Denmark enacts a new constitution lowering the nation's voting age to twenty-three.

The U.S. Justice Department informs Charlie Chaplin he will not be allowed into the United States until he can satisfy the Immigration and Naturalization Office that he is not "a dangerous and unwholesome character" (that is, a Communist).

Christian Dior creates an uproar when he announces his 1953 fall hemlines will measure sixteen inches from the ground.

The coronation of Queen Elizabeth influences fashion, making jeweled tiaras the year's most popular accessory for evening gowns.

British Overseas Airways (BOAC) begins operational use of the Rolls- Royce turboprop-powered Vickers Viscount passenger aircraft.

German chemist Karl Ziegler uses atmospheric pressure instead of a more difficult pressure method in a new catalytic process for producing polyethylene. Researchers in Basel, Switzerland, synthesize carotene, the provitamin of vitamin A, from acetone and acetylene.

Australian Ken Rosewall wins the French and Australian tennis...