Timeline Monday 27 July 1953

Events on Monday 27 July 1953 3

• 1953 Dwight D. Eisenhower ends the Korean War The armistice signed at Panmunjom fulfils his campaign promise to end the war.
• 1953 Korean War Armistice Signed Fighting halted at Panmunjom Representatives of the United Nations Command, North Korea, and China signed an armistice agreement at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting on the Korean peninsula. The agreement established the Demilitarized Zone along the existing front line but no formal peace treaty was signed. Korea remains divided along this line to the present day.
• 1953 Korean armistice ends the MiG Alley air war Panmunjom The armistice signed at Panmunjom ends three years of jet combat between MiG-15s and F-86 Sabres over north-west Korea.