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| Born : | 05/02/1953 | "Keith" Jamaal Wilkes, NBA forward (Golden State-Rookie of Yr 1975) |
| Born : | 08/08/1953 | "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters) |
| Born : | 01/31/1953 | Aart Mol, bassist (Catapult) |
| Born : | 10/30/1953 | Aleksandr I P A Fyodorovich Lazutkin, Russian cosmonaut |
| Born : | 07/30/1953 | Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-9) |
| Born : | 03/03/1953 | Aleksandr Viktorovich Borodin, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 11/14/1953 | Alexander O'Neal, British personality (James Hearsky Harris III) |
| Born : | 11/02/1953 | Alfre Woodard, Tulsa Okla, actress (St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 01/01/1953 | Alpha Blondy, [Seydou Kone], Ivory coast, reggae singer (Jerusalem) |
| Born : | 09/10/1953 | Amy Irving, Palo Alto, Cal, actress (Yentl, Carrie, Crossing Delancy) |
| Born : | 12/21/1953 | Andras Schiff, Budapest Hungary, pianist (Tchaikovsky-1974) |
| Born : | 01/26/1953 | Andre C van Es, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PSP) |
| Born : | 03/13/1953 | Andy Bean, Lafayette Ga, PGA golfer (Western 1978, Kemper 1978) |
| Born : | 11/11/1953 | Andy Partridge, guitars/vocal (XTC-Oranges & Lemons) |
| Born : | 01/03/1953 | Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 08/02/1953 | Anne Leuchars, TV journalist |
| Born : | 03/27/1953 | Annemarie Moser-Prll, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1980) |
| Born : | 12/21/1953 | Arie Luyendyk, Netherlands, Indy-car racer (1990 Indianapolis 500) |
| Born : | 12/25/1953 | Arnella Flynn, Rome Italy, Errol Flynn's daughter |
| Born : | 12/27/1953 | Arthur Kent, newscaster (NBC-Gulf War coverage) |
| Born : | 05/10/1953 | Aynsley Dunbar, rocker (Mothers of Invention-200 Motels, Retaliation) |
| Born : | 12/17/1953 | Barry Livingston, LA Calif, actor (Ernie-My 3 Sons) |
| Born : | 06/21/1953 | Benazir Bhutto, 1st female leader of a Moslem nation (Pakistan) |
| Born : | 09/27/1953 | Benjamin Gene Brown, SF Calif, 4X400 runner (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 12/22/1953 | Bernnadette Stanis, Bkln NY, actress (Thelma-Good Times) |
| Born : | 12/11/1953 | Bess Armstrong, Balt Md, actress (Julia-On Our Own, 4 Seasons, Jaws) |
| Born : | 02/19/1953 | Bill Kirchenbauer, actor/comedian (Coach-Just the 10 of Us) |
| Born : | 10/13/1953 | Bill Schuette, (Rep-R-MI, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 05/05/1953 | Billy Burnette, Memphis Tn, rocker (Between Friends) |
| Born : | 08/23/1953 | Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies) |
| Born : | 01/10/1953 | Bobby Rahal, Indy-car racer (over 15 wins) |
| Born : | 05/11/1953 | Boyd Gaines, Atlanta Ga, actor (Mark-One Day at a Time, Sure Thing) |
| Born : | 01/18/1953 | Brett Hudson, Portland Ore, comedians (Bonkers, Hudson Brothers Show) |
| Born : | 06/20/1953 | Brian Duffy, Boston Mass, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 45) |
| Born : | 01/24/1953 | Brian Matthews, Phila, actor (The Burning) |
| Born : | 01/08/1953 | Bruce Sutter, pitcher (Cubs, Cards, Braves) |
| Born : | 05/18/1953 | Butch Tavares, rocker (Tavares) |
| Born : | 03/21/1953 | Carl Wolfson, Wash DC, comedian (Thicke of the Night) |
| Born : | 02/20/1953 | Carol Cummins, Clintwood Va, 2nd of 5 siblings born on 2/20 |
| Born : | 08/16/1953 | Catlin O'Heaney, Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings) |
| Born : | 03/23/1953 | Chaka Khan, [Stevens], Great Lakes Il, rocker (Rufus-I am Every Woman) |
| Born : | 10/21/1953 | Charlotte Caffey, singer (GoGos-Our Lips are Sealed) |
| Born : | 03/04/1953 | Christopher H Smith, (Rep-R-NJ, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 10/07/1953 | Christopher Norris, NYC, actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust) |
| Born : | 10/--/1953 | Corrine Alphen Wahl, Boston Mass, actress (Hot T-Shirts) |
| Born : | 06/02/1953 | Craig Stadler, San Diego Calif, PGA golfer (Masters 1982) |
| Born : | 06/20/1953 | Cyndi Ann Stephanie Lauper, Bkln, singer (Girls Just Want to Have Fun) |
| Born : | 01/29/1953 | Dalila di Lazzaro, Udine Italy, covergirl/model (Vogue) |
| Born : | 12/30/1953 | Daniel T Barry, Norwalk Ct, Phd/astronaut |
| Born : | 03/03/1953 | Dave Amato, rocker (REO Speedwagon-Can't Fight this Feeling) |
| Born : | 07/09/1953 | Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan) |
| Born : | 05/16/1953 | David Maclean, British minister of state |
| Born : | 04/10/1953 | David Moorcroft, British athlete |
| Born : | 10/11/1953 | David Morse, Beverly Mass, actor (St Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves) |
| Born : | 06/14/1953 | David Thomas, US singer/songwriter (Pere Ubu) |
| Born : | 09/30/1953 | Deborah Allen, Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show) |
| Born : | 03/13/1953 | Deborah Raffin, LA Calif, actress (Ransom, Demon, 40 Carats) |
| Born : | 04/02/1953 | Debralee Scott, Elizabeth NJ, actress (Cathy-Mary Hartman, Angie) |
| Born : | 10/29/1953 | Denis Potvin, Ottawa Ontario, NY Islander defenseman (Norris trophy) |
| Born : | 11/03/1953 | Dennis Miller, Pitts Pa, comedian/TV host (SNL, Dennis Miller Show) |
| Born : | 02/18/1953 | Derek Pellicci, rocker (Little River Band-Help Is On It's Way) |
| Born : | 01/19/1953 | Desi Arnaz Jr, LA Calif, actor (Craig-Here's Lucy, Fakeout, Joyride) |
| Born : | 06/01/1953 | Diana Canova, West Palm Beach Fla, actress (Corrine-Soap) |
| Born : | 08/08/1953 | Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days) |
| Born : | 09/29/1953 | Drake Hogestyn, Ft Wayne Indiana, actor (7 Brides for 7 Brothers) |
| Born : | 04/27/1953 | Ellen L Shulman Baker, Fayetteville NC, MD/astronaut (STS 34, 50) |
| Born : | 04/24/1953 | Eric Bogosian, actor (Talk Radio) |
| Born : | 04/07/1953 | Everard Endt, US, yachting (Olympic-gold-1952) |
| Born : | 05/01/1953 | Felix Hanemann, rocker (Zebra) |
| Born : | 06/23/1953 | Filbert Bayi, Karatu Tanzania, 3k steeplechase (Olympic-silver-1980) |
| Born : | 12/16/1953 | Filip Bolluyt, actor (De Dagerad) |
| Born : | 12/03/1953 | Franz Klammer, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 04/23/1953 | Fred Upton, (Rep-R-Michigan) |
| Born : | 02/25/1953 | Garrett Glaser, entertainment correspondant (Entertainment Tonight) |
| Born : | 02/09/1953 | Gary Franks, (Rep-R-Connecticut) |
| Born : | 08/28/1953 | Gates McFadden, actress (Beverly Crusher-Star Trek Next Generation) |
| Born : | 07/29/1953 | Geddy Lee, lead singer (Rush-Tom Sawyer) |
| Born : | 09/16/1953 | Gene Taylor, (Rep-D-Mississippi) |
| Born : | 05/15/1953 | George Brett, WV, KC Royal 3rd baseman (1980 AL MVP) |
| Born : | 05/17/1953 | George Johnson, rocker (Brothers Johnson) |
| Born : | 06/12/1953 | Grace Jones, Kingston Jamacia (she claims but actually 5/19/48) |
| Born : | 07/23/1953 | Graham Gooch, cricketer |
| Born : | 10/14/1953 | Greg Evigan, South Amboy NJ, actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear) |
| Born : | 11/20/1953 | Greg Gibson, Stafford Va, Greco-Roman wrestler (Olympic-silver-1984) |
