As stated in the final episode of the TV show M*A*S*H, airing 30 years later, the Armistice was signed at 10:01 AM local time, and the guns fell silent at 10:00 PM, 12 hours later -- 8:00 AM, U.S. Eastern Time.
The signatories were:
* For the United Nations, including the United States and South Korea, Lieutenant General William Kelly Harrison Jr.
* For North Korea, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nam Il.
* For the People's Republic of China, Marshal Peng Dehuai.
Deaths in the war: For the U.S., 36,574; for South Korea, 162,000 military, and nearly 1 million civilians; for North Korea, no one knows for sure, but including civilians, it may be over 1.5 million.
Peng died in 1974, Nam Il in 1976, and Harrison was the last surviving, living until 1987.
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July 27, 1953 was a Monday. It was the off-season for the NFL, the NBA and the NHL. And Monday is often a travel day in Major League Baseball. As a result, there was only one game played that day.
The Milwaukee Braves beat the New York Giants, 13-0 at Milwaukee County Stadium. It was only 1-0 Braves going into the bottom of the 4th inning, when the Braves scored 8 runs. Eddie Mathews hit 2 home runs. Warren Spahn allowed 7 hits, but kept his shutout.
The best-known players on each team were not in this game. Hank Aaron was still in the minor leagues, on the way up. He debuted on the Braves' next Opening Day, April 13, 1954. And Willie Mays was in the U.S. Army, serving in the Korean War. Fortunately for him, he was kept stationed stateside, and never went into combat, and rejoined the Giants in Spring Training 1954.
In 1970, Aaron became the 1st player to collect 3,000 hits with 500 of them being home runs. He beat Mays to this distinction by 2 months.
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