1953 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday (click on link for the calendar). Events January events January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a hydrogen bomb. January 13 - Marshal Josip Broz Tito chosen President of Yugoslavia January 20 - Change of 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 January 24 - Mau Mau rebels in Kenya kill Ruck family - father, mother and a 6-year-old son January 28 - Derek Bentley is executed for murder in Wandsworth prison January 31, February 1 - North Sea flood kills 1,835 people in the southwestern Netherlands, 307 in the United Kingdom and several hundred at sea. February events February 5 - The movie Peter Pan premieres (Roxy Theatre, New York City). February 11 - President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. February 11 - The Soviet Union breaks diplomatic relations with Israel. February 18 - The first 3D film, Bwana Devil opens. February 19 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States February 28 - James D. Watson and Francis Crick announce that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA. March events March 1 - Aafter an all-night dinner with interior minister Lavrenty Beria and future premiers Georgi Malenkov, Nikolai Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev, Joseph Stalin collapses, having suffered a stroke that paralyzed the right side of his body. March 1 - Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg made the deputy constable and lieutenant governor of Windsor Castle March 5 - After 29 years of ruling the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin dies. March 6 - Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. March 18 - An earthquake hits western Turkey killing 250. March 25-26 - Lari Massacre in Kenya - Mau Mau rebels kill up to 150 kikuyu March 26 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine. April events April 7 - Dag Hammarskjöld is elected United Nations Secretary General. April 8 - Jomo Kenyatta is sentenced for seven years in prison for alleged organization of Mau Mau Rebellion April 25 - Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid describing the double helix structure of DNA. May events May 9 - France agrees to the provisional independence of Cambodia with the king Norodom Sihanouk May 11 - The Waco Tornado: A F5 tornado hits in the downtown section of Waco, Texas killing 114. May 18 - At Rogers Dry Lake, California Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier (she flew in a 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 events June 2 - Coronation of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom at Westminster Abbey. June 8 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado hits in Flint, Michigan and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives. June 9 - Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts killing 94. June 13 - Hungarian Prime Minister Mátyás Rákosi is replaced by Imre Nagy. June 17 - Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. June 18 - Egypt declares a republic June 19 - Execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg July events 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 leads a disastrous assault on the Moncada Barracks, sparking the Cuban Revolution. July 27 - Korean War ends: The United States, People's Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea sign an armistice agreement. August events August 5 - Operation Big Switch, operation to repatriate prisoners of war after the Korean War August 7 - Ohio admitted to the union, retroactive to 1803. August 17 - Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California, see October 5. 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: Operation Ajax). September events September 7 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee. September 26 - Rationing of sugar ends in United Kingdom October events October - The UNIVAC 1103 is the first commercial computer to use random access memory. October 5 - First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous (first planning session was held August 17) October 12 - "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York. October 30 - Cold War: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat. November events November 5 - David Ben Gurion resigns as a prime minister of Israel November 9 - Cambodia becomes independent from France. November 21 - Authorities at the British Natural History Museum announce that the skull of the "Piltdown Man", held to be one of the most famous fossil skulls in the world, is a hoax. November 25 - England lose 6-3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental team at home November 28 - Ben Bolt,Innovator of Guitar November 29 - French paratroopers take Dien Bien Phu December events 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 dollars). Year in topic 1953 in film From Here to Eternity Julius Caesar The Robe 1953 in literature Casino Royale, the first James Bond novel published Fahrenheit 451 - Ray Bradbury 1953 in music Elvis Presley records for the first time 1953 in sports April 16th - Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup, defeating Boston Bruins winning the series 4 games to 1, with a score of 1-0, in the first overtime at 1:22 (minutes:seconds) 1953 in television January 19 - 68% of all United States television sets were tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth February 18 - Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz sign an $8,000,000 contract to continue the I Love Lucy television series through 1955. March 25 - CBS concedes victory to RCA in the war over color television standards. April 3 - TV Guide is published for the first time, with 10 editions and a circulation of 1,562,000 May 25 - KUHT in Houston, becomes the first non-commercial educational TV station The Tonight Show begins as a local New York variety show. August 30 - The first publicly announced experimental broadcast in compatible color is presented: NBC's Kukla, Fran and Ollie. October 19 - Arthur Godfrey fires Julius La