| Born : | 10/01/1953 | Greta Andersen Waitz, Oslo Norway, marathoner (NYC - 1984) |
| Born : | 11/16/1953 | Griff Rhys Jones, British humorist/actor (Morons From Outer Space) |
| Born : | 10/10/1953 | Gus Williams, NBA guard (Golden State, Seattle, Washington) |
| Born : | 09/12/1953 | G Reinders, singer/songwriter (Girls walk by) |
| Born : | 03/19/1953 | Hans Rinn, German DR, 2 man lugist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
| Born : | 03/18/1953 | Helmer C Koetje, Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 07/31/1953 | Hugh McDowell, chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line) |
| Born : | 08/11/1953 | Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89) |
| Born : | 03/06/1953 | Jackie Zeman, Englewood NJ, actress (Bobbie-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 11/01/1953 | Jackie Zeman, actress (Bobbie Spencer-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 12/31/1953 | James Remar, Boston, actor (48 Hours, Rent-a-Cop, Cotton Club) |
| Born : | 08/16/1953 | James Taylor, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna) |
| Born : | 10/24/1953 | James di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles |
| Born : | 04/06/1953 | Janet Lynn, ice skater (Olympics-bronze-1972) |
| Born : | 02/17/1953 | Janice Dickinson, Bkln NY, model (Vogue) |
| Born : | 07/15/1953 | Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Hati (1991- ) |
| Born : | 09/20/1953 | Jeff Jones, Red Rider, rocker |
| Born : | 10/26/1953 | Jennifer Roberson, US, sci-fi author (Shapechangers, Sword-Maker) |
| Born : | 09/15/1953 | Jerry Page, golfer (largest PGA victory margin) |
| Born : | 09/16/1953 | Jerry Pate, Macon Ga, PGA golfer (US Open 1976, Canadian Open 1976) |
| Born : | 03/08/1953 | Jim Rice, Boston Red Sox outfielder (AL MVP 1978) |
| Born : | 02/12/1953 | Joanna Kerns, SF Calif, actress (Maggie Seaver-Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 03/12/1953 | Joanna Kerns, actress (Maggie-Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 08/21/1953 | Joe Strummer, [John Mellor], rocker (Clash-Rock the Casbah) |
| Born : | 12/14/1953 | Joe Toplyn, Boston, comedic writer (Late Night with David Letterman) |
| Born : | 08/19/1953 | Johan F de Leeuw, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 07/15/1953 | John Denham, Labour MP |
| Born : | 05/22/1953 | John Edward Stevens, NYC, bank robber (FBI Most Wanted List) |
| Born : | 10/31/1953 | John Lucas, Durham NC, NBA guard (Houston, Golden State, Milwaukee) |
| Born : | 12/09/1953 | John Malkovich, Christopher Ill, actor/director (Killing Field) |
| Born : | 09/21/1953 | John Mengatti, NYC, actor (Nick-White Shadow, For Love & Honor) |
| Born : | 04/24/1953 | John P Hiler, (Rep-R-IN, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 02/10/1953 | John Shirley, US, sci-fi author (Eclipse Penumbra, Eclipse Corona) |
| Born : | 09/12/1953 | John Williams, US, archer (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 07/24/1953 | Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter |
| Born : | 12/05/1953 | Jonathan Lewis, trombonist (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) |
| Born : | 07/08/1953 | Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase) |
| Born : | 10/24/1953 | Jonathan di Donato, twin who swam the butterfly 406 miles |
| Born : | 07/24/1953 | Julian Brazier, MP |
| Born : | 10/26/1953 | Julian Keith Stockland, drummer (B-52's-Rock Lobster) |
| Born : | 09/06/1953 | Katherine Cannon, Hartford Ct, actress (Father Murphy, Survivors) |
| Born : | 08/16/1953 | Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Fla, hostess (Live with Regis & Kathie Lee) |
| Born : | 03/08/1953 | Kathleen Ann Shower, Brookville Oh, Playmate of the Year (May, 1985) |
| Born : | 10/30/1953 | Kathleen Cody, Bronx NY, actress (Charley & the Angel) |
| Born : | 05/17/1953 | Kathleen Sullivan, Pasadena Ca, newscaster (ABC-TV, CBS Morning Show) |
| Born : | 03/04/1953 | Kay Lenz, LA Calif, actress (Moving Violations, Rich Man Poor Man) |
| Born : | 10/20/1953 | Keith Hernandez, SF Calif, NY Met 1st baseman (9 golden gloves) |
| Born : | 06/06/1953 | Ken Calvert, (Rep-R-California) |
| Born : | 12/11/1953 | Ken Wahl, actor (Wanderers, Wise Guys) |
| Born : | 11/19/1953 | Kevin Nealon, comedian (SNL) |
| Born : | 08/17/1953 | Kevin Rowlands, rocker (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) |
| Born : | 12/08/1953 | Kim Basinger, Athens Ga, actress (9« Weeks, Batman) |
| Born : | 12/06/1953 | Kin Shriner, Indiana, actor (Scott-General Hospital, Rituals) |
| Born : | 10/15/1953 | Larry Miller, stand-up comedian |
| Born : | 10/28/1953 | Lauren Tewes, Trafford Pa, actress (Julie McCoy-Love Boat) |
| Born : | 09/04/1953 | Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter) |
| Born : | 07/11/1953 | Leon Spinks, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976) |
| Born : | 09/07/1953 | Linda G Miller, actress (Mississippi) |
| Born : | 03/23/1953 | Louie Anderson, Minn, comedian |
| Born : | 05/06/1953 | Lynn Whitfield, Baton Rouge, actress (Josephine Baker, Equal Justice) |
| Born : | 01/25/1953 | Malcolm Green, rocker (Split Enz-I Got You) |
| Born : | 01/06/1953 | Malcolm Young, Glasgow Scotland, guitarist (AC/DC-Highway to Hell) |
| Born : | 05/--/1953 | Martha Smith, Cleve Ohio, actress (Animal House, Blood Link) |
| Born : | 03/25/1953 | Mary Gross, Chicago Ill, actress/comedian (SNL, Club Paradise, Feds) |
| Born : | 12/02/1953 | Meg Griffin, DJ (WNEW-FM, WPLJ-FM, WKRK-FM)/VJ (V-1) |
| Born : | 04/30/1953 | Merrill Osmond, Ogden Utah, singer (Osmond Brothers, Donnie & Marie) |
| Born : | 10/27/1953 | Michael A Baker, Memphis Tenn, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut (STS 43, 52) |
| Born : | 02/26/1953 | Michael Bolton, rock vocalist (That's What Love Is All About) |
| Born : | 09/04/1953 | Michael Stean, chess player |
| Born : | 11/01/1953 | Michael Zaslow, actor (One Life to Live, Guiding Light) |
| Born : | 10/10/1953 | Midge Ure, rocker (Dear God, Ultravox-We Came to Dance) |
| Born : | 11/30/1953 | Mike Espy, (Rep-D-Mississippi) |
| Born : | 05/15/1953 | Mike Oldfield, England, composer (Tubular Bells) |
| Born : | 09/06/1953 | Mohammed Kedir, Ethiopia, 10k runner (Olympic-bronze-1980) |
| Born : | 12/02/1953 | Myung-Whan Chung, Seoul Korea, pianist (Chung Sisters) |
| Born : | 01/22/1953 | Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul South Korea, pianist/conductor |
| Born : | 11/01/1953 | N Jan Davis, Cocoa Beach Florida, PhD/astronaut (STS 47) |
| Born : | 05/24/1953 | Nell Campbell, [Laura], Sydney Australia, actress (Rocky Horror) |
| Born : | 05/17/1953 | Nicholas Bacon, premier baronet of England |
| Born : | 08/16/1953 | Nick Leyva, baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91) |
| Born : | 04/29/1953 | Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 03/28/1953 | Nydia M Velazquez, (Rep-D-New York, 1993- ) |
| Born : | 01/29/1953 | Oprah Winfrey, Mississippi, actress/TV host (Color Purple, Oprah) |
| Born : | 03/27/1953 | Pamela Roylance, Seattle Wash, actress (Sarah-Little House on Prairie) |
