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Wikipedia.
Events:
January 7 - President Harry S. Truman announces the United States has developed a
hydrogen bomb.
January 20 - Change of US presidency from Harry S. Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D.
Eisenhower (1953-1961).
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 18 - The first 3D film, Bwana Devil opens.
March 5 - After 29 years of ruling the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin dies.
March 26 - Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine.
April 7 - Dag Hammarskjöld is elected United Nations Secretary General.
May 29 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay perform the first successful ascent to
the summit of Mount Everest.
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 17 - Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops
into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
July 26 - Fidel Castro leads a disasterous 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 7 - Ohio admitted to the union, retroactive to 1803.
September 7 - Nikita Khrushchev becomes head of the Soviet Central Committee.
October - The UNIVAC 1103 is the first commercial computer to use random access
memory.
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.
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 - NBC's Kukla, Fran, and Ollie Show is broadcast in color.
October 19 - Arthur Godfrey fires Julius La Rosa on the air.
November - RCA tests its compatible color TV system on the air for the first time
with a telecast of the Colgate Comedy Hour.
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 8 -
Bruce Sutter, baseball relief pitcher.
January 10 -
Pat Benatar, singer.
January 19 -
Desi Arnaz Jr., actor.
February 7 -
Dan Quisenberry, baseball pitcher (d. 1998).
February 14 -
Cornelia Jacoba Kleiss.
March 23 -
Chaka Khan, singer.
March 26 -
H.M. Krabbe.
April 22 -
Jan Hendrik van den Houten.
May 6 -
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of United Kingdom.
May 15 -
George Brett, Baseball Hall of Famer.
May 16 -
Pierce Brosnan, actor (Remington Steele, James Bond).
June 11 -
Jannetje van den Houten.
July 25 -
Hendrik Edwin Dammers.
August 11 -
Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler.
September 20 -
Cornelia Maria (Lia) Jonker.
September 30 -
Anna Johanna van den Houten.
October 9 -
Tony Shalhoub, actor.
November 14 -
Agnes van Dulken.
November 17 -
Margriet van den Houten.
December 8 -
Kim Basinger, actress and Oscar winner.
December 13 -
Bob Gainey, Hockey Hall of Famer.
Deaths:
February 1 -
Johanna Krina van den Houten.
February 1 -
Jozua van den Houten.
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 29 -
Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler.
October 23 -
Maria Witte.
November 9 -
Dylan Thomas, poet and author.
November 21 -
Larry Shields, jazz musician (b. 1893).
November 27 -
Eugene O'Neill, playwright.
December 3 -
Albertine Maria Proes.
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