September 1953

September 1, 1953 (Tuesday)

September 2, 1953 (Wednesday)

September 3, 1953 (Thursday)

September 4, 1953 (Friday)

• The discovery of REM sleep is first published by researchers Eugene Aserinsky and Nathaniel Kleitman.

  September 5, 1953 (Saturday)

• The United Nations rejects the Soviet Union's suggestion to accept China as a member.

  September 6, 1953 (Sunday)

September 7, 1953 (Monday)

• Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.

  September 8, 1953 (Tuesday)

September 9, 1953 (Wednesday)

September 10, 1953 (Thursday)

September 11, 1953 (Friday)

September 12, 1953 (Saturday)

• U.S. Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.

  September 13, 1953 (Sunday)

September 14, 1953 (Monday)

September 15, 1953 (Tuesday)

September 16, 1953 (Wednesday)

September 17, 1953 (Thursday)

September 18, 1953 (Friday)

September 19, 1953 (Saturday)

September 20, 1953 (Sunday)

September 21, 1953 (Monday)

September 22, 1953 (Tuesday)

September 23, 1953 (Wednesday)

• The Pact of Madrid was signed by Francoist Spain and the United States of America, ending a period of virtual isolation for Spain.

  September 24, 1953 (Thursday)

September 25, 1953 (Friday)

• A hurricane in South-East Asia kills over 1,000 people.
• The first German prisoners of war return from the Soviet Union to West Germany.

  September 26, 1953 (Saturday)

• Rationing of cane sugar ends in the UK.

  September 27, 1953 (Sunday)

September 28, 1953 (Monday)

September 29, 1953 (Tuesday)

September 30, 1953 (Wednesday)