| Born : | 01/05/1953 | Pamela Sue Martin, Westport Ct, actress (Nancy Drew, Fallon-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 01/10/1953 | Pat Benatar, [Andrejewski], Bkln NY, singer (Hell Is for Children) |
| Born : | 01/23/1953 | Pat Haden, Westbury, NY, NFL quarterback (LA Rams) |
| Born : | 07/11/1953 | Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Starland Vocal Band) |
| Born : | 06/11/1953 | Peter Bergman, actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band) |
| Born : | 10/27/1953 | Peter Firth, Bradford England, actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess) |
| Born : | 10/30/1953 | Peter Hoekstra, (Rep-R-Michigan) |
| Born : | 08/20/1953 | Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something) |
| Born : | 12/11/1953 | Peter Isacksen, Dover NH, actor (CPO Sharkey, Jessie) |
| Born : | 07/16/1953 | Philece Sampler, San Angelo, Tx, actress (Another World) |
| Born : | 02/11/1953 | Philip Anglim, SF Calif, actor (Dane-Thorn Birds) |
| Born : | 04/24/1953 | Porter Carroll Jr, drummer (Atlantic Star-Touch a 4 Leaf Clover) |
| Born : | 01/15/1953 | Randy White, NFLer (Dallas Cowboys) |
| Born : | 06/20/1953 | Raul Ramirez, tennis player |
| Born : | 06/12/1953 | Rebecca Holden, Austin Tx, actress (April-Knight Rider) |
| Born : | 02/20/1953 | Riccardo Chailly, Milan Italy, conductor (West Berlin Symph Orch) |
| Born : | 12/28/1953 | Richard Clayderman, pianist (Amour, Romantic America) |
| Born : | 05/16/1953 | Richard Page, rocker (Mr Mister) |
| Born : | 08/29/1953 | Rick Downey, rocker (Blue Oyster Cult) |
| Born : | 04/18/1953 | Rick Moranis, Toronto, (SCTV, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Spaceballs) |
| Born : | 05/16/1953 | Rick Rhoden, pitcher (NY Yankees) |
| Born : | 03/19/1953 | Ricky Wilson, guitarist (B-52's-Rock Lobster, Love Shack) |
| Born : | 06/15/1953 | Rita Lee, Federic Wisc, playmate (November, 1977) |
| Born : | 09/27/1953 | Robbie Shakespeare, rocker |
| Born : | 08/01/1953 | Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy) |
| Born : | 08/30/1953 | Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics) |
| Born : | 02/18/1953 | Robin Bachman, guitarist (Bachman Turner Overdrive-You Aint Seen) |
| Born : | 06/21/1953 | Robyn Douglass, Sendai Japan, actress (Lonely Guy, Romantic Comedy) |
| Born : | 06/12/1953 | Rocky Burnette, Memphis, rocker (Towing the Line) |
| Born : | 03/01/1953 | Ron Howard, Okla, actor/director (American Graffiti, Happy Days) |
| Born : | 12/08/1953 | Roy Firestone, sportscaster (Life's Most Embarrassing Moments) |
| Born : | 03/05/1953 | Russel D Feingold, (Sen-D Wisconsin) |
| Born : | 10/05/1953 | Russell Mael, rocker (Sparks) |
| Born : | 08/05/1953 | Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion) |
| Born : | 08/11/1953 | Sanford Jensen, South Haven Mich, actor (Foley Square) |
| Born : | 05/09/1953 | Scott McInnis, (Rep-R-Colorado) |
| Born : | 03/31/1953 | Sean Hopper, keyboardist (Huey Lewis & the News) |
| Born : | 02/13/1953 | Sharon Wyatt, Lebanon Tenn, actress (Tiffany-General Hospital) |
| Born : | 03/21/1953 | Shotgun Johnson, rocker (KC & the Sunshine Boys) |
| Born : | 02/12/1953 | Simon MacCorkindale, Cambridge England, actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal) |
| Born : | 02/11/1953 | Stephen D Thorne, Frankfurt-on-Main, German FR, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut |
| Born : | 02/19/1953 | Stephen Nichols, Cincinatti Ohio, actor (Days of our Lives) |
| Born : | 07/24/1953 | Steve Grogan, NFL QB (New England Patriots) |
| Born : | 05/10/1953 | Steve Thomas, rocker (Shooting Star) |
| Born : | 10/16/1953 | Susan Pedersen, US, 4 X 100m medley swimmer (Olympic-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 09/13/1953 | Taryn Power, LA Calif, actress (Maria) |
| Born : | 03/22/1953 | Thomas H Andrews, (Rep-D-Maine) |
| Born : | 12/06/1953 | Thomas Hulce, Plymouth Mi, actor (Amadeus, Equus, Echo Park) |
| Born : | 06/13/1953 | Tim Allen, Denver Colo, comedian (Home Improvement) |
| Born : | 03/14/1953 | Tim McKee, US, 400m medley swimmer (Olympic-silver-1972) |
| Born : | 11/21/1953 | Tina Brown, journalist publisher (Tatler) |
| Born : | 10/15/1953 | Tito Jackson, singer (Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye) |
| Born : | 05/14/1953 | Tom Cochrane, rocker (Red Rider) |
| Born : | 10/20/1953 | Tom Petty, Gainesville Fla, singer (Heartbreakers-Refugee) |
| Born : | 12/13/1953 | Tom Sanders, Jackson Wyoming, aerial cameraman (Living Daylights) |
| Born : | 05/06/1953 | Tony Blair, British MP |
| Born : | 11/13/1953 | Tracy Scoggins, Galveston Tx, actress (Colbys, Gumshoe Kid) |
| Born : | 12/26/1953 | Valeri Yuriyevich Sharov, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 03/05/1953 | Valery Grigoriyevich Korzun, Russia, colonel/cosmonaut |
| Born : | 05/03/1953 | Van McLain, rocker (Shooting Star) |
| Born : | 12/14/1953 | Vay Amritraj, India, tennis player/actor (Octopussy) |
| Born : | 12/06/1953 | Wil Shriner, NYC/Indiana, talk show host (Wil Shriner Show) |
| Born : | 03/02/1953 | William Simmons, sax/keyboardist (Midnight Star-No Parking) |
| Born : | 07/27/1953 | Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA) |
| Born : | 12/09/1953 | World B Free, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors) |
| Born : | 11/15/1953 | Yuri Viktorovich Prikhodko, Russia, cosmonaut |
| Born : | 12/13/1953 | Zoltan Magyar, Hungary, side horse gymnist (Olympic-gold-1976, 80) |
| Died : | 11/09/1953 | Abdul-Aziz ibn Sa'ud, founder of Saudi Arabia, dies at about 73 |
| Died : | 12/31/1953 | Albert Plesman, aviation pioneer/founder (KLM), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 03/01/1953 | Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard, painter/lithographer/etcher, dies |
| Died : | 10/03/1953 | Arnold Bax, British composer, dies at 69 |
| Died : | 07/01/1953 | Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered |
| Died : | 06/05/1953 | Bill Tilden, tennis champ, dies at 60 |
| Died : | 04/04/1953 | Carol II, King of Romania (1930-40), dies |
| Died : | 09/16/1953 | Colin G Fink, US chemist (electro-chemistry), dies |
| Died : | 05/24/1953 | Cor Hermus, actor, dies at 63 |
| Died : | 07/22/1953 | Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 05/19/1953 | Damasco Berenguer y Fuste, Spanish gen/min of War, dies at 79 |
| Died : | 09/25/1953 | Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies |
| Died : | 11/09/1953 | Dylan Thomas, author-poet (Adv in skin trade), dies in NY at 39 |
| Died : | 01/11/1953 | Earnest H Ridder Rappard, founder (NSNAP), dies |
| Died : | 10/27/1953 | Eduard Knneke, German composer (Majority Snderin), dies |
| Died : | 05/04/1953 | Edward B B Shanks, British poet/critic, dies |
| Died : | 09/28/1953 | Edwin P Hubble, astronomer, designer of telescopes, dies at 63 |
| Died : | 06/30/1953 | Elsa Beskow, (Maartman), Swedish author (children's book), dies |
| Died : | 09/17/1953 | Emil Ermatinger, Switz, literature critic, dies at 80 |
| Died : | 04/14/1953 | Emmanuel K de Bom, Flemish writer (Scheldelucht), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 10/30/1953 | Emmerich K lm n, Hungarian composer (Die Zirkusprinzessin), dies |
