Editing 1953 (section)

===July===
{{Main|July 1953}}
* [[July 3]] &ndash; The [[first ascent]] of [[Nanga Parbat]] in the Pakistan [[Himalayas]], the world's [[List of highest mountains|ninth highest mountain]], is made by Austrian climber [[Hermann Buhl]] alone on a [[1953 German–Austrian Nanga Parbat expedition|German–Austrian expedition]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herrligkoffer |first1=Karl Maria |translator1-last=Brockett |translator1-first=Eleanor |translator2-last=Ehrenzweig |translator2-first=Anton |title=Nanga Parbat |date=1954 |publisher=Knopf |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/nangaparbat00herr|trans-title=Nanga Parbat 1953|pages=102–115}}</ref>
* [[July 9]]
** The U.S. Treasury formally renames the Bureau of Internal Revenue; the new name (which had previously been used informally) is the [[Internal Revenue Service]].
** Inauguration of the south lane of the [[Rodovia Anchieta]].
* [[July 10]] &ndash; The Soviet official newspaper ''[[Pravda]]'' announces that [[Lavrentiy Beria]] has been deposed as head of the [[NKVD]].
* [[July 17]] &ndash; The greatest recorded loss of United States [[midshipmen]] in a single event results from an [[USMC R4Q NROTC crash|aircraft crash]] near [[NAS Whiting Field]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=8407175|title=Historic Aircraft: The Flying Boxcar|publisher=eLibrary.ru|access-date=2012-01-19}}</ref>
* [[July 26]] &ndash; [[Fidel Castro]] and [[Raúl Castro|his brother]] lead a disastrous assault on the [[Moncada Barracks]], preliminary to the [[Cuban Revolution]].
* [[July 27]] &ndash; The [[Korean War]] ends, with the [[Korean Armistice Agreement]]: The [[United Nations Command (Korea)]] (United States), China and [[North Korea]] sign an [[armistice]] agreement at [[Panmunjom]], and the north remains [[Communism|communist]], while the [[South Korea|south]] remains [[Capitalism|capitalist]]. No formal peace treaty is ever signed.