This article is about the year 1953. For the 1996 album by Soul-Junk, see
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1953 (MCMLIII ) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar , the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium , the 53rd year of the 20th century , and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
1953
Events [ ]
January [ ]
January 1 – American country music singer-songwriter Hank Williams dies in his car age 29 from alcohol abuse and drug problems following an undiagnosed case of spina bifida occulta on his way to a concert at Canton, Ohio .
January 5 – Samuel Beckett 's play Waiting for Godot has its public stage première in French, as En attendant Godot , at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris.
January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon , Burma .
January 7 – United States President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb .
January 9 – In Montréal , Marguerite Pitre is the thirteenth, and last, woman hanged in Canada.
January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo .
January 13 – "Doctors' plot ": The state newspaper Pravda publishes an article alleging that many of the most prestigious physicians in the Soviet Union , mostly Jews, are part of a major plot to poison the country's senior political and military leaders.
January 14
January 15 – Georg Dertinger , foreign minister of East Germany , is arrested for spying.
January 19 – 71.1% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy , to watch Lucy give birth to Little Ricky, which is more people than those who tuned into Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the next day. This record has yet to be broken.
January 20 – Dwight D. Eisenhower is sworn in as the 34th President of the United States.
January 22 – The Crucible , an historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism in the United States, opens on Broadway .
January 24
January 28 – Derek Bentley is executed at Wandsworth Prison in London for his part in the murder of a policeman.
January 31 –February 1 – The North Sea flood of 1953 kills 1,836 people in the southwestern Netherlands (especially Zeeland ), 307 in the United Kingdom,[1] [2] and several hundred at sea, including 133 on the ferry MV Princess Victoria in the Irish Sea .
February [ ]
March [ ]
March 1
March 6 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin , as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
March 8 – The Thieves World , which has been transformed into the Russian mafia , are freed from prisons by the Malenkov regime, ending the Bitch Wars .
March 9 – Draft Treaty establishing the European Political Community , never brought into effect.
March 13 – The United Nations Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld from Sweden as United Nations Secretary General .
March 14 – Nikita Khrushchev is selected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union .
March 17 – The first nuclear test of Operation Upshot–Knothole is conducted in Nevada , with 1,620 spectators at 3.4 km (2.1 mi).
March 18 – The Yenice–Gönen earthquake affects western Turkey , with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (violent ), causing at least 1,070 deaths, and $3.57 million in damage.
March 19 – The 25th Academy Awards Ceremony is held (the first one broadcast on television).
March 25 –26 – Lari Massacre in Kenya : Mau Mau rebels kill up to 150 Kikuyu natives.
March 26 – Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine .
March 29 – A fire at the Littlefield Nursing Home in Largo, Florida , kills 33 persons, including singer-songwriter Arthur Fields .
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December [ ]
December – Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy magazine in the United States, featuring a centerfold nude photograph of Marilyn Monroe ; it sells 54,175 copies at $.50 each.
December 2 – The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations .
December 6 – With the NBC Symphony Orchestra , conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, Eroica , for the last time. The live performance is broadcast across the United States on radio, and later released on records and CD.
December 7 – A visit to Iran by American Vice President Richard Nixon sparks several days of riots, as a reaction to the August 19 overthrow of the government of Mohammed Mossadegh by the U.S.-backed Shah. Three students are shot dead by police in Tehran. This event becomes an annual commemoration.
December 8 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his Atoms for Peace address, to the United Nations General Assembly .
December 10 – Albert Schweitzer is given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
December 17 – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approves color television (using the NTSC standard).
December 23 – The Soviet Union announces officially that Lavrentiy Beria has been executed.
December 24 – Tangiwai disaster : A railway bridge collapses at Tangiwai , New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River ; 151 are killed.
December 25 – The Amami Islands are returned to Japan, after 8 years of United States military occupation.
December 30 – Ramon Magsaysay becomes the 7th President of the Philippines .
Date unknown [ ]
The Japanese 10 yen coin is issued with serrated edges for a 5-year period, beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since have had smooth edges.
Heavy massive rain, landslides, and flooding in western and southwestern Japan kill an estimated 2,566, and injure 9,433, mainly at Kizugawa , Wakayama , Kumamoto , and Kitakyushu (June–August).
