Page 15: Historical Events In 1953
Thursday, 08 May 2025
Dec 11 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station in the year 1953.
Dec 11 KTVA, Anchorage becomes Alaska's first TV station on this day in history.
Dec 12 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.
Dec 14 On this day in history brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
Dec 15 Kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46 in the year 1953.
Dec 15 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1953.
Dec 16 1st White House Press Conference (Pres Eisenhower & 161 reporters) on this day in history.
Dec 16 On this day in history the Delaware Water Gap Bridge, linking New Jersey with Pennsylvania, opens to traffic.
Dec 17 Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad on this day in history.
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 Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 in the year 1953.
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 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year on this day in history.
Dec 23 In the year 1953 lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed
Dec 24 On this day in history 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)
Dec 24 In the year 1953 wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166
Dec 25 On this day in history avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)
Dec 27 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game in the year 1953.
Dec 28 In the year 1953 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
Dec 30 In the year 1953 electronics manufacturer Admiral unveils the first color television set for consumers, priced at a modest $1,175.
Dec 30 On this day in history the first ever NTSC color television sets go on sale for about USD at $1,175 each from RCA.
Dec 31 Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 in the year 1953.
Dec 31 In the year 1953 hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president
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