October 1953

October 1, 1953 (Thursday)

October 2, 1953 (Friday)

October 3, 1953 (Saturday)

October 4, 1953 (Sunday)

October 5, 1953 (Monday)

• Earl Warren is appointed Chief Justice of the United States by U.S. president Dwight D. Eisenhower.
• The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.

  October 6, 1953 (Tuesday)

• UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, is made a permanent specialized agency of the United Nations.

  October 7, 1953 (Wednesday)

October 8, 1953 (Thursday)

October 9, 1953 (Friday)

• West German federal election, 1953: Konrad Adenauer is re-elected as German chancellor.
• The British Guiana constitution is suspended.

  October 10, 1953 (Saturday)

• Roland Burton wins the 1953 London to Christchurch air race in under 23 hours flying time.
• The Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.

  October 11, 1953 (Sunday)

October 12, 1953 (Monday)

• The play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York.

  October 13, 1953 (Tuesday)

October 14, 1953 (Wednesday)

October 15, 1953 (Thursday)

October 16, 1953 (Friday)

October 17, 1953 (Saturday)

October 18, 1953 (Sunday)

October 19, 1953 (Monday)

October 20, 1953 (Tuesday)

October 21, 1953 (Wednesday)

October 22, 1953 (Thursday)

• Laos becomes independent from France.

  October 23, 1953 (Friday)

• Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines makes the first television broadcast in southeast Asia through DZAQ-TV. Alto Broadcasting System is the predecessor of what would later become ABS-CBN Corporation after a being bought by the Chronicle Broadcasting Network in 1957.

  October 24, 1953 (Saturday)

October 25, 1953 (Sunday)

October 26, 1953 (Monday)

October 27, 1953 (Tuesday)

October 28, 1953 (Wednesday)

October 29, 1953 (Thursday)

October 30, 1953 (Friday)

• Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document of the United States National Security Council NSC 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.

  October 31, 1953 (Saturday)