Timeline June 1953

Events in June 1953 6

• 1953 French Open 1953 Men: Ken Rosewall · Women: Maureen Connolly Connolly won all four Grand Slams in 1953.
• 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Crowned at Westminster Abbey Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey in a ceremony broadcast live on television for the first time. The coronation drew an estimated 20 million television viewers in Britain alone and millions more on radio worldwide. It marked the formal start of a reign that would last over seventy years.
• 1953 Elvis Presley graduates from Humes High School Elvis graduates from Humes High School in Memphis and starts work as a truck driver.
• 1953 East German Uprising of 1953 Workers revolt crushed by Soviet tanks Construction workers in East Berlin began a strike over increased work quotas that spread into a nationwide uprising against the East German government. Soviet tanks and troops were deployed to suppress the revolt, resulting in dozens of deaths and mass arrests. The uprising exposed deep popular discontent with communist rule in East Germany.
• 1953 Egypt Declared a Republic Monarchy formally abolished Egypt was officially declared a republic, ending the monarchy that had been effectively overthrown in the 1952 coup led by the Free Officers Movement. General Muhammad Naguib became the country's first president. The change cleared the path for Gamal Abdel Nasser's later rise to power.
• 1953 Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Convicted atomic spies put to death Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed by electric chair at Sing Sing prison after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Their trial and execution were highly controversial, drawing appeals for clemency from around the world. They remain the only American civilians executed for espionage during the Cold War.