* 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

Following another playoff upset in 1953 at the hands of the Bruins, the Red Wings won back to back Stanley Cups in 1954 ( over Montreal, when Habs defenseman Doug Harvey redirected a Tony Leswick shot into his own net ) and 1955 ( also over Montreal in the full seven games ).

* 1953 – Tony Blair, English politician, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

* 1953 – Tony Shalhoub, American actor

* 1953 – Tony Carey, American musician ( Rainbow, Planet P Project )

File: TonyBlairBasra. JPG | Tony Blair served 1997 – 2007, born 1953

* The 1953 biographical film, Houdini, starring Tony Curtis in the title role, depicted many of Houdini's escapology performances.

Merman and Berlin reunited for Call Me Madam in 1950, for which she won the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical, and she went on to star in the 1953 screen adaptation as well, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for her performance.

* Tony Paige ( boxing ) ( born 1953 ), radio talk show host on WFAN.

* 1953 Tony Award for Best Musical ( Wonderful Town, winner )

They had four children: Tony ( b. 1953 ), Michael ( b. 1954 ), Linda ( b. 1956 ) and Scott ( b. 1958 ).

Russell won a Tony Award in 1953 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Musical for her portrayal of Ruth in the Broadway show Wonderful Town ( a musical based on the film My Sister Eileen, in which she also starred ).

Russell scored a big hit on Broadway with her Tony Award-winning performance in Wonderful Town ( 1953 ), a musical version of her successful film of a decade earlier, My Sister Eileen.

Nonetheless, the production won the 1953 " Best Play " Tony Award.

Peter Benjamin Mandelson, Baron Mandelson, PC ( born 21 October 1953 ) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament ( MP ) for Hartlepool from 1992 to 2004, served in a number of Cabinet positions under both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, and was a European Commissioner.

In 1951, she married actor Tony Curtis, her third husband, with whom she co-starred in five films, including Houdini ( 1953 ), The Black Shield of Falworth ( 1954 ), The Vikings and The Perfect Furlough ( 1958 ).

She co-starred with third husband Tony Curtis in five films, Houdini ( 1953 ), The Black Shield of Falworth ( 1954 ), The Vikings ( 1958 ), The Perfect Furlough ( 1958 ), and Who Was That Lady?

In 1953 Williams was awarded a Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor ( Dramatic ) for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Dial M for Murder on Broadway.

* Steven J Zaloga, Tony Bryan, Jim Laurier-" M26 – M46 Pershing Tank 1943 – 1953 ", 2000 Osprey Publishing ( New Vanguard 35 ), ISBN 1-84176-202-4.

Their song Rags to Riches was recorded by Tony Bennett and reached number 1 on the charts in 1953.

Trueman, Jim Laker and Tony Lock, part of the winning 1953 team, were omitted, and Colin Cowdrey and Vic Wilson were included.

Jones was subsequently married to television producer Aaron Spelling from 1953 until 1964 ; Tony Award-winning Broadway musical director, vocal arranger and co-producer, Herbert Greene, who was her vocal coach, from 1968 until their divorce in 1977 ; and British actor Peter Bailey-Britton from 1982 until her death.

Philip Charles Anglim ( born February 11, 1953 ) is an American actor best known for his performance as Joseph Merrick in the stage and television versions of The Elephant Man, a role for which he received a Best Actor nomination in the 1979 Tony Awards.

Interested in Van Doren's allure, Universal then cast her in The All American ( 1953 ), ( also starring Tony Curtis ), playing her first major role as Susie Ward, a wayward girl who is the man-trap at a campus beer joint.

He began his radio career in 1953 at 3BO in Bendigo before working at several rural radio stations prior to joining 2UE in 1957, the first of four terms at that Sydney radio station, during which time Laws, ( along with Bob Rogers, Tony Withersand and Stan Rofe ) became prominent as one of the first Australian disc jockeys to play rock ' n ' roll music.