Historical Events In 1953

Aug 21   Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation on this day in history.  

Aug 21   Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m on this day in history.  

Aug 22   On this day in history john Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union  

Aug 23   On this day in history phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«")  

Aug 27   Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1953.  

Aug 28   "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances in the year 1953.  

Aug 29   In the year 1953 kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting  

Aug 29   USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb in the year 1953.  

Aug 30   Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1953.  

Aug 30   In the year 1953 future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC  

Aug 31   KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Sep 04   Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel on this day in history.  

Sep 04   WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins in the year 1953.  

Sep 05   In the year 1953 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC  

Sep 05   The first privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC on this day in history.  

Sep 07   On this day in history 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)  

Sep 08   In the year 1953 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs  

Sep 09   KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Sep 10   On this day in history swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner"  

Sep 10   Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner" on this day in history.  

Sep 12   On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs  

Sep 12   Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 12   Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy in the year 1953.  

Sep 12   Nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party in the year 1953.  

Sep 13   In the year 1953 lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73  

Sep 13   Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR on this day in history.  

Sep 14   Comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marry on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies in the year 1953.  

Sep 16   AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles on this day in history.  

Sep 16   Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 17   On this day in history emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature critic, dies at 80  

Sep 17   First successful separation of Siamese twins in the year 1953.  

Sep 19   On this day in history "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 perfs  

Sep 20   Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR in the year 1953.  

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Jan 03   On this day in history birth of angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)  

Jan 04   In the year 1953 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   Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers) was born in the year 1953.  

Jan 05   Mike Rann, Australian politician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of george Tenet, American CIA director  

Jan 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78 in the year 1953.  

Jan 07   In the year 1953 death of osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894)  

Jan 08   In the year 1953 heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78  

Jan 09   On this day in history hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89  

Jan 10   In the year 1953 theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56  

Jan 11   Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1953.