Historical Events In 1953
Sunday, 01 October 2023
Dec 11 On this day in history kTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
Dec 11 On this day in history kTVA, Anchorage becomes Alaska's first TV station
Dec 12 On this day in history chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
Dec 13 On this day in history kOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
Dec 14 On this day in history brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
Dec 15 Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.
Dec 15 In the year 1953 wJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Dec 16 On this day in history 1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
Dec 16 The Delaware Water Gap Bridge, linking New Jersey with Pennsylvania, opens to traffic in the year 1953.
Dec 17 On this day in history dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
Dec 18 KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1953.
Dec 19 On this day in history kFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
Dec 19 On this day in history robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85
Dec 20 On this day in history kID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
Dec 21 In the year 1953 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 in the year 1953.
Dec 23 On this day in history dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
Dec 23 In the year 1953 lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed
Dec 24 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) on this day in history.
Dec 24 Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166 on this day in history.
Dec 25 In the year 1953 avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)
Dec 27 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game on this day in history.
Dec 28 WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.
Dec 30 On this day in history electronics manufacturer Admiral unveils the first color television set for consumers, priced at a modest $1,175.
Dec 30 The first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA on this day in history.
Dec 31 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 in the year 1953.
Dec 31 On this day in history hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president
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