Page 14: Historical Events In 1953

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.   

Dec 15   WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting.   

Dec 16   1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower and 161 reporters)   

Dec 16   The Delaware Water Gap Bridge, linking New Jersey with Pennsylvania, opens to traffic   

Dec 17   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad.   

Dec 18   KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 19   KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 19   Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85   

Dec 20   KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting.   

Dec 21   KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting.   

Dec 22   Jack Dunn III, owner of Balt Orioles in Intl League, turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns.   

Dec 23   In this year, Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam claims NL Rookie of Year.   

Dec 23   Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed.   

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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,