* 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

* Operation Ajax, the 1953 Iranian coup d ' état

* Operation Hesperus off Stornoway, 1953.

* 1953 – LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.

Clockwise, from left: United Nations soldiers during the Korean War, which was the first UN authorized conflict ; Two atomic explosions from the RDS-37 and Operation Upshot-Knothole | Upshot-Knothole ( Soviet and American, respectively ) nuclear weapons, symbolizing the escalation of Cold War tensions between the two nations in the 1950s ; Israeli troops prepare to fight the Egypt ians during the Suez Crisis of 1956 ; A replica of Sputnik I, the world's first satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957 ; Fidel Castro leads the Cuban Revolution in 1959 ; North Sea flood of 1953

He also played a major role in the Central Intelligence Agency operation to overthrow the democratic Mossadegh government of Iran in 1953 ( Operation Ajax ) and the democratic Arbenz government of Guatemala in 1954 ( Operation PBSUCCESS ).

The 50th FBW deployed to Hahn on 10 August 1953, during Operation Fox Able 20.

* Operation Upshot-Knothole — 1953

Two years later, the Persian nationalisation of the petroleum of Iran was halted with Operation Ajax, a British – American coup d ’ état, which deposed P. M. Mossadeq on 19 August 1953, and reinstated the deposed, absolute monarchy of the Pahlavi family.

The VNA fought in a wide range of campaigns including but not limited to the Battle of Na San ( 1952 ), Operation Atlas ( 1953 ) and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu ( 1954 ).

Moreover, the early balloon and leaflet operations initiated by the National Committee for Free Europe during Nagy's first term as Hungarian prime minister ( 1953 – 1955 )— namely " Operation Focus "— arguably antagonized Nagy and spawned a stern neutralism ( later, hostility ) toward him among U. S. diplomats and RFE broadcasters during the crisis.

The station site was chosen in 1953 by Dr. Phillip Law, first director of the AAD, who drew on aerial photographs taken during the U. S. Operation Highjump ( OpHjp ) of 1946-1947 to select the site for its large natural harbour ( Horseshoe Harbour ) and permanently exposed rock for building.

Evidences of the Chinese secret aid were found in caves during Operation Hirondelle in July 1953.

However, recently it has been discovered that undercover ( CAT )-or not-US Air Force pilots flew to support the French during Operation Castor in November 1953.

In 1953, the British and U. S. spy agencies deposed the democratically-elected government of Mossadegh in a military coup d ' état codenamed Operation Ajax, and restored the Shah as an absolute monarch.

The region was fortified in November 1953 by the French Union force in the biggest airborne operation of the 1946-1954 First Indochina War, Operation Castor, to block Việt Minh transport routes and to set the stage to draw out Việt Minh forces.

The Shah fled Iran but returned when the United Kingdom and United States staged a coup against Mossadegh in August 1953 ( see Operation Ajax ).

On September 21, 1953, he flew his MiG-15 to the Kimpo Air Base in South Korea, claiming that he wanted to get away from the " red deceit " and is often associated with Operation Moolah.

In the summer of 1953 President Eisenhower asked Kennan to chair the first of a series of top-secret teams, dubbed Operation Solarium, examining the advantages and disadvantages of continuing the Truman administration's approach of containment and of seeking to " roll back " existing areas of Soviet influence.

* The Red Beret, a 1953 film based on Operation Biting and other early raids by the Parachute Regiment

It is one of the longest-serving designs of all time, serving as a battle tank for the British and Australian armies from the Korean War ( 1950 – 1953 ) to the Vietnam War ( 1961 – 1972 ), and as an armoured engineer vehicle during Operation Desert Storm in January – February 1991.

An Australian Army Mk 3 Centurion Type K, Army Registration Number 169041, was involved in a nuclear blast test at Emu Field in Australia in 1953 as part of Operation Totem 1.

Hondo ( 1953 ), The Quiet Man ( 1952 ), Operation Pacific ( 1951 ), Fort Apache ( 1948 ), 3 Godfathers ( 1948 ), They Were Expendable ( 1945 ), Dakota ( 1945 ), Tall in the Saddle ( 1944 ), The Shepherd of the Hills ( 1941 ), The Long Voyage Home ( 1940 ), Conflict ( 1936 ), and The Big Trail ( 1930 ).

In 1953, the unit flew the Sikorsky HRS-1 and during this period took part in Operation Desert Rock, the first atomic test to use ground troops.