Global meat packing industry JBS is founded in Anapolis, Goias , Brazil.[12]
China First Building Corporation, as predecessor part of China State Construction Engineering , founded in Beijing.[citation needed ]
Births [ ]
January [ ]
January 1
January 2 – Vincent Racaniello , American virologist
January 4 – George Tenet , American Central Intelligence Agency director
January 5
January 6
January 8 – Bruce Sutter , American baseball player
January 10
January 13 – John Wake , English cricketer
January 15
January 16 – Robert Jay Mathews , American neo-Nazi, founder of the terrorist group The Order (d. 1984 )
January 18
January 19
January 20 – Jeffrey Epstein , American financier and sex offender (d. 2019 )[13]
January 21
January 22
January 23
January 26
January 28 – Colin Campbell , Canadian ice hockey player, executive
January 29
Peter Baumann , German keyboard player, songwriter (Tangerine Dream )
Paulin Bordeleau , Canadian ice hockey player
Lynne McGranger , Australian actress
Juan Paredes , Mexican boxer
Pierre Jacob , Canadian politician (d. 2018 )
Louie Pérez , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Fred Riebeling , Australian politician
Grażyna Szmacińska , Polish chess player
Teresa Teng , Taiwanese singer (d. 1995 )
Yorie Terauchi , Japanese actress
Hwang Woo-suk , South Korean veterinarian, academic
January 31 – Sergei Ivanov , Russian first deputy prime minister and minister of defense
February [ ]
February 2 – Duane Chapman , American bounty hunter
February 4 – Kitarō , Japanese New Age musician
February 5 – Valerie Carter , American singer-songwriter (d. 2017 )
February 7 – Dan Quisenberry , American baseball player (d. 1998 )
February 8 – Mary Steenburgen , American actress
February 9
February 10 – June Jones , American quarterback, current NCAA Football head coach at Southern Methodist University
February 11 – Jeb Bush , American politician, 43rd Governor of Florida
February 12 – Nabil Shaban , Jordanian-British actor and writer
February 14 – Sergey Mironov , Russian statesman, Speaker of the Federation Council
February 19
February 20 – Riccardo Chailly , Italian orchestral conductor
February 21 – William Petersen , American actor
February 22 – Geoffrey Perkins , British comedy producer, writer and actor (d. 2008 )
February 25
February 26
February 27
February 28
March [ ]
March 1 – Richard Bruton , Irish politician, economist
March 2
March 3
March 4
March 5 – Tokyo Sexwale , South African businessman, politician, anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner
March 6
March 10 – Debbie Brill , Canadian high jumper
March 11
March 12
March 14 – Johan Ullman , Swedish medical doctor, physicist and inventor
March 15 – Kumba Iala , Guinea-Bissauan politician, 3rd President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014 )
March 16
March 17 – Filemon Lagman , Filipino revolutionary (d. 2001 )
March 18 – Takashi Yoshimatsu , Japanese composer
March 19 – Lenín Moreno , Ecuadorian politician, 44th President of Ecuador
March 20 – Sándor Csányi , Hungarian business executive, banker
March 23 – Chaka Khan , African-American soul singer (I Feel For You )
March 24
March 26
March 28 – Melchior Ndadaye , 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993 )
April [ ]
April 2
April 3
April 4 – Robert Bertrand , Canadian politician
April 6 – Andy Hertzfeld , American computer programmer
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 13 – Stephen Byers , English Labour Party politician, Secretary of State for Transport[14]
April 14 – Eric Tsang , Hong Kong actor
April 16
April 17 – Linda Martin , Irish singer, television presenter and Eurovision Song Contest 1992 winner
April 18 – Rick Moranis , Canadian actor (Second City Television )
April 19 – Ruby Wax , American-born British-based performer
April 20 – Sebastian Faulks , British novelist
April 22 – Juhani Komulainen , Finnish composer
April 24
April 25 – Ron Clements , American animation director, producer
April 28
April 29
April 30 – Merrill Osmond , American pop singer
May [ ]
May 2
May 3 – Ibrahim Zakzaky , Nigerian Shia-Islam cleric
May 4 – Salman Hashimikov , Soviet heavyweight wrestler
May 5 – Dieter Zetsche , German auto executive
May 6
May 7 – Ian McKay , British soldier, (VC recipient) (d. 1982 )
May 8
May 11 – David Gest , American entertainer, producer and television personality (d. 2016 )
May 14
May 15
May 16
May 17 – Luca Prodan , Italian–Scottish musician and singer (d. 1987 )
May 19 – Victoria Wood , English comic performer (d. 2016 )
May 20 – Robert Doyle , Australian politician
May 21 – Jim Devine , British politician[15]
May 23 – Agathe Uwilingiyimana , 4th Prime Minister of Rwanda (d. 1994 )
