Editing 1953 (section)

===September===
{{Main|September 1953}}
* [[September 4]] &ndash; The discovery of [[REM sleep]] is first published, by researchers [[Eugene Aserinsky]] and [[Nathaniel Kleitman]].
* [[September 5]] &ndash; The [[United Nations]] rejects the [[Soviet Union]]'s suggestion to accept [[China]] as a member.
* [[September 7]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes head of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Central Committee.
* [[September 23]] &ndash; The [[Pact of Madrid]] is signed by [[Francoist Spain]] and the United States of America, ending a period of virtual isolation for Spain.
* [[September 25]] &ndash; The first German [[prisoners of war]] return from the [[Soviet Union]] to West Germany.
* [[September 26]] &ndash; [[Rationing]] of [[sugar]] ends in the UK.