1953 34865 225829205 2008-07-15T16:19:49Z El C 92203 Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/OrgasGirl|OrgasGirl]] ([[User talk:OrgasGirl|talk]]) to last version by SGD-LFC {{year nav|1953}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1953''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} == Events of 1953 == ===January=== * [[January 7]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] announces the [[United States]] has developed a [[hydrogen bomb]]. * [[January 12]] - [[Estonia]]n [[émigré]]s found a [[Estonian Government in Exile|government in exile]] in [[Oslo]]. * [[January 14]] **Marshal [[Josip Broz Tito]] chosen President of [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]. **CIA-sponsored [[Robertson Panel]] first meets to discuss the [[UFO]] phenomenon. * [[January 15]] - [[Georg Dertinger]], foreign minister of [[East Germany]], is arrested for spying. * [[January 19]] - 68% of all [[television]] sets in the [[United States]] are tuned in to [[I Love Lucy]] to watch Lucy give birth. * [[January 20]] - Change of [[President of the United States|US presidency]] from [[Harry S. Truman]] ([[1945]]-1953) to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] (1953-[[1961]]). * [[January 22]] - ''[[The Crucible]]'', a drama by [[Arthur Miller]], opens on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]. * [[January 24]] – [[Mau Mau]] rebels in [[Kenya]] kill Ruck family – father, mother and a 6-year-old son. * [[January 26]] - [[Walter Ulbricht]] announces that the agriculture will be [[collectivization|collectivized]] in [[East Germany]]. * [[January 28]] - [[Derek Bentley]] is executed for murder in [[Wandsworth (HM Prison)|Wandsworth]] Prison. * [[January 31]]-[[February 1]] - [[North Sea flood of 1953]] kills 1,835 people in the southwestern [[Netherlands]] (especially [[Zeeland]]), 307 in the [[United Kingdom]] and several hundred at sea, including 132 on the [[ferry]] [[MV Princess Victoria|''Princess Victoria'']] in the [[Irish Sea]]. ===February=== * [[February 1]] - Surge of [[North Sea Flood of 1953]] continues from the previous day. * [[February 5]] - The movie ''[[Peter Pan (1953 movie)|Peter Pan]]'' premieres (Roxy Theatre, [[New York City]]). * [[February 11]] **President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] refuses clemency appeal for [[Ethel and Julius Rosenberg]]. **The [[Soviet Union]] breaks diplomatic relations with [[Israel]]. * [[February 13]] - [[Transsexual]] [[Christine Jorgenson]] returns to New York after successful [[sexual reassignment surgery]] in [[Denmark]]. * [[February 16]] - [[Pakistan Academy of Sciences]] established in [[Pakistan]]. * [[February 18]] - The first [[3-D film|3D film]], ''[[Bwana Devil]]'' opens. * [[February 19]] - [[Censorship]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] approves the first [[literature]] censorship board in the [[United States]]. * [[February 28]] ** [[James D. Watson]] and [[Francis Crick]] announce that they have discovered the structure of the [[DNA]] molecule. ** [[Greece]], [[Turkey]], and [[Yugoslavia]] have signed the [[Balkan Pact (1953)|Balkan Pact]]. ===March=== * [[March 1]] **[[Joseph Stalin]] suffers a [[stroke]] and collapses after an all-night dinner with [[Soviet Union]] interior minister [[Lavrenty Beria]] and future premiers [[Georgi Malenkov]], [[Nikolai Bulganin]] and [[Nikita Khrushchev]]. The stroke [[paralyzed]] the right side of his body. **[[Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg]] made the deputy constable and lieutenant governor of [[Windsor Castle]]. * [[March 5]] - [[Joseph Stalin]] dies after 26 years of ruling the [[Soviet Union]]. Russian composer [[Sergei Prokofiev]] also dies on this day. * [[March 6]] - [[Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov]] succeeds [[Joseph Stalin]] as [[Premier of the Soviet Union|Premier]] and First Secretary of the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Union]]. * [[March 13]] - [[United Nations Security Council]] nominates [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] as [[United Nations Secretary General]] * [[March 14]] - [[Nikita Khruschev]] selected general secretary of the Soviet communist party. * [[March 17]] - [[Nuclear test]] in [[Nevada]] - with 1620 spectators at 3.4 km (2.1 miles). * [[March 18]] - An [[earthquake]] hits western [[Turkey]] killing 250. * [[March 19]] - [[25th Academy Awards]] ceremony, the first one broadcast on television. * [[March 24]] - Death of [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] * [[March 25]] - [[March 26|26]] - ''Lari Massacre'' in [[Kenya]] - [[Mau Mau]] rebels kill up to 150 [[kikuyu]] natives. * [[March 26]] - [[Jonas Salk]] announces his [[polio]] [[vaccine]]. ===April=== * [[April 7]] - [[Dag Hammarskjöld]] is elected [[United Nations Secretary General]]. * [[April 8]] – [[Jomo Kenyatta]] is sentenced to seven years in prison for alleged organization of [[Mau Mau]] Rebellion. * [[April 10]] – [[Melbourne Knights]] is founded as Croatia SC in Melbourne * [[April 13]] - [[Ian Fleming]] publishes his first [[James Bond]] novel, ''[[Casino Royale (novel)|Casino Royale]]'' in the [[United Kingdom]]. * German football team SG Dynamo Dresden are founded * [[April 25]] - [[Francis Crick]] and [[James D. Watson]] publish their description of the [[double helix]] structure of [[DNA]].(::Watson, J. D. and Crick, F. H. C. (1953). [http://www.nature.com/genomics/human/watson-crick/index.html Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid]. ''Nature'' '''171''', 737-738.) ===May=== [[Image:Sagarmatha ck Oct18 2002.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Mount Everest]].]] * [[May 1]] Guy Degrenne's timeless teapot [[Salam]] is designed. * [[May 2]] **[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]] is crowned [[King of Jordan]]. **38-year-old [[Stanley Matthews]] is finally on the winning side in the [[FA Cup]], in [[FA Cup Final 1953|his third final]]. * [[5 May]] - [[Aldous Huxley]] first tries the [[psychedelic]] [[hallucinogen]] [[mescaline]], inspiring his book [[The Doors of Perception]]. * [[May 9]] – France agrees to the provisional independence of [[Cambodia]] with the king [[Norodom Sihanouk]]. * [[May 10]] - Town of [[Chemnitz]] in [[East Germany]] becomes ''Karl Marx Stadt''. * [[May 11]] - The [[1953 Waco tornado outbreak]]: A [[Fujita scale|F5]] tornado hits in the downtown section of [[Waco, Texas]] killing 114. * [[May 18]] - At [[Rogers Dry Lake]], California [[Jackie Cochran]] becomes the first woman to break the [[sound barrier]] (she flew in a [[F-86|F-86 Sabrejet]] at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour). * [[May 25]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: At the [[Nevada Test Site]], the [[United States]] conducts its first and only [[nuclear artillery]] test. * [[May 29]] - Sir [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Tenzing Norgay]] perform the first successful ascent to the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. ===June=== * [[June 2]] - [[Coronation]] of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] at [[Westminster Abbey]]. * [[June 7]] - [[Italian general election, 1953|General election]] in [[Italy]]. * [[June 8]] **[[Flint-Worcester tornado outbreak sequence]]: A [[tornado]] hits in [[Flint, Michigan]] and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives. **[[Austria]] and [[Soviet Union]] form [[diplomatic relations]]. * [[June 9]] **[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] [[Technical Services Staff]] head [[Sidney Gottlieb]] approves of the use of [[LSD]] in a [[MKULTRA]] subproject. **Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in [[Worcester, Massachusetts]] killing 94. * [[June 12]] - [[Currency]] reform causes riots in [[Czechoslovakia]]. * [[June 13]] - [[Hungary|Hungarian]] Prime Minister [[Mátyás Rákosi]] is replaced by [[Imre Nagy]]. * [[June 16]] - [[Soviet Union]] and [[Yugoslavia]] form [[diplomatic relations]]. * [[June 17]] - [[Workers Uprising of 1953 in East Germany|Workers Uprising]]: In [[East Germany]], the [[Soviet Union]] orders a [[Division (military)|division]] of troops into [[East Berlin]] to quell a [[rebellion]]. * [[June 18]] - [[Egypt]] declares a [[republic]]. * [[June 19]] - Execution of [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]]. * [[June 30]] - The first [[Chevrolet Corvette]] is built at Flint (Michigan). ===July=== * [[July 4]] - [[Strike action|Strike]]s and [[riot]]s in [[coal mining]] regions in [[Poland]] * [[July 5]] - First meeting of the assembly of the [[European Economic Community]] in [[Strasbourg]], [[France]]. * [[July 10]] – Soviet official paper ''[[Pravda]]'' announces that [[Lavrenti Beria]] has been deposed from his positions as a head of [[NKVD]]. * [[July 26]] - [[Fidel Castro]] and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the [[Moncada Barracks]] - preliminary to the [[Cuban Revolution]]. * [[July 26]] - [[Short Creek Raid]] on polygynous [[Mormon]] sect * [[July 27]] - [[Korean War]] ends: The [[United States]], [[People's Republic of China]], [[North Korea]], and [[South Korea]] sign an [[armistice]] agreement. ===August=== * [[August 5]] - [[Operation Big Switch]], operation to repatriate [[prisoners of war]] after the [[Korean War]]. * [[August 7]] - [[Ohio]] admitted as a [[U. S. state]], retroactive to [[1803]]. * [[August 8]] - Soviet prime minister [[Georgi Malenkov]] announces that [[Soviet Union]] has a [[hydrogen bomb]]. * [[August 12]] - A magnitude 7.2 [[earthquake]] totally devastates most of the [[Ionian Sea]] islands in [[Greece]]'s worst natural disaster in centuries. * [[August 13]] - 4 million workers go on strike in [[France]] to protest [[austerity]] measures. * [[August 17]] - [[Addiction]]: First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] in Southern [[California]], see [[October 5]]. * [[August 18]] - [[Kinsey report]] is issued. * [[August 19]] - [[Cold War]]: The [[CIA]] helps to [[overthrow]] the government of [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in [[Iran]] and retain [[Shah]] [[Mohammad Reza Pahlavi]] on the [[throne]] (see: [[1953 Iranian coup d'état|Operation Ajax]]). * [[August 20]] **[[France|French]] government oust the [[sultan]] of [[Morocco]] and exiles him to [[Corsica]]. **The [[United States]] gives [[West Germany]] 382 ships it had captured during [[World War II]]. * [[August 25]] - [[General strike]] ends in [[France]]. ===September=== * [[September 5]] - [[United Nations]] does not accept [[Soviet Union]]'s suggestion to accept [[China]] as a member. * [[September 7]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev]] becomes head of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] Central Committee. * [[September 25]] **[[Hurricane]] in [[South-East Asia]]: over 1000 dead. **First German [[prisoners of war]] return from [[Soviet Union]] to [[West Germany]]. * [[September 26]] - [[Rationing]] of [[Sugar-cane|cane sugar]] ends in the [[United Kingdom|UK]]. ===October=== * October **The [[UNIVAC 1103]] is the first commercial [[computer]] to use [[random access memory]]. *[[United States]] tests H-Bomb. * [[October 5]] - [[Earl Warren]] appointed [[Chief Justice]] of the US [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] by US president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] * [[October 5]] - First meeting of [[Narcotics Anonymous]] (first planning session was held August 17). * [[October 9]] **[[Konrad Adenauer]] is re-elected as German [[chancellor]]. **[[British Guiana|Guyanese]] constitution suspended. * [[October 12]] - The play "[[The Caine Mutiny Court Martial]]" opens at [[Plymouth Theatre]], [[New York]]. * [[October 23]] - [[Philippines]]' [[DWWX-TV|DZAQ-TV3]] (now [[ABS-CBN]]) made its initial telecast, becoming [[Asia]]'s first commercial television broadcaster. * [[October 30]] - [[Cold War]]: US President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] formally approves the [[top secret]] document of the [[United States National Security Council|United Stats National Security Council NSC 162/2]], which