Historical Events In 1953

Aug 21   Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation on this day in history.   

Aug 21   Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m on this day in history.   

Aug 22   John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union in the year 1953.   

Aug 23   On this day in history phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«")   

Aug 27   Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Aug 28   "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances on this day in history.   

Aug 29   In the year 1953 kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

Aug 29   On this day in history uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

Aug 30   Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

Aug 30   On this day in history future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC   

Aug 31   KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Sep 04   Florence Chadwick swims the English Channel in the year 1953.   

Sep 04   WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins on this day in history.   

Sep 05   1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC in the year 1953.   

Sep 05   On this day in history the first privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC   

Sep 07   On this day in history 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)   

Sep 08   "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs in the year 1953.   

Sep 09   KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting in the year 1953.   

Sep 10   Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner" on this day in history.   

Sep 10   Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner" in the year 1953.   

Sep 12   On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 perfs   

Sep 12   Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898), dies in the year 1953.   

Sep 12   In the year 1953 jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy   

Sep 12   In the year 1953 nikita Khrushchev becomes first Secretary of USSR Communist Party   

Sep 13   Lewis Stone, actor (Just This Once, Key to the City), dies at 73 in the year 1953.   

Sep 13   On this day in history nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR   

Sep 14   On this day in history comedians Jerry Stiller & Anne Meara marry   

Sep 15   On this day in history jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies   

Sep 16   On this day in history aL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles   

Sep 16   On this day in history colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies   

Sep 17   Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature critic, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

Sep 17   First successful separation of Siamese twins on this day in history.   

Sep 19   "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 perfs in the year 1953.   

Sep 20   Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   In the year 1953 birth of angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980)   

Jan 04   Norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1953 birth of pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of mike Rann, Australian politician   

Jan 05   In the year 1953 birth of george Tenet, American CIA director   

Jan 07   On this day in history birth of agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pak v WI 1975, scored 14 & 1)   

Jan 07   In the year 1953 birth of earl Wilber Force "Wire" Lindo, rocker (Bob Marley & the Wailers)   

Jan 01   Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78 in the year 1953.   

Jan 07   In the year 1953 death of osa Johnson, American explorer (b. 1894)   

Jan 08   Heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

Jan 09   On this day in history hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89   

Jan 10   On this day in history theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56   

Jan 11   Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.