Famous Deaths In 1953

Sep 28 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 on this day in history.

Oct 03 Arnold Bax, British composer, dies at 69 in the year 1953.

Oct 05 Friedrich Wolf, writer, dies at 64 in the year 1953.

Oct 06 Porter Hall, actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64 on this day in history.

Oct 08 On this day in history kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41

Oct 13 Millard Mitchell, actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies at 50 on this day in history.

Oct 18 Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 on this day in history.

Oct 20 On this day in history death of werner Baumbach, German bomber pilot (b. 1916)

Oct 23 In the year 1953 maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83

Oct 24 On this day in history ernest Irving, composer, dies at 74

Oct 27 On this day in history zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71

Oct 29 William Kapell, American pianist (b. 1922) died in the year 1953.

Nov 04 Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.

Nov 06 John Parsons Beach, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1953.

Nov 08 On this day in history iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83

Nov 09 Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73 on this day in history.

Nov 21 On this day in history death of larry Shields, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1893)

Nov 22 In the year 1953 death of syed Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani religious scholar and biographer of Muhammad (b. 1884)

Nov 24 On this day in history george Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73

Nov 27 Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 in the year 1953.

Nov 29 Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888) died on this day in history.

Dec 02 In the year 1953 ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies

Dec 04 On this day in history daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80

Dec 05 In the year 1953 death of jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)

Dec 06 Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48 on this day in history.

Dec 10 Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born scholar and translator (b. 1872) died on this day in history.

Dec 15 In the year 1953 kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46

Dec 19 In the year 1953 robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85

Dec 23 In the year 1953 death of lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed

Dec 25 Patsy Donovan, Irish-born American baseball player (b. 1865) died in the year 1953.

Dec 27 Julian Tuwim, Polish poet (b. 1894) died in the year 1953.

Dec 29 On this day in history death of violet MacMillan, American Broadway theatre actress(b. 1887)

Dec 31 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 on this day in history.

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Jan 03 Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980) was born on this day in history.

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)

Jan 05 Mike Rann, Australian politician was born in the year 1953.

Jan 05 In the year 1953 birth of george Tenet, American CIA director

Jan 07 In the year 1953 birth of agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pak v WI 1975, scored 14 & 1)

Jan 07 Earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers) was born in the year 1953.