The following events occurred in March 1953:
March 5: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin died at age 74 after suffering a stroke 4 days earlier.
March 9, 1953: Funeral procession of Joseph Stalin in Moscow
The following events occurred in January 1953:
January 20, 1953: First inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
January 31, 1953: Unprecedented floods affect the Netherlands and UK