1953
year
1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
Years: | 1950 1951 1952 – 1953 – 1954 1955 1956 |
EventsEdit
- January 20 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the United States.
- January 31 - In the night to February 1, a storm severely floods parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
- May 29 – Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first humans to reach the top of Mount Everest.
- June 2 - Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth realms.
- June 17 - Uprising in East Germany.
- July 27 – Korean War ends
- August 12 - 1953 Ionian earthquake struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece
- The Taito Corporation is founded in Japan
BirthsEdit
- January 9 – Morris Gleitzman, English writer
- January 18 - László Simion, Romanian politician Hungarian nationalities UDMR.
- January 18: Dimitrie Türkish, Croatian politician.
- January 21 – Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
- January 26 - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Prime Minister of Denmark and current NATO Secretary-General
- February 8 - Mary Steenburgen, American actress
- February 11 – Jeb Bush, American politician
- February 19 – Cristina Fernández, President of Argentina
- February 25 – Levon Mkrtchyan, Armenian movie director
- February 25 - Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
- February 27 - Ian Khama, President of Botswana
- February 28 - Paul Krugman, American economist
- March 3 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
- March 16 – Richard Stallman, Computer programmer and political activist
- March 26 – Lincoln Chafee, American politician
- April 11 - Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium
- April 11 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
- April 20 - Sebastian Faulks, British writer
- May 2 - Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor
- May 6 – Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- May 6 - Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
- May 8 - Alex Van Halen, musician
- May 14 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
- May 16 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
- May 19 - Victoria Wood, British actress and comedienne
- May 24 - Alfred Molina, British actor
- May 25 – Eve Ensler, American playwright
- May 29 – Danny Elfman, American musician
- June 1 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer
- June 2 - Keith Allen, English actor and comedian
- June 2 - Cornel West, American theologian and activist
- June 4 – Linda Lingle, American politician
- June 8 - Ivo Sanader, former Prime Minister of Croatia
- June 15 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
- June 21 – Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 2007)
- June 22 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
- June 29 – Geddy Lee, Canadian musician and singer (Rush)
- July 1 - Jadranka Kosor, former Prime Minister of Croatia
- July 11 - Leon Spinks, American boxer
- July 31 – James Read, American actor
- August 17 - Herta Mueller, German writer
- August 29 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician
- September 2 – John Zorn, American musician
- September 3 – Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director
- September 4 - Fatih Terim, Turkish football manager
- September 22 – Ségolène Royal, French politician
- October 1 – Klaus Wowereit, German politician
- November 14 – Dominique de Villepin, Premier of France
- November 14 – Jos Oehlen, Dutch sculptor
- November 16 - Griff Rhys-Jones, British actor, comedian and writer
- November 26 - Hilary Benn, British politician
- November 28 - Alistair Darling, British politician
- December 6 - Geoff Hoon, British politician
- December 8 - Kim Basinger, American actress
- December 9 – John Malkovich, American actor and director
- December 13 - Ben Bernanke, American chairman of the Federal Reserve
- December 26 - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
DeathsEdit
- January 1 – Hank Williams, American musician
- January 28 – James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
- March 5 – Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader (b.1878)
- March 5 – Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (b. 1891)
- March 24 - Mary of Teck, Consort of George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
- September 28 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1891)
- September 29 – Ernst Reuter, German politician (b. 1889)
- October 9 – Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
- November 9 – Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1914)
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