** L, 45 ; 421: 6 ; 253: f. 44 ' N5

** Philopoemen, Greek general and statesman, strategos of the Achaean League on eight occasions and a major figure in the demise of Sparta as a Greek power ( b. 253 BC )

** No. 253 Wing RAF, Advanced HQ Ma ' aten Bagush

** Luftwaffe Dornier Do 217 bombers sink the Italian battleship Roma west of Corsica with two Fritz X radio-controlled glide bombs as she steams to surrender to the Allies ; 1, 253 of the 1, 849 aboard are lost.

** 253 Medical Regiment ( Volunteers )

** 253, Assassination of Emperor Trebonianus Gallus, Assassination of Emperor Volusianus, Assassination of Emperor Aemilianus.

** Dr. Elmer S. Bagnall Elementary ( 253 School St .) ( K-6 )

** Order 2004-8-11 ( August 17, 2004 ): re-selecting Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d / b / a Northwest Airlink, to provide essential air service ( EAS ) at Laurel / Hattiesburg, Mississippi, for the period from July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2006, at an annual subsidy rate of $ 1, 100, 253.