states that the [[United States]]' arsenal of [[nuclear weapon]]s must be maintained and expanded to counter the [[communism|communist]] threat. ===November=== * [[November 5]] - [[David Ben-Gurion]] resigns as a [[prime minister]] of [[Israel]]. * [[November 9]] - [[Cambodia]] becomes [[independent (nation)|independent]] from [[France]]. * [[November 21]] **[[Puerto Williams]] is founded in Chile as the southernmost settlement of the world. **Authorities at the [[British Natural History Museum]] announce that the [[skull]] of the "[[Piltdown Man]]", one of the most famous [[fossil]] skulls in the world, is a [[hoax]]. * [[November 25]] - [[England v Hungary (1953)|England lose 6-3 to Hungary]] at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental team at home. * [[November 29]] - French [[paratrooper]]s take [[Dien Bien Phu]]. * [[November 30]] - [[Mutesa II of Buganda|Edward Mutesa II]], the ''[[Kabaka of Buganda|kabaka]]'' (king) of [[Buganda]] is deposed and exiled to London by [[Andrew Cohen (colonial governor)|Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen]], Governor of [[Uganda]]. ===December=== * [[Hugh Hefner]] publishes the first issue of [[Playboy]] Magazine, selling 54,175 copies at $.50 each. * [[December 2]] - [[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, the [[Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven)|Eroica]], for the last time. The live performance is broadcast nationwide on radio, and later released on records and CD. * [[December 8]] - US president [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] delivers his [[Atoms for Peace]] address to the [[UN General Assembly]] in [[New York City]]. *[[December 10]] - [[Albert Schweitzer]] was given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. * [[December 17]] - The [[FCC]] approves [[color television]]. * [[December 23]] - [[Soviet Union]] announces officially that [[Lavrenti Beria]] has been executed. * [[December 24]] - 153 people die as a result of the [[Tangiwai disaster]] when the railway bridge collapses at [[Tangiwai]], [[New Zealand]] sending a fully loaded passenger train into the [[Whangaehu River]]. * [[December 30]] - The first [[color television]] sets go on sale for about $1,175 ([[American dollar]]s). ===Undated=== * The [[Japan]]ese [[10 yen coin]] was issued with serrated edges for a five year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since and before had smooth edges. * Heavy massive rain, landslide, flood occurred western and southwestern [[Japan]]. Japanese official estimated 2,566 dead, 9,433 injured, mainly damarged at [[Kizugawa]], [[Wakayama]], [[Kumamoto]] and [[Kitakyushu]]. (June-August) * The videogame [[Portal (video game)|Portal]]'s [[(Valve, 2007)]] fictional company Aperture Science is founded ===Ongoing=== * [[Marshall Plan]] * [[First Indochina War]] ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 28}} ===January-February=== *[[January 4]] - [[George Tenet]], former director, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency *[[January 4]] - Timothy F. Bresnahan, American economist *[[January 6]] - [[Malcolm Young]], Australian musician *[[January 8]] - [[Bruce Sutter]], baseball player *[[January 10]] **[[Pat Benatar]], American singer **[[Dennis Cooper]], American author **[[Bobby Rahal]], American race car driver *[[January 15]] **[[Kent Hovind]], creation science evangelist **[[Randy White (American football)|Randy White]], American football player *[[January 19]] **[[Desi Arnaz Jr.]], American actor **[[Richard Legendre]], Canadian tennis player and politician *[[January 21]] - [[Paul Allen]], American entrepreneur *[[January 22]] - [[Jim Jarmusch]], American director *[[January 23]] - [[John Luther Adams]], American composer *[[January 26]] - [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]], [[Prime Minister of Denmark]] *[[January 28]] - [[Colin Campbell (hockey)|Colin Campbell]], Canadian ice hockey player and executive *[[January 29]] - [[Teresa Teng]], Chinese singer *[[January 31]] - [[Sergei