1953

From top to bottom, left to right: the Coronation of Elizabeth II is held in the United Kingdom; Joseph Stalin dies, ending an era of Soviet rule; the Korean Armistice Agreement ends the Korean War; the Attack on the Moncada Barracks launches the Cuban Revolution; the 1953 Iranian coup d'état topples Mohammad Mosaddegh; the East German uprising of 1953 is suppressed; the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition achieves the first ascent; the North Sea flood of 1953 devastates Western Europe; and the Tangiwai disaster kills 151 in New Zealand.