| Died : | 06/19/1953 | Ethel Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 5 tries |
| Died : | 11/27/1953 | Eugene O'Neill, playwright (Nobel 1936), dies in Boston at 65 |
| Died : | 12/02/1953 | Francis Picabia, French painter/illustrator, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 01/01/1953 | Hank Williams, country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies |
| Died : | 06/20/1953 | Hendrik de Man, sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/01/1953 | Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies |
| Died : | 09/15/1953 | Jacques Thibaud, French violinist, dies |
| Died : | 03/28/1953 | James Francis Thorpe, decathelete (Olympic-gold-12), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 04/02/1953 | Jean Epstein, French director (Vive la Vie), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 08/17/1953 | Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 03/05/1953 | Josef V Stalin, soviet leader, dies at 73 |
| Died : | 07/16/1953 | Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82 |
| Died : | 06/19/1953 | Julius Rosenberg, executed at Sing Sing, in 3 tries |
| Died : | 02/24/1953 | Karl R G von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Ardennen), dies |
| Died : | 01/24/1953 | Karl RG von Rundstedt, German gen-field marshal (Normandy), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 10/08/1953 | Kathleen Ferrier, English alto singer, dies at 41 |
| Died : | 03/14/1953 | Klement Gottwald, premier/president of Czechoslovakia, dies at 56 |
| Died : | 12/23/1953 | Lavrenti P Beria, soviet minister of internal security, executed |
| Died : | 09/12/1953 | Lewis Stone, actor (Prisoner of Zenda), dies at 73 of a heart attack |
| Died : | 01/01/1953 | Ludomir R¢zycki, Polish composer/conductor (Casanova), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 08/11/1953 | Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies |
| Died : | 01/27/1953 | Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguist, dies at 58 |
| Died : | 02/26/1953 | Martinus Nijhoff, poet/interpreter/linguistic (spelling), dies |
| Died : | 03/24/1953 | Mary, queen of Great-Britain/North-Ireland, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 07/17/1953 | Maude K Adams, US actress (Little Minister), dies |
| Died : | 07/26/1953 | Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies |
| Died : | 12/19/1953 | Robert A Millikan, US physicist (Nobel 1923), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 07/31/1953 | Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63 |
| Died : | 03/04/1953 | Sergei S Prokoviev, Russian composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 05/14/1953 | Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Japans/US painter/etcher, dies at 59 |
| Special : | 02/09/1953 | "Adventures of Superman" TV series premiers in syndication |
| Special : | 02/01/1953 | "General Electric Theater" premiers on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts |
| Special : | 04/10/1953 | "House of Wax," 1st 3-D movie, released (NYC) |
| Special : | 11/21/1953 | "Pitdown Man," discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax |
| Special : | 01/31/1953 | "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die |
| Special : | 11/03/1953 | "Sacrifice fly" reactivated in baseball (1939) |
| Special : | 03/28/1953 | "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises 5,200,000 |
| Special : | 04/09/1953 | "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue |
| Special : | 09/24/1953 | "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway |
| Special : | 02/01/1953 | "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premiers on CBS television |
| Special : | 01/15/1953 | 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Wash DC station |
| Special : | 07/14/1953 | 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver |
| Special : | 01/20/1953 | 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo NY |
| Special : | 05/25/1953 | 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada |
| Special : | 06/07/1953 | 1st color network telecast in compatible color, Boston, Mass |
| Special : | 04/27/1953 | 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP |
| Special : | 07/09/1953 | 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC) |
| Special : | 07/27/1953 | 1st insulin isolated by F Banting & C Best in Toronto |
| Special : | 10/19/1953 | 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service |
| Special : | 01/20/1953 | 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower) |
| Special : | 11/03/1953 | 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC) |
| Special : | 05/30/1953 | 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2 |
| Special : | 05/25/1953 | 1st noncommercial educational television station-Houston, Texas |
| Special : | 06/25/1953 | 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours |
| Special : | 09/05/1953 | 1st privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh NC |
| Special : | 09/17/1953 | 1st successful separation of Siamese twins |
| Special : | 04/07/1953 | 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight |
| Special : | 03/11/1953 | 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) |
| Special : | 05/18/1953 | 1st woman to break sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA) |
| Special : | 12/24/1953 | 2 fast express trains crash head-on killing 103 (Czechoslovakia) |
| Special : | 03/27/1953 | 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut Ohio |
| Special : | 03/19/1953 | 25th Academy Awards ceremony (1st telecast) |
| Special : | 08/13/1953 | 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations |
| Special : | 06/25/1953 | 86ø F in Anchorage Alaska |
| Special : | 01/12/1953 | 9 "Jewish" artsens arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow |
| Special : | 03/09/1953 | A G Wilson discovers asteroid #1915 Quetzalcoatl |
| Special : | 03/15/1953 | A Schmitt discovers asteroid #3156 |
| Special : | 09/29/1953 | AL approves Balt group purchase of St Louis Browns for $2,475,000 |
| Special : | 09/16/1953 | AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles |
| Special : | 09/06/1953 | Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR |
| Special : | 06/19/1953 | Albert W Dent, elected president of Natl Health Council |
| Special : | 09/21/1953 | Allied forces form West Germany |
| Special : | 08/12/1953 | Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami |
| Special : | 03/22/1953 | Anton¡n Z potocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia |
| Special : | 09/30/1953 | Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathyscaaf to 3150 m (record) |
| Special : | 12/25/1953 | Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand) |
| Special : | 02/17/1953 | Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea |
| Special : | 10/14/1953 | Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die |
