July 1953

Wednesday 15:

John Reginald Christie, British serial killer executed.

Monday 20:

The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency.

Sunday 26:

Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders a law enforcement crackdown on Short Creek, Arizona, home to a polygamous sect of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Monday 27:

Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, and North Korea, sign an armistice agreement. Syngman Rhee, president of South Korea, refuses to sign but pledges to observe the armistice.

Thursday 30:

Rikid?zan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.