Page 15: Historical Events In 1953
Wednesday, 29 January 2025
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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