May 24 – Alfred Molina , English actor
May 26
May 29
May 30 – Colm Meaney , Irish actor
May 31 – Kathie Sullivan , American singer
June [ ]
June 1
June 2
Keith Allen , British actor
Cornel West , African-American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author
June 3 – Erland Van Lidth De Jeude , Dutch-born wrestler, opera singer and actor (d. 1987 )
June 4
June 5 – Kathleen Kennedy , American film producer
June 7
June 8 – Ivo Sanader , 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
June 10 – John Edwards , American politician
June 11
June 12 – Michael Donovan , Canadian voice actor
June 13
June 14 – Hana Laszlo , Israeli actress and comedian
June 15
June 19 – Ken Davitian , Armenian–American actor, comedian and restaurateur
June 20 – Ulrich Mühe , German actor (d. 2007 )
June 21 – Benazir Bhutto , Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007 )
June 22
June 23
June 24
June 26
June 27
June 29
June 30 – Joan Lin , Taiwanese actress
July [ ]
August [ ]
August 1
August 2 – Butch Patrick , American child actor and musician
August 3 – Randy Scruggs , American music producer, songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018 )
August 4 – Antonio Tajani , Italian politician, President of the European Parliament
August 5
August 7 – Lesley Nicol , English actress
August 8 – Nigel Mansell , English 1992 Formula 1 world champion
August 9 – Jean Tirole , French Nobel Prize -winning economist
August 10 – Richard Cansino , American voice actor
August 11 – Hulk Hogan , American professional wrestler
August 12
August 14
August 15
August 16 – Kathie Lee Gifford , American singer and actress
August 17
August 18 – Louie Gohmert , American politician
August 19 – Benoît Régent , French actor (d. 1994 )
August 20
August 21 – Géza Szőcs , Hungarian poet and politician
August 24 – Ron Holloway , American tenor saxophonist
August 26
August 27
August 29 – James Quesada , Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
August 30
August 31
September [ ]
September 2 – John Zorn , American musician
September 4
September 6 – Anne Lockhart , American actress
September 7 – Mammootty , Indian actor
September 8 – Stu Ungar , American poker player (d. 1998 )
September 10 – Amy Irving , American actress
September 11
September 12
September 13
September 14 – Harold Covington , American political activist (d. 2018 )
September 17 – Altaf Hussain , Pakistani politician
September 18 – Betsy Boze , American dean and CEO, Kent State University at Stark
September 19 – Probal Dasgupta , Indian linguist and Esperantist
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23 – Alexey Maslov , commander-in-chief of the Russian Ground Forces
September 27 – Greg Ham , Australian rock musician (Men at Work )
September 29
Denis Potvin , Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player
Randy West , American radio personality and game show announcer
September 30 – Deborah Allen , American singer
October [ ]
October 1
October 2 – Brandon Wilson , American author and explorer
October 4 – Kerry Sherman , American actress
October 7 – Tico Torres , American Drummer (Bon Jovi )
October 9 – Tony Shalhoub , American actor
October 10 – Midge Ure , Scottish musician, singer-songwriter and producer
October 12
October 14
October 15
October 16 – Martha Smith , American model and actress
October 20 – Bill Nunn , African-American actor (d. 2016 )
October 21
October 22 – Loyiso Nongxa , South African mathematician
October 24
October 26 – Keith Strickland , American musician (The B-52's )
October 27
October 29
October 31 – Michael J. Anderson , American actor
November [ ]
November 1
November 2 – Tom Lyle , American comics artist (d. 2019 )
November 3
November 4
November 5 – Florentino V. Floro , Filipino dwarf judge
November 7 – Ottfried Fischer , German actor and Kabarett artist
November 8 – John Musker , American animation director
November 11
November 13
November 14 – Dominique de Villepin , Prime Minister of France
November 15 – Alexander O'Neal , American singer
November 16 – Griff Rhys Jones , Welsh comedian, writer, actor and television presenter
November 18
November 19
November 23 – Francis Cabrel , French singer
November 24
November 25 – Graham Eadie , Australian rugby league player
November 27
November 28 – Pamela Hayden , American voice actress
November 29
November 30 – June Pointer , American singer (The Pointer Sisters ) (d. 2006 )
December [ ]
Date unknown [ ]
Deaths [ ]
January [ ]
January 1
January 2 – Guccio Gucci , founder of Gucci (b. 1881 )
January 4
January 5 – Mitchell Hepburn , Canadian politician, 11th Premier of Ontario (b. 1896 )
January 7
January 8 – Charles Edward Merriam , American political scientist (b. 1874 )
