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Timeline; 1953

Michael Ventris gave a talk at the Royal Academy in London about his deciphering of Linear B.

Crick and Watson discovered the structure of DNA.

Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay sucessfully reached the summit of Mount Everest on the 29th of May.

Taylors Garden Buildings was established.

Butlins bought and opened the Ocean Hotel, Saltdean.

We know of some books and movies published this year.