Editing 1953 (section)

===March===
{{Main|March 1953}}
* [[March 1]]
** [[Joseph Stalin]] suffers a [[stroke]], after an all-night dinner with [[Soviet Union]] interior minister [[Lavrentiy Beria]] and future premiers [[Georgy Malenkov]], [[Nikolai Bulganin]], and [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. The stroke paralyzes the right side of his body and renders him unconscious until his death on [[March 5]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0304/post-stalin.html|title=The Death of Stalin|first=Donna|last=Urschel|publisher=Library of Congress|access-date=August 9, 2010}}</ref>
** [[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]] is made deputy constable and lieutenant governor of [[Windsor Castle]].
* [[March 6]] &ndash; [[Georgy Malenkov]] succeeds [[Joseph Stalin]], as [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] and First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
* [[March 8]] &ndash; The [[Thief in law|Thieves World]], which has been transformed into the [[Russian mafia]], are freed from prisons by the Malenkov regime, ending the [[Bitch Wars]].
* [[March 13]] &ndash; The [[United Nations Security Council]] nominates [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] from [[Sweden]] as [[United Nations Secretary General]].
* [[March 14]] &ndash; [[Nikita Khrushchev]] is selected [[General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]].
* [[March 17]] &ndash; The first [[Nuclear weapons testing|nuclear test]] of [[Operation Upshot–Knothole]] is conducted in [[Nevada]], with 1,620 spectators at {{convert|3.4|km|mi|abbr=on}}.
* [[March 18]] &ndash; The [[1953 Yenice–Gönen earthquake|Yenice–Gönen earthquake]] affects western [[Turkey]], with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''violent''), causing at least 1,070 deaths, and $3.57 million in damage.
* [[March 19]] &ndash; The [[25th Academy Awards]] Ceremony is held (the first one broadcast on television).
* [[March 25]]–[[March 26|26]] &ndash; Lari Massacre in [[Kenya]]: [[Kenya Land and Freedom Army|Mau Mau]] rebels kill up to 150 [[Kikuyu people|Kikuyu]] natives.
* [[March 26]] &ndash; [[Jonas Salk]] announces his [[polio vaccine]].
* [[March 29]] &ndash; A fire at the Littlefield Nursing Home in [[Largo, Florida]], kills 33 persons, including singer-songwriter [[Arthur Fields]].