Page 13: Historical Events In 1953

Oct 20   WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Oct 22   Laos gains full independence from France.   

Oct 23   France grants Laos' sovereignty   

Oct 23   Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83.   

Oct 24   Ernest Irving, composer, dies at 74   

Oct 24   KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Oct 25   Cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles.   

Oct 26   Great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia.   

Oct 27   Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71.   

Oct 28   Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)   

Oct 29   A Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns.   

Oct 30   Dr Albert Schweitzer and Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize.   

Oct 31   TV broadcasting begins in Belgium   

Nov 02   Pakistan is recorded as becoming islamic republic.   

Nov 03   inaugural live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)   

Nov 04   Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's.   

Nov 04   Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89   

Nov 05   Nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke   

Nov 05   Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds.   

Nov 06   French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy   

Nov 06   John Parsons Beach, composer, dies at 76.   

Nov 07   WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Nov 08   In this year, Salazars party claims all parliament seats in Portugal.   

Nov 08   Iwan Bunin, writer, dies at 83   

Nov 09   Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73.   

Nov 09   Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union.   

Nov 09   Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws.   

Nov 10   Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3000 promised).   

Nov 12   David Ben-Gurion, steps down as premier of Israel   

Nov 13   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 4th String Quartet, premieres   

Nov 14   WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Nov 15   WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Nov 17   St Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc.   

Nov 18   Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage   

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Jan 03   Angelo parisi: France, heavyweight judo (olympic-gold-1980)   

Jan 04   Norberto alonso: Argentine footballer   

Jan 05   Pamela sue martin: Westport ct, actress (nancy drew, fallon-dynasty)   

Jan 05   Steve archer: American singer (the archers)   

Jan 05   Mike rann: Australian politician   

Jan 05   George tenet: American cia director   

Jan 07   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)   

Jan 01   Hank williams: Country singer (cold cold heart),    

Jan 04   Arthur hoyt: Actor (gold rush gertie, lost world),    

Jan 07   Osa johnson: American explorer (b. 1894)   

Jan 08   Heinrich kaspar schmid: Composer,    

Jan 09   Hans aanrud: Norwegian author (storken),   

Jan 10   Theo mackeben: German pianist/composer (golden cage),    

Jan 11   Ernst h ridder rappard: Dutch nazi founder (nsnap),    

Jan 12   Simeon roncal: Composer,