Ivanov]], first deputy [[prime minister]] of [[Russia]] and former [[minister of defense]] of [[Russia]] *[[February 2]] - [[Duane Chapman]], American bounty hunter *[[February 7]] - [[Dan Quisenberry]], former Major League Baseball Player (d. [[1998]]) *[[February 8]] - [[Mary Steenburgen]], American actress *[[February 9]] **[[Ciarán Hinds]], Irish actor **[[Rick Wagoner]], American automotive executive *[[February 10]] - [[June Jones]], former National Football League quarterback and current NCAA Football Head Coach at Southern Methodist University. *[[February 11]] **[[Philip Anglim]], American actor **[[Jeb Bush]], American politician **[[Alan Rubin]], American musician *[[February 17]] **[[Janice Dickinson]], American model **[[Norman Pace]], British actor and comedian *[[February 20]] - [[Riccardo Chailly]], Italian conductor *[[February 21]] - [[William Petersen]], American actor *[[February 23]] - [[Paul Krugman]], American economist *[[February 25]] **[[José María Aznar]], Spanish politician **[[Martin Kippenberger]], German artist *[[February 26]] - [[Michael Bolton]], American singer ===March-April=== *[[March 1]] - [[Richard Bruton]], Irish politician and economist *[[March 2]] - [[Russell Feingold]], U. S. Senator (D. Wisconsin) *[[March 4]] **[[Emilio Estefan]], Cuban percussionist **[[Kay Lenz]], American actress *[[March 6]] **[[Jan Kjærstad]], Norwegian author **[[Jacklyn Zeman]], American actress *[[March 7]] - [[Leon Sylvers III]], singer, writer, music producer *[[March 10]] - [[Debbie Brill]], Canadian high jumper *[[March 11]]- [[Bernie LaBarge]], Canadian guitarist/vocalist *[[March 12]] **[[Madhav Kumar Nepal]], Nepalese politician **[[Carl Hiaasen]], American author **[[Ron Jeremy]], American actor *[[March 16]] **[[Isabelle Huppert]], French actress **[[Richard Stallman]], American free software proponent *[[March 17]] - [[Filemon Lagman]], Filipino revolutionary (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 18]] - [[Takashi Yoshimatsu]], Japanese composer *[[March 22]] - [[Kenneth Rogoff]], American economist *[[March 23]] - [[Chaka Khan]], American singer *[[March 24]] - [[Alfred Molina]], English actor *[[March 26]] - [[Lincoln Chafee]], former U. S. Senator (R. Rhode Island) *[[March 26]] - [[Elaine Chao]], U.S. Secretary of Labor *[[April 1]] - [[Barry Sonnenfeld]], American film producer and director *[[April 2]] - [[Jim Allister]], Irish politician *[[April 2]] - [[David Robinson]], American drummer *[[April 3]] - [[Sandra Boynton]], American author, songwriter, and illustrator *[[April 4]] - [[Robert Bertrand]], Canadian politician *[[April 6]] - [[Andy Hertzfeld]], American computer programmer *[[April 11]] - [[Andrew Wiles]], British-born mathematician *[[April 16]] - [[J. Neil Schulman]], American writer and activist *[[April 18]] - [[Rick Moranis]], Canadian actor *[[April 19]] - [[Ruby Wax]], American British based comedian *[[April 20]] **[[Sebastian Faulks]], English novelist **[[Michael Q. Schmidt (actor)| Michael Q. Schmidt]] American actor and model *[[April 22]] - [[Juhani Komulainen]], Finnish composer *[[April 29]] - [[Nikolai Budarin]], Russian cosmonaut *[[April 30]] - [[Rebecca Fransway]], American author ===May-June=== *[[May 5]] - [[Dieter Zetsche]], German auto executive *[[May 6]] - [[Tony Blair]], former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] *[[May 7]] - [[Ian McKay]], British soldier, ([[VC]] recipient) (d. [[1982]]) *[[May 8]] - [[Alex Van Halen]], Dutch-born musician *[[May 15]] - [[George Brett (baseball)|George Brett]], Major League Baseball player *[[May 15]] - [[Mike Oldfield]], English composer *[[May 16]] - [[Pierce Brosnan]], Irish actor *[[May 19]] - [[Victoria Wood]], British actress *[[May 20]] - [[Robert Doyle]], Australian politician *[[May 24]] - [[Alfred Molina]], English actor *[[May 26]] - [[Michael Portillo]], English politician *[[May 29]] - [[Aleksandr Abdulov]], Russian actor (d. [[2008]]) * - [[Danny Elfman]], American composer *[[May 30]] - [[Colm Meaney]], Irish actor *[[May 31]] - [[Kathie