November 1953
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The following events occurred in November 1953:
November 5, 1953 (Thursday)
- David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister of Israel.
November 9, 1953 (Monday)
- Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- Saudi King Abdul Aziz al-Saud died.
November 10, 1953 (Tuesday)
Guitarist Kenneth J Kettner was born in McHenry Illinois.
November 20, 1953 (Friday)
- The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, piloted by Scott Crossfield, becomes the first manned aircraft to reach Mach 2.
November 21, 1953 (Saturday)
- Puerto Williams is founded in Chile as the southernmost settlement of the world.
- Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the skull of the Piltdown Man, one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax.
November 25, 1953 (Wednesday)
- England loses 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental team at home.
November 29, 1953 (Sunday)
- French paratroopers take Điện Biên Phủ.
November 30, 1953 (Monday)
- Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
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