* Albert Austin ( 1881 – 1953 ), British / American actor

77, No. 3 ( Sep., 1953 ), pp. 148 – 155.

* 1881 – Karl Staaf, Swedish athlete ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Christopher Franke, German musician and composer ( Tangerine Dream )

* 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.

* 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American actor and singer ( The Osmonds )

* 1953 – Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ( Rush and Big Dirty Band )

* 1953 – Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright

* 1953 – Pope Pius XII establishes the Dioceses of Norwich and Bridgeport and makes the Diocese of Hartford an archdiocese.

* 1953 – Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer

* 1953 – Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater

* 1953 – Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer

The tide finally turned in 1953 when England won the final Test at The Oval to take the series 1 – 0, having narrowly evaded defeat in the preceding Test at Headingley.

* 1953 – Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter ( Corbeau )

* 1953 – Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist ( Runrig )

* 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor

Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 to 1930, but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible.

* 1953 – Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist

* 1953 – Howard Kurtz, American journalist

* 1953 – Ian Bairnson, Scottish musician ( Keats )

Franciszek Bujak ( 1875 – 1953 ) and Jan Rutkowski ( 1886 – 1949 ), the founders of modern economic history in Poland and of the journal Roczniki Dziejów Spolecznych i Gospodarczych ( 1931 – ), were attracted to the innovations of the Annales school.

* 1896 – Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Mark Lazarowicz, English Politician

* 1953 – Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.

In September 1953, the Central Committee bestowed Khrushchev with the title of First Secretary, which made his seniority in the Central Committee official.

Early in 1953, the French asked Eisenhower for help in French Indochina against the Communists, supplied from China, who were fighting the First Indochina War.

First published in 1953 by Ballantine Books, Fahrenheit 451 is twice as long as " The Fireman ".

Stalin's death on 5 March 1953 prompted major changes in the Soviet leadership and in March 1953, Voroshilov was approved as Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet ( i. e., the head of state ) with Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Communist Party and Georgy Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union.

Maldives remained a British crown protectorate until 1953 when the sultanate was suspended and the First Republic was declared under the short-lived presidency of Muhammad Amin Didi.

* 1953 – Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Her first appearance with Ronald Reagan came in one of the latter, Ford Theatre, during a 1953 episode titled " First Born ".

First, the particles were classified by charge and isospin by Eugene Wigner and Werner Heisenberg ; then, in 1953, according to strangeness by Murray Gell-Mann and Kazuhiko Nishijima.

Cover of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, Ballantine Books No. 41, First Edition, 1953.

Later on, in 1953 and 1958, the happy face was used in promotional campaigns for motion pictures Lili and Gigi, respectively. First use of happy face in a campaign for the film Lili in 1953.

In 1950, as the SED restructured itself into a more orthodox Soviet-style Communist party, he became General Secretary of the SED Central Committee ; this position was renamed First Secretary in 1953.

The office was known as " First Secretary " from 1953 to 1976.

Alec Tiranti, Ltd. London: 1953 First Edition

In the 20th century, the race was run on the first Wednesday in June from 1900 until 1995 apart from: 1915 to 1918, ( during the First World War ) when it was on a Tuesday ; during the Second World War, from 1942 until 1945 the race was run on a Saturday as it was in the post war years of 1947 to 1950 and again in 1953.

After a four month dating relationship, on 2 August 1975 Stonehill married Sarah Mae Finch ( born 18 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California ), a school teacher, the sister-in-law of Stephen J. Cannell, at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles, California, In a 1978 interview Stonehill explained how he met Sarah Finch.

Bokassa saw some combat during the First Indochina War before his tour of duty ended in March 1953.

* 1953: First flight to Mexico City on a Cubana Lockheed L-1049G Constellation.

The Giles Mandeville House ( also built in 1788 ), a field and quarry-stone structure located at 515 Newark-Pompton Turnpike, which is believed to have served as a waypoint for many runaway slaves, still stands today in use as the Manse of the adjacent First Reformed Church since 1953.

Simultaneously, however, another " Headquarters, First Canadian Infantry Division " was authorized as part of the Canadian Army Active Force ( the Regular forces of the Canadian military ), in October 1953.

Redgrave became the First President of the English Speaking Board in 1953, and President of the Questors Theatre, Ealing in 1958.

* 1953: First Symphony (" Proti Simfonia ")