (Saturday)

August 23, 1953 (Sunday)

August 24, 1953 (Monday)

August 25, 1953 (Tuesday)

  • The general strike ended in France.

August 26, 1953 (Wednesday)

August 27, 1953 (Thursday)

August 28, 1953 (Friday)

August 29, 1953 (Saturday)

August 30, 1953 (Sunday)

August 31, 1953 (Monday)


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