Page 11: Historical Events In 1953
Sunday, 21 June 2026
Sep 07 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64). 


Sep 08 "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. 


Sep 10 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner" 


Sep 12 "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. 


Sep 12 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy. 


Sep 12 Nikita Khrushchev is recorded as becoming inaugural Secretary of USSR Communist Party. 


Sep 13 Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73 


Sep 13 Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR 


Sep 14 Comedians Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara marry 


Sep 15 Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies. 


Sep 16 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles 


Sep 16 Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies 


Sep 17 Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature critic, dies at 80 


Sep 17 inaugural successful separation of Siamese twins 


Sep 19 "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 perfs. 


Sep 20 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR. 


Sep 21 Allied forces form West Germany. 


Sep 21 Roger Quilter, British composer, dies at 75. 


Sep 22 Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia 


Sep 22 William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies 


Sep 23 KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting 


Sep 24 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway. 


Sep 24 Berthold Viertel, writer, dies at 68 


Sep 25 Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies 


Sep 26 Billy Hunter is last St Louis Browns player to homer in a game 


Sep 27 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal. 


Sep 27 Jules-Marie Canneel, Flemish painter/caricaturist, dies at 72. 


Sep 27 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan 


Sep 28 Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 


Sep 29 Milton Berle Show premiers 


Sep 30 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record) 


Oct 01 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras. 


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