| Special : | 04/12/1953 | Ben Hogan wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament |
| Special : | 06/13/1953 | Ben Hogan wins his 4th US Golf Open |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal |
| Special : | 01/09/1953 | Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game |
| Special : | 08/04/1953 | Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago |
| Special : | 01/10/1953 | Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald Macleish |
| Special : | 09/15/1953 | Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner) |
| Special : | 10/09/1953 | British premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution |
| Special : | 05/06/1953 | Brown's Bobo Holloman 1st major league start, no-hits Phila A's, 6-0 |
| Special : | 10/28/1953 | Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record) |
| Special : | 10/13/1953 | Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno |
| Special : | 08/01/1953 | Calif introduces sales tax (for education) |
| Special : | 11/09/1953 | Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union |
| Special : | 12/16/1953 | Charles E Yeager fly > 2,575 kph in Bell X-1A |
| Special : | 12/12/1953 | Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane |
| Special : | 06/08/1953 | Cluster of 6 tornaodes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113 |
| Special : | 10/25/1953 | Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die |
| Special : | 10/09/1953 | Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor |
| Special : | 06/02/1953 | Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey |
| Special : | 07/26/1953 | Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba |
| Special : | 08/23/1953 | Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter |
| Special : | 01/15/1953 | DDR Min of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage" |
| Special : | 04/08/1953 | Dag Hammarskjld chosen as secretary-general of UN |
| Special : | 04/07/1953 | Dag Hammarskjld of Sweden elected 2nd UN general-secretary |
| Special : | 05/02/1953 | Dark Star, noses out Native Dancer to win Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 11/12/1953 | David Ben Gurion, resigns as premier of Israel |
| Special : | 06/05/1953 | Denmark adopts a new constitution |
| Special : | 07/31/1953 | Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created |
| Special : | 12/27/1953 | Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game |
| Special : | 10/02/1953 | Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series |
| Special : | 10/30/1953 | Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize |
| Special : | 03/26/1953 | Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine against polio |
| Special : | 05/26/1953 | Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die |
| Special : | 08/23/1953 | Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die |
| Special : | 09/28/1953 | Dutch govt proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954 |
| Special : | 05/27/1953 | Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections |
| Special : | 08/07/1953 | Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet |
| Special : | 05/29/1953 | Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest |
| Special : | 01/16/1953 | Egyptian Premier Gen Naguib disbands all political parties |
| Special : | 03/30/1953 | Einstein announces revised unified field theory |
| Special : | 06/14/1953 | Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal |
| Special : | 12/03/1953 | Eisenhower criticize McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party |
| Special : | 06/14/1953 | Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn |
| Special : | 09/17/1953 | Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player |
| Special : | 02/21/1953 | F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule |
| Special : | 05/02/1953 | Feisal II intalled as king of Iraq |
| Special : | 08/01/1953 | Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba |
| Special : | 07/26/1953 | Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban revol |
| Special : | 10/16/1953 | Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana) |
| Special : | 02/01/1953 | Flooding in Netherlands, kills 1,835 |
| Special : | 10/23/1953 | France grants Laos' sovereignty |
| Special : | 08/03/1953 | Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show |
| Special : | 11/06/1953 | French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy |
| Special : | 05/21/1953 | French cabinet of Mayer resigns |
| Special : | 09/03/1953 | French minister Franois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy |
| Special : | 11/30/1953 | French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu |
| Special : | 08/30/1953 | Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC |
| Special : | 01/13/1953 | Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14 |
| Special : | 12/09/1953 | General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired |
| Special : | 08/20/1953 | General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia |
| Special : | 10/23/1953 | German FR applies to NATO |
| Special : | 10/03/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1721 Wells |
| Special : | 10/13/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1763 Williams |
| Special : | 11/07/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #1764 Cogshall |
| Special : | 03/21/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2182 Semirot |
| Special : | 10/10/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2300 Stebbins |
| Special : | 10/14/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2775 |
| Special : | 11/11/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #3185 |
| Special : | 10/08/1953 | Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroids #1762 Russell, |
| Special : | 03/10/1953 | H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2573 Hannu Olavi |
| Special : | 12/04/1953 | H Gessner discovers asteroid #3642 Frieden |
| Special : | 05/15/1953 | Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago |
| Special : | 09/24/1953 | Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Roland Lastarza |
| Special : | 12/31/1953 | Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president |
| Special : | 01/31/1953 | Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning 1,835 |
| Special : | 05/02/1953 | Hussein I intalled as king of Jordan |
| Special : | 10/14/1953 | Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment |
| Special : | 07/04/1953 | Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas R kosi as premier of Hungary |
| Special : | 10/01/1953 | Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras |
| Special : | 03/18/1953 | Indiana wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 09/22/1953 | Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia |
| Special : | 12/07/1953 | Israel's PM Ben-Gureon retires |
| Special : | 04/07/1953 | J A Bruwer discovers asteroid #1660 Wood |
| Special : | 07/13/1953 | J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284 |
| Special : | 07/06/1953 | J Churms discovers asteroid #1701 Okavango |