Sullivan]], American singer *[[June 1]] - [[David Berkowitz]], American serial killer *[[June 4]] - [[Susumu Ojima]], Japanese entrepreneur *[[June 7]] - [[Dougie Donnelly]], Scottish television broadcaster *[[June 10]] - [[John Edwards]], American politician *[[June 13]] - [[Tim Allen]], American actor *[[June 20]] - [[Ulrich Mühe]], German actor (d. [[2007]]) *[[June 21]] - [[Benazir Bhutto]], [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (d. [[2007]]) *[[June 22]] - [[Cyndi Lauper]], American singer *[[June 24]] - [[Ivo Lill]], Estonian artist ===July-August=== *[[July 6]] - [[Nanci Griffith]], American folk singer-songwriter *[[July 9]] - [[François Diederich]], Luxembourgish chemist *[[July 14]] - [[Bebe Buell]], American model and singer *[[July 15]] **[[Jean-Bertrand Aristide]], [[President of Haiti]] **[[Mila Pivnicki]], wife of Canadian prime minister [[Brian Mulroney]] *[[July 22]] - [[Sylvia Chang]], Taiwanese actress *[[July 24]] - [[Claire McCaskill]], U. S. Senator (D. Missouri) *[[July 25]] - [[Tim Gunn]], American fashion expert *[[July 26]] - [[Robert Phillips (Guitarist)|Robert Phillips]], American guitarist *[[July 27]] - [[Yahoo Serious]], Australian filmmaker *[[July 29]] - [[Ken Burns]], American documentary filmmaker *[[July 29]] - [[Geddy Lee]], Canadian musician ([[Rush (band)|Rush]]) * [[August 5]] - [[Rick Mahler]], baseball player (d. [[2005]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Anne Fadiman]], American writer, daughter of [[Clifton Fadiman]] * [[August 9]] - [[Robert Cray]], American musician * [[August 11]] - [[Hulk Hogan]], American professional wrestler * [[August 14]] - [[Cliff Johnson (game designer)|Cliff Johnson]], American game designer * [[August 16]] - [[Kathie Lee Gifford]], American singer and actress * [[August 18]] - [[Louie Gohmert]], American politician * [[August 19]] - [[Benoît Régent]], French actor (d. [[1994]]) * [[August 24]] - [[Ron Holloway]], American tenor saxophonist * [[August 26]] - [[Pat Sharkey]], Irish footballer * [[August 27]] - [[Alex Lifeson]], Canadian musician ([[Rush (band)|Rush]] * [[August 29]] - [[James Quesada]], Nicaraguan-born anthropologist * [[August 30]] - [[Robert Parish]], former National Basketball League player * [[August 31]] - [[György Károly]], Hungarian author ===September-October=== *[[September 2]] - [[John Zorn]], American musician *[[September 4]] - [[Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs]], American actor *[[September 7]] - [[Mammootty]], Indian actor *[[September 8]] - [[Stu Unger]], American poker player (d. [[1998]]) *[[September 10]] - [[Amy Irving]], American actress *[[September 11]] - [[Lesley Visser]], American sportscaster and journalist *[[September 12]] - [[Stephen Sprouse]], fashion designer, artist, and photographer (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 18]] - [[Betsy Boze]], Dean and CEO, [[Kent State University Stark]] *[[September 21]] - [[Andrew Heermans]], musician, recording engineer, music producer *[[September 22]] - [[Ségolène Royal]], French politician *[[September 22]] - [[Geoff Gilpin]], American author *[[September 23]] - [[Alexey Maslov]], commander-in-chief of the [[Russian Ground Forces]] *[[September 27]] - [[Greg Ham]], band member of [[80's]] band [[Men at Work]] *[[September 29]] - [[Denis Potvin]], Canadian Hall of Fame hockey player *[[September 30]] - [[Deborah Allen]], American singer * [[October 2]] - [[Brandon Wilson]], American author and explorer * [[October 7]] **[[Christopher Norris (critic)|Christopher Norris]], British critical theorist **[[Tico Torres]], American musician ([[Bon Jovi]]) * [[October 9]] - [[Tony Shalhoub]], American actor * [[October 14]] - [[Shelley Ackerman]], American astrologer, actress, writer * [[October 12]] - [[Serge Lepeltier]], French politician * [[October 12]] - [[Les Dennis]], British comedian and television presenter * [[October 27]] **[[Robert Picardo]], American actor **[[Peter Firth]], British actor * [[October 31]] - [[Michael J. Anderson]], American actor ===November-December=== *[[November 3]] - [[Dennis Miller]], American comedian and radio host *[[November 4]] - [[Carlos Gutierrez]], American politician *[[November 5]] - [[Florentino V. Floro]], Filipino dwarf judge *[[November 11]] - [[Harley Venton]], American actor *[[November 14]] - [[Dominique de Villepin]], [[Prime Minister of France]] *[[November 18]] - [[Alan Moore]], English writer and magician *[[November 19]] **[[Robert Beltran]], American actor **[[Tom Villard]], American actor (d. [[1994]]) *[[November 23]] - [[Francis Cabrel]], French singer *[[November 24]] - [[Tod Machover]], American composer *[[November 25]] - [[Graham Eadie]], Australian rugby player *[[November 27]] - [[Boris Grebenshchikov]], [[Russians|Russian]] [[rock music]]ian, one of the "fathers" of [[Russian rock]] *[[November 29]] **[[Alex Grey]], American artist **[[Christine Pascal]], French actress, director and screenwriter *[[December 6]] - [[Gary Ward]], baseball player *[[December 8]] - [[Kim Basinger]], American actress *[[December 8]] - [[Norman G. Finkelstein]], American political scientist *[[December 13]] **[[Ben Bernanke]], American economist **[[Bob Gainey]], former [[National Hockey League]] player *[[December 15]] - [[Julie Taymor]], American film, theater, and opera director and costume designer *[[December 18]] - [[Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov]], Chechen bard *[[December 21]] - [[András Schiff]], Hungarian concert pianist *[[December 29]] - [[Stanley Williams]], American gang member ([[Crips]]) (d. [[2005]]) *[[December 30]] - [[Harald Schmautz]], German journalist *[[December 31]] - [[James Remar]], American actor *''date unknown'' **[[Peter Lord]], British film producer and director **[[Ikue Mori]], drummer, composer, and graphic designer **[[Jing Jing Luo]], Chinese composer of classical music **[[Karla DeVito]], American singer, actress, and songwriter ==Deaths== ===January - June=== *[[January 1]] - [[Hank Williams]], American musician (b. [[1923]]) *[[January 28]] - [[James Scullin]], ninth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1876]]) *[[February 5]] - [[Iuliu Maniu]], Romanian politician (b. [[1873]]) *[[February 25]] - [[Sergei Winogradsky]], Russian scientist (b. [[1856]]) *[[March 2]] - [[Jim Lightbody]], American runner (b. [[1882]]) *[[March 5]] **[[Herman J. Mankiewicz]], American writer and producer (b. [[1897]]) **[[Sergei Prokofiev]], Russian composer (b. [[1891]]) **[[Joseph Stalin]], Soviet leader (b. [[1879]]) *[[March 24]] - [[Mary of Teck]], consort of [[George V of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1867]]) * [[March 24]] - [[Paul Couturier]], architect of the [[Week of Prayer for Christian Unity]](b. [[1881]]) *[[March 28]] - [[Jim Thorpe]], American athlete (b. [[1887]]) * [[April 20]] - [[Erich Weinert]], German writer, [[Communist]], and member of the [[KPD]]. (b. [[1890]]) *[[May 16]] - [[Django Reinhardt]], Belgian musician (b. [[1910]]) *[[May 29]] - [[Man Mountain Dean]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1891]]) *[[June 1]] - [[Alex James (footballer)|Alex James]], Scottish football (soccer) player (b. [[1901]]) *[[June 26]] - [[Lavrentiy Beria]], Soviet politician (b.[[1899]]) ===July - December=== *[[July 26]] - [[Nikolaos Plastiras]], Greek general and politician (b. [[1883]]) *[[July 29]] - [[Richard Pearse|Richard William Pearse]], New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. [[1877]]) *[[August 11]] - [[Tazio Nuvolari]], Italian racing driver (b. [[1892]]) *[[August 15]] - [[Ludwig Prandtl]], German physicist (b. [[1875]]) *[[August 22]] - [[Jim Tabor]], baseball player (b. [[1916]]) *[[August 25]] - [[Jessie Aspinall]], Australian doctor, first female junior medical resident at the [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]] (b. [[1880]]) *[[September 2]] - [[Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV|General Jonathan Wainwright]], U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (b. [[1883]]) *[[September 8]] - [[Fred