Editing 1953 (section)

===June===
[[File:Elizabeth II waves from the palace balcony after the Coronation, 1953.jpg|thumb|180px|[[June 2]]: [[Elizabeth II]], Queen of the [[United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realms]], crowned.]]
[[File:Julius and Ethel Rosenberg NYWTS.jpg|thumb|180px|[[June 19]]: [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] executed.]]
{{Main|June 1953}}
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[Uprising in Plzeň (1953)|Uprising in Plzeň]]: [[Currency]] reform causes riots in [[Czechoslovakia]].
* [[June 2]] &ndash; [[Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II|Elizabeth II is crowned Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and the other [[Commonwealth realms]], at [[Westminster Abbey]].
* [[June 7]] &ndash; [[Italian general election, 1953|Italian general election]]: the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democracy]] party wins a plurality in both legislative houses.
* [[June 7]]–[[June 9|9]] &ndash; [[Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence]]: A single storm-system spawns 46 [[tornado]]es of various sizes, in 10 states from Colorado to Massachusetts, over 3 days, killing 246.
* [[June 8]]
** On the second day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado kills 116 in [[Flint, Michigan]]; it will be the last to claim more than 100 lives, until the [[2011 Joplin tornado]].
** Austria and the [[Soviet Union]] open [[diplomatic relations]].
* [[June 9]]
** On the third day of the Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence, a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado the day before hits in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]], killing 94.
** CIA [[Technical Services Staff]] head [[Sidney Gottlieb]] approves of the use of [[LSD]] in an [[MKUltra]] subproject.
* [[June 13]] &ndash; Hungarian Prime Minister [[Mátyás Rákosi]] is replaced by [[Imre Nagy]].
* [[June 17]] &ndash; [[Uprising of 1953 in East Germany|Workers' Uprising in East Germany]]: The [[Soviet Union]] orders a [[Division (military)|Division]] of troops into [[East Berlin]] to quell a [[rebellion]].
* [[June 18]]
** [[Republic_of_Egypt_(1953–1958)|Egypt]] declares itself a [[republic]].
** [[Tachikawa air disaster]]: A United States Air Force [[Douglas C-124 Globemaster II]] crashes just after takeoff from [[Tachikawa Airfield]] near Tokyo, Japan, killing all 129 people on board in the worst air crash in history up to this time, and the first with a confirmed death toll exceeding 100.
* [[June 30]] &ndash; The first [[roll-on/roll-off]] ferry crossing of the [[English Channel]], [[Dover]]&ndash;[[Boulogne]], takes place.<ref>{{cite web|title=''Dinard'' &ndash; ''Viking''|url=http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/BR_Dinard.html|work=Simplon Postcards: The Passenger Ship Website|year=2005|access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref>