Attack of the Cuban revolutionary movement against the government of Fulgencio Batista at the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba on July 26, 1953

Doctors' plot — 1950s antisemitic campaign by Stalin in the Soviet Union

1953 South American Championship — football tournament

1953 Formula One season — sports season

1953 Cannes Film Festival — film festival edition

Ferenc Puskás Stadium — football stadium in Budapest, Hungary

EuroBasket 1953 — 1953 edition of the FIBA EuroBasket

1953 Argentine Grand Prix — first round of the 1953 Formula One World Drivers' Championship

North Sea flood of 1953 — late January-early February 1953 North sea flood storm

Series of riots against the Qadiyanis

1953 Greek-Turkish-Yugoslav cooperation treaty