1953

Discovery of DNA structure launches genetic science
Korean War truce
Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision rules segregation in public schools unconstitutional
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed as spies for the U.S.S.R.
Senator Joseph McCarthy claims communists in State Department
"The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir
"Playboy" magazine launched
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," directed by Howard Hawks