1953

• The first submarine launch of the Regulus I missile from the USS Tunny on July 15.
   
• Chance Vought delivers the last Navy F4U Corsair, the 12,571st unit, on February 1.
   
• Korean armistice begins.
   
• Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound in an F-86.

Regulus I leaving its submarine launch platform

Songs From 1953

  “Rock around the clock”
  “Ebb Tide”

Other Facts from 1953

President: Dwight Eisenhower     Average annual income $4,011 New car $1,651 Loaf of bread $0.16 Gallon of milk $0.94 Gallon of gas $0.20     Dow Jones Average      276