Page 15: Historical Events In 1953

Dec 11   In the year 1953 kTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station   

Dec 11   KTVA, Anchorage becomes Alaska's first TV station in the year 1953.   

Dec 12   Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane in the year 1953.   

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   On this day in history kishio Hirao, composer, dies at 46   

Dec 15   WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting in the year 1953.   

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   Dmitri Shostakovitch' 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad in the year 1953.   

Dec 18   KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

Dec 19   KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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   KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed   

Dec 24   2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) in the year 1953.   

Dec 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game   

Dec 28   In the year 1953 wLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting   

Dec 30   Electronics manufacturer Admiral unveils the first color television set for consumers, priced at a modest $1,175 in the year 1953.   

Dec 30   In the year 1953 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 on this day in history.   

Dec 31   Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president on this day in history.   

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Jan 03   Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980) was born in the year 1953.   

Jan 04   In the year 1953 birth of norberto Alonso, Argentine footballer   

Jan 05   Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1953 birth of steve Archer, American singer (The Archers)   

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

Jan 05   George Tenet, American CIA director was born on this day in history.   

Jan 07   Agha Zahid, cricketer (open batting for Pak v WI 1975, scored 14 & 1) was born in the year 1953.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29   

Jan 04   Arthur Hoyt, actor (Gold Rush Gertie, Lost World), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1953 heinrich Kaspar Schmid, composer, dies at 78   

Jan 09   Hans Aanrud, Norwegian author (Storken), dies at 89 in the year 1953.   

Jan 10   Theo Mackeben, German pianist/composer (Golden Cage), dies at 56 in the year 1953.   

Jan 11   Ernst H Ridder Rappard, Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53 in the year 1953.   

Jan 12   Simeon Roncal, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1953.