Historical Events In 1953

Oct 16   Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana) in the year 1953.  

Oct 18   Douwe Kalma, Fries literature/christian-socialist, dies at 57 in the year 1953.  

Oct 18   WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting in the year 1953.  

Oct 19   1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service in the year 1953.  

Oct 19   First jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service on this day in history.  

Oct 20   In the year 1953 wRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting  

Oct 22   Laos gains full independence from France on this day in history.  

Oct 23   On this day in history france grants Laos' sovereignty  

Oct 23   On this day in history maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83  

Oct 24   Ernest Irving, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 24   KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

Oct 25   In the year 1953 cleveland Browns' QB Otto Graham sets club record with 4 fumbles  

Oct 26   In the year 1953 great Britain performs nuclear test at Emu Field Australia  

Oct 27   Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Oct 28   Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) in the year 1953.  

Oct 29   In the year 1953 a Baltimore group purchases St Louis Browns  

Oct 30   On this day in history dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize  

Oct 30   On this day in history dr Albert Schweitzer &Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize  

Oct 31   In the year 1953 tV broadcasting begins in Belgium  

Nov 02   Pakistan becomes islamic republic in the year 1953.  

Nov 03   First live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC) in the year 1953.  

Nov 04   In the year 1953 eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Phila A's  

Nov 04   On this day in history elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, composer, dies at 89  

Nov 05   On this day in history nobel prize for physics awarded/appended on Frederik Zernicke  

Nov 05   On this day in history paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds  

Nov 06   French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy on this day in history.  

Nov 06   In the year 1953 john Parsons Beach, composer, dies at 76  

Nov 07   In the year 1953 wIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting  

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

Nov 08   Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal in the year 1953.  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union  

Nov 09   Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws on this day in history.  

Nov 10   Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised) on this day in history.  

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Jan 03   In the year 1953 birth of angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)  

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

Jan 05   Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty) was born in the year 1953.  

Jan 05   Steve Archer, American singer (The Archers) was born in the year 1953.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mike Rann, Australian politician  

Jan 05   George Tenet, American CIA director was born in the year 1953.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 01   In the year 1953 hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29  

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

Jan 07   Osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894) died in the year 1953.  

Jan 08   Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Jan 09   Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 in the year 1953.  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1953 ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53  

Jan 12   On this day in history simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82