* 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 – 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

Due to the efforts of Merrill Swan, W6AEE, of the " The RTTY Society of Southern California " publisher of RTTY and Wayne Green, W2NSD, of CQ Magazine, Amateur Radio operators successfully petitioned the U. S. Federal Communications Commission ( FCC ) to amend Part 12 of the Regulations, which was effective on February 20, 1953.

In 1953, Merrill, Björling, de los Angeles and Zinka Milanov recorded the complete Pagliacci and Cavalleria rusticana.

The first generation consisted of Sauer's own students: Fred Kniffen ( 1930 ), Peveril Meigs ( 1932 ), Donald Brand ( 1933 ), Henry Bruman ( 1940 ), Felix W. McBryde ( 1940 ), Robert Bowman ( 1941 ), Dan Stanislawski ( 1944 ), Robert C. West ( 1946 ), James J. Parsons ( 1948 ), Edwin Doran ( 1953 ), Philip Wagner ( 1953 ), Brigham Arnold ( 1954 ), Homer Aschmann ( 1954 ), B. LeRoy Gordon ( 1954 ), Gordon Merrill ( 1957 ), Donald Innis ( 1958 ), Carl Johannessen ( 1959 ), Clinton Edwards ( 1962 ), and Leonard Sawatzky ( 1967 ).

* William F. Baker ( engineer ) ( born 1953 ), partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

" Butterflies " is a popular song, written by Bob Merrill and recorded by Patti Page in 1953.

In 1953, Osmond gave English author Aldous Huxley a dose of mescaline.

Huxley was introduced to psychedelic drugs in 1953 by a friend, psychiatrist Dr. Humphry Osmond.

In May 1953 Osmond gave Huxley his first dose of mescaline, at the Huxley home.

* Lloyd Austin ( born 1953 ), American general

* 1953 – Don Most, American actor

* 1953 – J. Neil Schulman, American writer

* 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – James Horner, American composer

* 1953 – Cliff Johnson, American game designer

* 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress

In 1953 the Curb Exchange was renamed the American Stock Exchange.

* 1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant

* 1953 – Lynwood Slim, American singer and harmonica player

* 1953 – Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director

* 1883 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general ( d. 1953 )

* 1953 – Debralee Scott, American actress ( d. 2005 )

* 1953 – James Vance, American comic book writer, author and playwright

* 1953 – Ron George, American politician

* 1953 – Robert Parish, American basketball player

* 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor

* 1953 – Rod Morgenstein, American drummer and educator ( Winger, Dixie Dregs, Platypus, and The Jelly Jam )

* 1953 – Ruby Wax, American comedian