M. Vinson]], [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1890]]) *[[September 12]] - [[Hugo Schmeisser]], German weapons designer (b. [[1884]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Xu Beihong]], Chinese painter (b. [[1895]]) *[[September 28]] - [[Edwin Hubble]], American astronomer (b. [[1889]]) *[[October 3]] - [[Arnold Bax]], English composer (b. [[1887]]) *[[October 8]] - [[Kathleen Ferrier]], British contralto (b. [[1912]]) *[[October 11]] - [[Robin Bush]], younger sister of President [[George Walker Bush]] (b. [[1949]]) *[[October 25]] - [[Holger Pedersen]], Dutch linguist (b. [[1867]]) *[[October 27]] - [[Thomas Wass]], English cricketer (b. [[1873]]) *[[November 8]] - [[Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin]], Russian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1870]]) *[[November 8]] - [[John van Melle]], Dutch-born author (b. [[1883]]) *[[November 9]] **[[Dylan Thomas]], Welsh poet and author (b. [[1914]]) **King [[Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1880]]) *[[November 21]] - [[Larry Shields]], American musician (b. [[1893]]) *[[November 27]] - [[Eugene O'Neill]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1888]]) *[[November 29]] **[[Sam De Grasse]], Canadian actor (b. [[1875]]) **[[Milt Gross]], American comic book illustrator and animator (b. [[1895]]) *[[November 30]] - [[Francis Picabia]], French painter and poet (b. [[1879]]) *[[December 18]] - [[Robert Millikan]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1868]]) *[[December 27]] - [[Julian Tuwim]], Polish poet (b. [[1894]]) *[[December 31]] - [[Albert Plesman]], Dutch aviation pioneer (b. [[1889]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Frits Zernike|Frits (Frederik) Zernike]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Hermann Staudinger]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Hans Adolf Krebs]], [[Fritz Albert Lipmann]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Winston Churchill|Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[George Catlett Marshall]] ==Ship events== * [[List of ship launches in 1953]] * [[List of ship commissionings in 1953]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== ==Table of contents== __TOC__ [[Category:1953| ]] [[af:1953]] [[am:1953 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1953]] [[an:1953]] [[frp:1953]] [[ast:1953]] [[gn:1953]] [[av:1953]] [[az:1953]] [[bn:১৯৫৩]] [[zh-min-nan:1953 nî]] [[map-bms:1953]] [[be:1953]] [[be-x-old:1953]] [[bh:१९५३]] [[bs:1953]] [[br:1953]] [[bg:1953]] [[ca:1953]] [[cv:1953]] [[cs:1953]] [[co:1953]] [[cy:1953]] [[da:1953]] [[de:1953]] [[et:1953]] [[el:1953]] [[es:1953]] [[eo:1953]] [[eu:1953]] [[fa:۱۹۵۳ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1953]] [[fr:1953]] [[fy:1953]] [[ga:1953]] [[gv:1953]] [[gd:1953]] [[gl:1953]] [[gan:1953年]] [[ko:1953년]] [[hy:1953]] [[hi:1953]] [[hif:1953]] [[hr:1953.]] [[io:1953]] [[ilo:1953]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫৩]] [[id:1953]] [[ia:1953]] [[ie:1953]] [[os:1953]] [[is:1953]] [[it:1953]] [[he:1953]] [[jv:1953]] [[pam:1953]] [[kn:೧೯೫೩]] [[ka:1953]] [[csb:1953]] [[kk:1953]] [[kw:1953]] [[sw:1953]] [[ht:1953 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1953]] [[la:1953]] [[lb:1953]] [[lt:1953 m.]] [[lij:1953]] [[lmo:1953]] [[hu:1953]] [[mk:1953]] [[mi:1953]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५३]] [[ms:1953]] [[nah:1953]] [[nl:1953]] [[ja:1953年]] [[nap:1953]] [[no:1953]] [[nn:1953]] [[nrm:1953]] [[nov:1953]] [[oc:1953]] [[uz:1953]] [[pi:१९५३]] [[nds:1953]] [[pl:1953]] [[pt:1953]] [[ty:1953]] [[ksh:Joohr 1953]] [[ro:1953]] [[ru:1953 год]] [[se:1953]] [[sq:1953]] [[scn:1953]] [[simple:1953]] [[sk:1953]] [[sl:1953]] [[sr:1953]] [[sh:1953]] [[su:1953]] [[fi:1953]] [[sv:1953]] [[tl:1953]] [[ta:1953]] [[tt:1953]] [[te:1953]] [[tet:1953]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2496]] [[vi:1953]] [[tr:1953]] [[tk:1953]] [[uk:1953]] [[vec:1953]] [[wa:1953]] [[vls:1953]] [[yi:1953]] [[yo:1953]] [[zh-yue:1953年]] [[cbk-zam:1953]] [[bat-smg:1953]] [[zh:1953年]]