January 9 – Madame le Corbeau (Marguerite Pitre), Canadian murderer (b. 1909 ) (hanged)
January 13 – Sir Edward Marsh , English polymath and civil servant (b. 1872 )
January 16 – Israel Goldstine , New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1898 )
January 21 – Mary Mannering , early 20th century English stage actress (b. 1876 )
January 28 – James Scullin , 9th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876 )
January 29 – Sir Reginald Wingate , British army general and colonial administrator (b. 1861 )
January 30 – Lionel Belmore , English actor (b. 1867 )
February [ ]
February 1 – William Sydney Marchant , British colonial official (b. 1894 )
February 2 – Alan Curtis , American actor (b. 1909 )
February 5 – Iuliu Maniu , 32nd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1873 )
February 9 – Cecil Hepworth , English director (b. 1874 )
February 12 – Hal Colebatch , Australian politician (b. 1872 )
February 19
February 20 – Francesco Saverio Nitti , Italian economist and political figure, 24th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1868 )
February 21 – Konrad Krafft von Dellmensingen , Bavarian general (b. 1862 )
February 23 – Sir Cecil Hunter-Rodwell , British colonial administrator (b. 1874 )
February 24 – Gerd von Rundstedt , German field marshal (b. 1875 )
February 25 – Sergei Winogradsky , Russian scientist (b. 1856 )
February 27 – Paul Hurst , American actor (b. 1888 )
March [ ]
March 2 – James Lightbody , American middle-distance runner (b. 1882 )
March 3 – James J. Jeffries , American boxing champion (b. 1875 )
March 5
March 7 – Edward Sedgwick , American director (b. 1892 )
March 13 – Johan Laidoner , Commander-in-chief of the Estonian Army (b. 1884 )
March 14 – Klement Gottwald , 5th President of Czechoslovakia (b. 1896 )
March 15 – Carl Stockdale , American actor (b. 1874 )
March 20 – Graciliano Ramos , Brazilian writer (b. 1892 )
March 21 – Toni Wolff , Swiss psychoanalyst (b. 1888 )
March 23
March 24
March 28 – Jim Thorpe , Native-American athlete and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame (b. 1887 )
March 31 – Ivan Lebedeff , Russian actor (b. 1895 )
April [ ]
May [ ]
June [ ]
July [ ]
July 1 – Totius , Afrikaans poet (b. 1877)
July 9 – Annie Kenney , British working-class suffragette (b. 1879 )
July 11 – Oliver Campbell , American tennis player (b. 1871 )
July 12 – Herbert Rawlinson , English actor (b. 1885 )
July 15 – John Christie , English serial killer (b. 1899 ) (hanged)
July 16 – Hilaire Belloc , French-born British writer and historian (b. 1870 )
July 17 – Maude Adams , American actress (b. 1872 )
July 20 – Dumarsais Estimé , 30th President of Haiti (b. 1900 )
July 26 – Nikolaos Plastiras , Greek general and Prime Minister (b. 1883 )
July 29 – Richard William Pearse , New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. 1877 )
July 31 – Robert A. Taft , American politician, United States Senate Majority Leader (b. 1889 )
August [ ]
September [ ]
September 2 – General Jonathan Wainwright , American Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883 )
September 5 – Francis Ford , American actor and director (b. 1881 )
September 7 – Nobuyuki Abe , Japanese Prime Minister and military leader (b. 1875 )
September 8 – Fred M. Vinson , Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1890 )
September 12
September 13 – Mary Brewster Hazelton , American painter (b. 1868 )
September 15 – Erich Mendelsohn , German architect (b. 1887 )
September 17 – Wenxiu , consort of China's last emperor Puyi (b. 1909 )
September 24 – Jacobo Fitz-James Stuart, 17th Duke of Alba , Spanish aristocrat (born 1878)
September 26 – Xu Beihong , Chinese painter (b. 1895 )
September 27 – Hans Fritzsche , German Nazi senior official, one of only three acquitted at the Nuremberg trials (b. 1900 )
September 28 – Edwin Hubble , American astronomer (b. 1889 )
September 30
October [ ]
October 3 – Arnold Bax , English composer (b. 1887 )
October 6 – Porter Hall , American actor (b. 1888 )
October 8
October 11 – Pauline Robinson Bush , younger sister of US President George W. Bush (b. 1949 )
October 12 – Hjalmar Hammarskjöld , Swedish politician, 13th Prime Minister of Sweden , leaders of World War I (b. 1862 )
October 13 – Millard Mitchell , American actor (b. 1903 )
October 14 – Arthur Wimperis , English illustrator and playwright (b. 1874 )
October 20 – Sir Robert Brooke-Popham , British air chief marshal (b. 1878 )
October 25 – Holger Pedersen , Dutch linguist (b. 1867 )
October 27 – Thomas Wass , English cricketer (b. 1873 )
November [ ]
December [ ]
Date unknown [ ]
Nobel Prizes [ ]
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