| Special : | 06/06/1953 | J Churms discovers asteroid #2025 |
| Special : | 01/28/1953 | J Fred Muggs (the chimp) joins NBC's "Today Show" |
| Special : | 02/03/1953 | J Fred Muggs, a chimp, becomes a regular on Today Show |
| Special : | 04/01/1953 | J van Bale appointed governor of New Guinea |
| Special : | 09/12/1953 | Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy |
| Special : | 01/19/1953 | Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary |
| Special : | 01/21/1953 | John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State |
| Special : | 04/09/1953 | Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya |
| Special : | 03/09/1953 | Josef Stalin buried in Moscow |
| Special : | 06/27/1953 | Joseph Laniel appointed French premier |
| Special : | 06/19/1953 | Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicting of spying for USSR |
| Special : | 08/11/1953 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2097 |
| Special : | 11/09/1953 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #3265 |
| Special : | 04/07/1953 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroids 2214 Carol, 2278, 2652 Yabuuti & 2806 |
| Special : | 12/18/1953 | KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/01/1953 | KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/23/1953 | KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/26/1953 | KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/28/1953 | KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City, IA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/10/1953 | KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1953 | KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 08/02/1953 | KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/26/1953 | KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 05/--/1953 | KELO TV channel 11 in Sioux Falls, SD (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/--/1953 | KENI (now KTUU) TV chan 2 in Anchorage, AK (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/26/1953 | KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/24/1953 | KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/04/1953 | KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/12/1953 | KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/19/1953 | KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/--/1953 | KGBT TV channel 4 in Harlingen, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/03/1953 | KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/18/1953 | KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/09/1953 | KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/24/1953 | KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/23/1953 | KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/29/1953 | KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/20/1953 | KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/25/1953 | KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/19/1953 | KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1953 | KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/01/1953 | KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/01/1953 | KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1953 | KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/18/1953 | KMID TV channel 2 in Midland & Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/01/1953 | KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/24/1953 | KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver, CO (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/13/1953 | KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 12/13/1953 | KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/28/1953 | KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC/PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/01/1953 | KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/15/1953 | KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/13/1953 | KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/18/1953 | KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/14/1953 | KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/10/1953 | KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/21/1953 | KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC/PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/24/1953 | KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/31/1953 | KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/21/1953 | KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 07/16/1953 | KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 09/11/1953 | KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/--/1953 | KSBY TV channel 6 in San Luis Obispo/Salia, CA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 03/08/1953 | KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/24/1953 | KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 08/16/1953 | KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 04/23/1953 | KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/01/1953 | KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins |
| Special : | 01/04/1953 | KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/11/1953 | KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station |
| Special : | 07/12/1953 | KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/01/1953 | KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 11/09/1953 | KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/12/1953 | KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston, TX (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/23/1953 | KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 09/15/1953 | KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/01/1953 | KWCH TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/20/1953 | KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City, OK (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/--/1953 | KWWL TV channel 7 in Waterloo-Cedar Rapids, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 08/14/1953 | KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/16/1953 | KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/01/1953 | KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1953 | KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/26/1953 | Kansas wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 04/12/1953 | Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston |
| Special : | 01/09/1953 | Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249 |
| Special : | 10/22/1953 | Laos gains full independence from France |
| Special : | 05/31/1953 | Lebanese president Camille Shamun disbands government |
| Special : | 02/21/1953 | Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81 |
| Special : | 04/15/1953 | Malans "Nasionale Party" wins South African elections |
| Special : | 03/06/1953 | Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR |
| Special : | 08/21/1953 | Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m |
| Special : | 01/13/1953 | Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia |
| Special : | 06/07/1953 | Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Wash DC restaurants |
| Special : | 07/05/1953 | Maureen Connolly wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 07/04/1953 | Maureen Connolly wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 04/17/1953 | Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 m) HR in Wash DC's Griffith Stadium |
| Special : | 06/14/1953 | Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Columbia |
| Special : | 09/29/1953 | Milton Berle Show premiers |
| Special : | 04/10/1953 | Minneapolis beats New York, 4 games to 1, for NBA championship |
| Special : | 12/09/1953 | Mont Canadiens (106) & Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty mins |
| Special : | 04/16/1953 | Montreal Canadiens win Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 01/02/1953 | NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak |
| Special : | 03/21/1953 | NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse) |
| Special : | 01/23/1953 | NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts) |
| Special : | 01/23/1953 | NFL's National & American conference become Eastern & Western conf |
| Special : | 03/18/1953 | NL approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903) |
| Special : | 07/14/1953 | NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati) |
| Special : | 07/25/1953 | NYC transit fare rises from 10 to 15, 1st use of subway tokens |
| Special : | 09/13/1953 | Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st secretary-general of USSR |
| Special : | 09/12/1953 | Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of USSR Communist Party |
| Special : | 03/14/1953 | Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as secretary Comm Party |
| Special : | 07/27/1953 | North Korea & UN sign armistice |
| Special : | 08/01/1953 | Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland |
| Special : | 08/05/1953 | Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom |
| Special : | 05/15/1953 | Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam |
| Special : | 04/11/1953 | Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare |
| Special : | 11/02/1953 | Pakistan becomes islamic republic |
| Special : | 11/05/1953 | Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds |
| Special : | 08/23/1953 | Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3«") |
| Special : | 04/16/1953 | Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game |
| Special : | 05/16/1953 | Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row |
| Special : | 07/09/1953 | Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games |
| Special : | 09/26/1953 | Polish govt arrest Cardinal Wyszynski |
| Special : | 07/10/1953 | Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist] |
| Special : | 08/09/1953 | Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, resigns |
| Special : | 02/18/1953 | Premier of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC) |
| Special : | 05/28/1953 | Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody" |
| Special : | 08/13/1953 | Pres Eisenhower establishes Govt Contract Compliance Committee |
| Special : | 02/11/1953 | Pres Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg |
| Special : | 01/07/1953 | Pres Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb |
| Special : | 05/04/1953 | Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea) |
| Special : | 05/07/1953 | Record 537-kg swordfish was caught by LE Marron, in Chile |
| Special : | 12/24/1953 | Ren Coty elected pres of France |
| Special : | 01/08/1953 | Ren Mayer forms French cabinet |
| Special : | 06/17/1953 | Riots in East Germany for reunification |
| Special : | 08/20/1953 | Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation |
| Special : | 08/08/1953 | Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb |
| Special : | 06/26/1953 | Russian vice-premier/interior minister Beria arrested |
| Special : | 08/09/1953 | S Arend discovers asteroid #1652 Herge |
| Special : | 09/01/1953 | S Arend discovers asteroids #1625 NORC & #1916 Boreas |
| Special : | 11/08/1953 | Salazars party wins all parliament chair in Portugal |
| Special : | 03/26/1953 | Salk Polio vaccine announced |
| Special : | 11/20/1953 | Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH) |
| Special : | 06/08/1953 | Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court |
| Special : | 08/16/1953 | Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome |
| Special : | 08/22/1953 | Shah of Persia returns to Teheran |
| Special : | 10/19/1953 | Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey |
| Special : | 06/09/1953 | South African premier Malan visits Netherlands |
| Special : | 08/12/1953 | Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb |
| Special : | 02/28/1953 | Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Chroestsjov & Malenkov |
| Special : | 08/21/1953 | Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed |
| Special : | 11/09/1953 | Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws |
| Special : | 09/10/1953 | Swanson sells it's 1st "TV dinner" |
| Special : | 10/11/1953 | T Mitani discovers asteroid #1619 Ueta |
| Special : | 10/31/1953 | TV broadcasting begins in Belgium |
| Special : | 05/11/1953 | Tornado kills 114 in Waco Texas ($39M damage) |
| Special : | 06/09/1953 | Tornado strikes Worcester Mass destroying Assumption College |
| Special : | 06/08/1953 | Tornadoes kill 110 in Mich & Ohio |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan |
| Special : | 03/31/1953 | UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjld secretary-general |
| Special : | 10/12/1953 | US & Greece signs peace treaty (US bases) |
| Special : | 08/08/1953 | US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact |
| Special : | 09/26/1953 | US & Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain) |
| Special : | 08/13/1953 | US Gen Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff |
| Special : | 06/05/1953 | US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN |
| Special : | 11/19/1953 | US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business |
| Special : | 11/19/1953 | US VP Richard Nixon visits Hanoi |
| Special : | 07/29/1953 | US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok |
| Special : | 11/12/1953 | US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games |
| Special : | 09/05/1953 | US give Persians premier Zahedi $45 million aid |
| Special : | 09/29/1953 | US govt gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China |
| Special : | 07/08/1953 | US sends aid to Persia |
| Special : | 02/12/1953 | USSR breaks relations with Israel |
| Special : | 08/29/1953 | USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb |
| Special : | 07/20/1953 | USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations |
| Special : | 07/27/1953 | Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory |
| Special : | 08/04/1953 | Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0 |
