7th » Che Guevara called Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a Che Guevara Guatemala, Arbenz and United Fruit called trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
17th » The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an USMC R4Q NROTC crash or aircraft crash in Florida killing 44.
26th » Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
26th » Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Colorado City, Arizona e.g Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
26th » Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
27th » Fighting in the Korean War ends when the United States, China, and North Korea sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, President of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1953
1st » Lawrence Gonzi, Maltese politician, 12th Prime Minister of Malta
1st » Jadranka Kosor, Croatian journalist and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Croatia