Page 14: Historical Events In 1953

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   

Nov 28   "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 perfs   

Nov 29   American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service.   

Nov 30   French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu.   

Dec 01   Red Sox trade M McDermott and Tom Umphlett for Wash's Jackie Jensen   

Dec 02   Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies   

Dec 03   "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances.   

Dec 04   Daniel Gregory Mason, composer, dies at 80   

Dec 06   Brown's Lou "Toe" Groza kicks 8 PATs, beating Giants 62-14   

Dec 06   Konstanty I Galczynski, Polish poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48.   

Dec 07   Israel's PM Ben-Gureon retires   

Dec 07   Israel's PM Ben-Gurion retires.   

Dec 08   19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB).   

Dec 08   Kim Basinger actress was born   

Dec 08   Los Angeles became the third largest city in the U.S. The City of Angels slid past Philadelphia for the distinction in a special census.   

Dec 09   General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.   

Dec 10   "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs   

Dec 11   KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) is recorded as becoming Alaska's 1st TV station.   

Dec 11   KTVA, Anchorage is recorded as becoming Alaska's inaugural TV station.   

Dec 12   Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane.   

Dec 13   KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting.   

Dec 14   Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax   

Dec 15   Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46.   

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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,