Page 13: Historical Events In 1953

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 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.   

Nov 19   US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business.   

Nov 20   Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)   

Nov 20   Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, inaugural to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH).   

Nov 21   "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax   

Nov 21   Skull of Piltdown Man, long believed to be the missing link, proved to be a hoax.   

Nov 23   KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast   

Nov 24   Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954.   

Nov 24   George Alexander Russell, composer, dies at 73.   

Nov 25   "Guys and Dolls" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1200 performances   

Nov 26   KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

Nov 27   Indians 3rd baseman Al Rosen is unanimously named AL's MVP.   

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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,