* 1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer

The Dutch Grand Prix was a round of the World Drivers Championship for the first time not a Formula One race, as the World Championship was for Formula Two cars that year and in 1953.

* 1953 – Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer

In subsequent years he was given many prestigious commissions, including the Dutch pavilion for the Venice Biennale ( 1953 ), the art academies in Amsterdam and Arnhem, and the press room for the UNESCO building in Paris.

* 1953 – Jacques Tichelaar, a Dutch politician and trade union leader

* 1953 – Wim Eijk, Dutch archbishop

* 1953 – Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist

It was developed by the Dutch physicist Fritz Zernike in the 1930s ( for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1953 ).

* 1953 – Dick Stellingwerf, Dutch politician

* 1953 – Johan de Meij, Dutch conductor and composer

* 1953 – Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver

* September 7 – Albert Plesman, Dutch aviation pioneer ( d. 1953 )

On 28 October 1953, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the anthem, the Harian Umum daily published their own English, German, and Dutch translations of the song.

Arie Luyendyk, anglicised form of Arie Luijendijk ( born September 21, 1953 in Sommelsdijk ) is a Dutch auto racing driver, twice winner of the Indianapolis 500.

The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to Dutch physicist Fritz Zernike in 1953 for his development of phase contrast illumination which allows imaging of transparent samples.

* Herman Ponsteen ( born 1953 ), Dutch track cyclist who won silver at the 1976 Summer Olympics

* Wijda Mazereeuw ( 1953 ), Dutch swimmer

From 1953 to 1956, he was a member of the executive committee of the Dutch Labour Party in the Utrecht region.

* in Germany there were also four major occupation zones: the British Zone ( after three consecutive Military governors from 22 May 1945, the last stayed on as first of three consecutive High Commissioners 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the US Zone ( after five Military governors from 8 May 1945, four High Commissioners 2 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ), the Soviet Zone ( after a military commander April 1945 – 9 June 1945 who stayed as first of three Military governors 9 June 1945 – 10 October 1949, the last of whom stayed on as only Chairman of the Soviet Control Commission 10 October 1949 – 28 May 1953, two High commissioners 28 May 1953 – 20 September 1955 ) and the French Zone ( after a Military commander from May 1945 and a Military governor from July 1945, a single High commissioner 21 September 1949 – 5 May 1955 ); the Nazi capital, Berlin, enclaved in the Soviet zone, is separately quartered under four military City Commanders ; only the small Dutch zone by the border is destined for annexation in 1949, so it is divided up in two districts, each under a landdrost ( Tudderen, attached to the province of ( Dutch ) Limburg and Elten, attached to Gelderland province ), but returned to Germany after compensation payments and minor border corrections on 11 August 1963

Frits Zernike (; July 16, 1888 – March 10, 1966 ) was a Dutch physicist and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1953 for his invention of the phase contrast microscope, an instrument that permits the study of internal cell structure without the need to stain and thus kill the cells.

Dutch florin against German mark between 1953 and 2000

A Dutch entrepreneur, Piet Derksen started a sporting goods shop in 1953 at the Lijnbaan in Rotterdam.

Prior to the 1996 Australian Grand Prix, an earlier configuration of the current circuit was used for both the 1953 and 1956 Australian Grands Prix.

In 1953, Collingwood defeated Geelong in the Grand Final.

* GCVO: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, 1953

Then came Taittinger's Comtes de Champagne ( first vintage 1952 ), and Laurent-Perrier's Grand Siècle ' La Cuvée ' in 1960, a blend of three vintages ( 1952, 1953, and 1955 ) and Perrier Jouet's ' La Belle Epoque '.

* 1953: National Geographic Magazine publishes an article about Cousteau's underwater archaeology at Grand Congloué island near Marseille.

These include Chetan Anand's Neecha Nagar ( 1946 ), which won the Grand Prize at the 1st Cannes Film Festival, and Bimal Roy's Two Acres of Land ( 1953 ), which won the International Prize at the 7th Cannes Film Festival.

During the 1950s the Grand National was dominated by Vincent O ' Brien, who trained different winners of the race for three consecutive years between 1953 and 1955.

* Collar of the Grand Order of the Hashemites – 1953

* Grand Cordon of the Order of the Two Rivers – 1953

* Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order ( GCVO ) – 1953

Public use of the word " Aqualung ", and public interest in Aqualungs and scuba diving, were started around 1953 in English-speaking counties by a National Geographical Society Magazine article about Cousteau's underwater archaeological expedition to Grand Congloué.

Collingwood lost two Grand Finals to Melbourne in this decade, but bounced back to win premierships in 1953 and 1958.

He won his first Grand Prix, at the ninth attempt, at the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims.

NHK broadcasts the six annual Grand Sumo tournaments ( having done so since the 1953 Natsu Basho ), high-school baseball championships from Koshien Stadium, Olympic Games ( under the Japan Consortium ), National Sports Festival of Japan, and a range of other sports.

In 1953, the mayor and city council of Grand Prairie went on a " land grab ", and attempted to annex nearly of then-unincorporated and largely undeveloped land in southern Dallas and Tarrant counties.

*: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic ( 30 / 05 / 1953 )

At the US Open, Graf defeated Sabatini in a three-set final to win the Calendar Year Grand Slam, a feat previously performed by only two other women, Maureen Connolly Brinker in 1953 and Margaret Court in 1970.

; 80px Knight Grand Commander ( Second Class, higher grade ) of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao – 1953

The next most senior member is the Grand Master, of which there have been three: Edward, Prince of Wales ( 1917 – 1936 ); Queen Mary ( 1936 – 1953 ); and the current Grand Master, The Duke of Edinburgh ( since 1953 ).

The modern definition could not be applied until at least 1934, when the Masters was founded, and still carried little weight in 1953 when Ben Hogan, after winning the Masters, the U. S. Open and The Open Championship, could not compete in the PGA Championship ; the nearly concurrent PGA Championship and The Open Championship and the state of transatlantic travel made completing the Grand Slam impossible.