1953 in Colombia

Events of 1953 in Colombia.

Incumbents

Events

Ongoing

La Violencia.

January

1 January – Liberal rebel groups attack the Palanquero Air Base with the hope of taking its jet planes and bombing Bogotá to force the resignation of Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez/Laureano Gómez.

March

8 March – Ramón Hoyos wins the 5th Vuelta a Colombia in Bogotá, having started the final in Girardot.
15 March – 1953 Colombian parliamentary election.

April

9 April – Unión Magdalena is formed.
16 April – The Ministry of Hygiene completes its transition into the new Ministry of Public Health, being officially renamed via Decree 984 of 1953.

June

13 June – 1953 Colombian coup d'état: General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla initiates a bloodless military coup d'état, seizing power at the Casa de Nariño from acting president Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez and official president Laureano Gómez.

October

10 October – The Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia is established in Tunja, Boyacá.
14 October – The National Administrative Department of Statistics is established.
25 October – The Cristo Rey is inaugurated in Cali.

Uncertain

Canada establishes full diplomatic relations with Colombia.
The Antonio Nariño and Alejandro Gutiérrez National Police Academies, in Barranquilla and Manizales respectively, open.
Luz Marina Cruz Lozada wins Miss Colombia 1953.
1953 Campeonato Profesional
The Confederación Nacional del Trabajo is established.
The Marymount International School Barranquilla is established.

Births

19 March – Pablo Catatumbo, politician and FARC leader.
3 May – Luis Alberto Moreno, businessman and diplomat.
15 August – Paulo Laserna Phillips, journalist, businessman, and political scientist.
27 September – María Emma Mejía Vélez, politician, diplomat, and journalist.

Deaths

20 March – Juan Uribe Holguin, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Justice.
8 May – Alejandro Ángel Escobar, businessmen and former Minister of Agriculture.
6 October – Miguel Rasch Isla, erotic writer and poet.