Rosa on the air. November 22 - RCA airs the first commercial program in compatible color: The Colgate Comedy Hour with Donald O'Connor, by special permission of the FCC. December 24 - NBC's Dragnet becomes the first network-sponsored television program. December 17 - The FCC reverses its 1951 decision and approves the RCA/NTSC color system Japanese television goes on the air for the first time 1953 in theater July 13 - First lines of the first play produced by the Stratford Shakespeare Festival (Richard III) are spoken. Births January births January 8 - Bruce Sutter, baseball relief pitcher January 10 - Pat Benatar, singer January 10 - Bobby Rahal, automobile racer January 19 - Desi Arnaz Jr., actor January 21 - Paul Allen, entrepreneur January 22 - Jim Jarmusch, director January 26 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Prime Minister of Denmark February births February 7 - Lige Curry, musician (P Funk) February 7 - Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (d. 1998) February 8 - Mary Steenburgen, actress February 11 - Philip Anglim, actor February 11 - Alan Rubin, music figure February 11 - Stephen D. Thorne, astronaut February 17 - Norman Pace, actor, comic February 21 - William Petersen, actor February 25 - José María Aznar, Spanish politician March births March 1 - Richard Bruton, Irish Fine Gael politician and economist March 6 - Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author March 12 - Carl Hiaasen, author March 12 - Ron Jeremy, pornographic film actor March 16 - Isabelle Huppert, actress March 16 - Richard Stallman, Free software proponent March 23 - Chaka Khan, singer March 26 - Elaine Chao, U.S. Secretary of Labor April births April 1 - Barry Sonnenfeld, producer, director April 11 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium April 16 - J. Neil Schulman, Science Fiction writer, Libertarian activist May births May 6 - Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom May 15 - George Brett, Baseball Hall of Famer May 15 - Mike Oldfield, composer May 16 - Pierce Brosnan, actor (Remington Steele, James Bond) May 19 - Victoria Wood, British comic actress May 24 - Alfred Molina, actor May 26 - Michael Portillo, politician May 29 - Danny Elfman, (composer) May 30 - Colm Meaney, Irish actor June births June 6 - Robert Bruce Thompson, American author June 8 - Bonnie Tyler, singer June 13 - Tim Allen, actor June 21 - Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan (twice), first female Muslim head of government July births July 15 - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, former president of Haiti July 15 - Mila Pivnicki, First Lady of Canada July 29 - Geddy Lee, musician with Rush August births August 11 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler August 18 - Louie Gohmert, American politician August 19 - Benoît Régent, French film actor August 28 - Gates McFadden, actress October births October 9 - Tony Shalhoub, actor October 12 - Serge Lepeltier, French politician October 12 - Les Dennis, comedian and television presenter October 16 - Terrence John Mason, American violinist October 22 - Jeff Goldblum, actor October 27 - Robert Picardo, actor October 31 - Michael J. Anderson, American actor October 31 - John M. Young,United Kingdom [British] Rehab Therapist November births November 18 - Alan Moore, comic book writer, writer, performer, magician November 19 - Robert Beltran, actor November 28 - Ben Bolt,American Guitarist November 29 - Alex Grey, artist December births December 6 - Gary Ward, baseball player December 8 - Kim Basinger, actress and Oscar winner December 13 - Bob Gainey, Hockey Hall of Famer December 30 - Meredith Vierra, talk show host Deaths January deaths January 28 - James Scullin, ninth Prime Minister of Australia March deaths March 2 - Jim Lightbody, American middle-distance runner March 5 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, writer, producer March 5 - Sergei Prokofiev, Soviet composer March 5 - Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader March 24 - Queen Mary the Dowager Queen Mother, formerly Mary of Teck, widow of King George V of the United Kingdom March 28 - Jim Thorpe, athlete (b. 1887) May deaths May 29 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler July deaths July 29 - Richard William Pearse, New Zealander airplane pioneer September deaths September 2 - General Jonathan Wainwright, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient October deaths October 3 - Arnold Bax, composer October 8 - Kathleen Ferrier, American contralto (b. 1912) October 25 - Holger Pedersen, Dutch linguist (b. 1867) November deaths November 8 - John van Melle, South African author November 9 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author November 21 - Larry Shields, jazz musician (b. 1893) November 27 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright November 29 - Sam De Grasse, pioneer Hollywood actor November 30 - Francis Picabia, painter, poet December deaths December 27 - Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894) Nobel Prizes Physics - Frits (Frederik) Zernike Chemistry - Hermann Staudinger Medicine - Hans Adolf Krebs, Fritz Albert Lipmann Literature - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Peace - George Catlett Marshall ast:1953 Most Popular Articles: Music    Musical Instruments    Guitar    Classical Music    History    Music Definition    Country Music    Rock Music    Pop Music    Hip Hop    Rap    DJ    Video Games    Casino Games    Poker    Blackjack    Casinos    Real Estate    Loan    Auction    eBay    Marketing    Search Engine Optimization    File Sharing    MP3    Music Industry    Kazaa    Internet    Supermodel    Fashion    Fashion Designers    Erotica    Modeling    Clothing    Boots    Shoes    Diamond Engagement Rings    Diamond    Rugs    Gospel Music    Affiliate    E-Commerce    Radio This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html You may copy and modify it as long as the entire work (including additions) remains under this license. 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