| Special : | 07/03/1953 | Victor Seixas wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 04/14/1953 | Viet-Minh offensive in Laos |
| Special : | 01/25/1953 | WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/19/1953 | WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/01/1953 | WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 07/19/1953 | WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/14/1953 | WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/05/1953 | WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/16/1953 | WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1953 | WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/04/1953 | WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 12/01/1953 | WAXA TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/17/1953 | WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 01/01/1953 | WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 12/07/1953 | WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/14/1953 | WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/23/1953 | WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/19/1953 | WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/01/1953 | WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/07/1953 | WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 06/01/1953 | WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/01/1953 | WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/11/1953 | WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/05/1953 | WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/31/1953 | WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (NBC) begins |
| Special : | 09/09/1953 | WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/08/1953 | WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/04/1953 | WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/01/1953 | WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/23/1953 | WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/15/1953 | WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 04/14/1953 | WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins |
| Special : | 11/15/1953 | WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/30/1953 | WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/08/1953 | WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/07/1953 | WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/23/1953 | WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/15/1953 | WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, FL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/26/1953 | WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/15/1953 | WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins |
| Special : | 01/28/1953 | WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/01/1953 | WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission |
| Special : | 08/31/1953 | WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins |
| Special : | 01/06/1953 | WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/21/1953 | WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 07/--/1953 | WKOW TV channel 27 in Madison, WI (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/28/1953 | WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/15/1953 | WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/--/1953 | WLIO TV channel 35 in Lima, OH (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/18/1953 | WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/08/1953 | WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins |
| Special : | 08/31/1953 | WLVI TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, GA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/30/1953 | WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 07/--/1953 | WMTV TV channel 15 in Madison, WI (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/09/1953 | WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 09/01/1953 | WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, SC (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 10/20/1953 | WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/15/1953 | WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, GA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/01/1953 | WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/--/1953 | WSIL TV channel 3 in Harrisburg, IL begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 11/29/1953 | WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 12/10/1953 | WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins |
| Special : | 05/31/1953 | WSUN TV channel 38 in St Petersburg-Tampa, FL (IND) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 03/01/1953 | WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altonna, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/01/1953 | WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (MET) begins |
| Special : | 10/14/1953 | WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/27/1953 | WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC/CBS) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 06/19/1953 | WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 10/23/1953 | WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 10/18/1953 | WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 10/06/1953 | WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/03/1953 | WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 09/15/1953 | WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (ABC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 03/17/1953 | WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield, MA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 02/05/1953 | Walt Disney's "Peter Pan" released |
| Special : | 12/01/1953 | Walter Alston named Dodger manager |
| Special : | 07/07/1953 | Walter Burkemo wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 12/24/1953 | Wellington-Auckland (NZ) express train swept away in flood kills 166 |
| Special : | 05/03/1953 | Westchester conf of Amer Library Assoc proclaims "Freedom to Read" |
| Special : | 12/31/1953 | Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year |
| Special : | 10/18/1953 | Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times |
| Special : | 05/11/1953 | Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory |
| Special : | 04/24/1953 | Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II |
| Special : | 04/27/1953 | Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek" |
| Special : | 06/29/1953 | XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
| Special : | 05/22/1953 | Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yanks beat Wash 12-4 |
| Special : | 09/04/1953 | Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship |
| Special : | 06/14/1953 | Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight |
| Special : | 01/14/1953 | Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) |
| Special : | 09/02/1953 | 102øF highest temperature for September in NYC |
| Special : | 11/17/1953 | 71øF highest temperature for this date in NYC |
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