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Events on the year of 1953 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1953 Ernest Blochs "Suite Hebraique, " premieres
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01 Jan 1953 WBRE TV channel 28 in Wilkes-Barre Scranton, PA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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02 Jan 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
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03 Jan 1953 Frances P. Bolton and her son, Oliver from Ohio, become the first mother and son to serve simultaneously in the U.S. Congress.
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04 Jan 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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06 Jan 1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
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06 Jan 1953 The first Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma.
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07 Jan 1953 President Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
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08 Jan 1953 Indians bar night games with Browns (who refuse to share TV receipts)
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09 Jan 1953 Bevo Francis, Rio Grande College, scores 116 pts in basketball game
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09 Jan 1953 Korean ferryboat "Chang Tyong-Ho" sank off Pusan killing 249
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10 Jan 1953 NFL Pro Bowl: N Conf beats A Conf 27-7
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10 Jan 1953 NFL Pro Bowl National Conference beats American Conference 27-7
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10 Jan 1953 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish
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10 Jan 1953 "My Darlin' Aida" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY after 89 performances
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11 Jan 1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club
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12 Jan 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
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12 Jan 1953 9 "Jewish" physicians arrested for "terrorist activities" in Moscow
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13 Jan 1953 An article appears in Pravda accusing some of the most prestigious and prominent doctors, mostly Jews, in the Soviet Union of taking part in a vast plot to poison members of the top Soviet political and military leadership.
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13 Jan 1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia
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13 Jan 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Jan 1953 Gas explosion in Belgium coal mine kills 14
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14 Jan 1953 Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
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14 Jan 1953 WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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14 Jan 1953 Vaughan William's "Sinfonia Antartica" premieres in Manchester
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14 Jan 1953 Yugoslavia elects its 1st president (Marshal Tito)
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15 Jan 1953 GDR Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"
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15 Jan 1953 German Democratic Republic Minister of Foreign affairs Georg Dertingen arrested for "espionage"
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15 Jan 1953 16 car Federal Express train loses brakes & crashes in Washington DC station
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16 Jan 1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Jan 1953 Egyptian Premier General Naguib disbands all political parties
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16 Jan 1953 41st Australian Mens Tennis Ken Rosewall beats Mervyn Rose (60 63 64)
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16 Jan 1953 27th Australian Womens Tennis Maureen Connolly beat J Sampson (63 62)
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18 Jan 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
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19 Jan 1953 Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
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19 Jan 1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary
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20 Jan 1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo, New York
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20 Jan 1953 1st live coast-to-coast inauguration address (Eisenhower)
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21 Jan 1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
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22 Jan 1953 Arthur Miller's "Crucible" premieres in New York City NY
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23 Jan 1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (now Indianapolis Colts)
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23 Jan 1953 NFL's National & American conferences become Eastern & Western conferences
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23 Jan 1953 Bobby Simpson makes 1st-class debut for New South Wales 16 years 357 days
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25 Jan 1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Jan 1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds
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27 Jan 1953 Netherlands end Marshall aid
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28 Jan 1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
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29 Jan 1953 1st movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres
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31 Jan 1953 "Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer Scotland; 133 die
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31 Jan 1953 A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom
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31 Jan 1953 Hurricane-like winds flood Netherlands drowning nearly 2,000
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31 Jan 1953 New York, Cleveland & Boston retaliate at Bill Veeck, forcing the Browns to play afternoon games to avoid sharing TV revenues
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01 Feb 1953 "General Electric Theater" premieres on CBS TV; Reagan later hosts
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01 Feb 1953 "You Are There" with Walter Cronkite premieres on CBS television
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01 Feb 1953 Dr A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State
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01 Feb 1953 Flooding in the Netherlands, kills 1,835
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01 Feb 1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Feb 1953 North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch, Watersnoodramp, literally "flood disaster") was a major flood caused by a heavy storm, that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
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05 Feb 1953 "Peter Pan" by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, New York City
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05 Feb 1953 5th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Thomas Mitchell and Helen Hayes wins
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06 Feb 1953 US controls on wages and some consumer goods were lifted
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08 Feb 1953 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
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08 Feb 1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
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09 Feb 1953 "Adventures of Superman" TV series premieres in syndication
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09 Feb 1953 General Walter Bedell Smith, USA, ends term as 4th Director of CIA Allen W Dulles, becomes acting Director of CIA
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09 Feb 1953 WNEP TV channel 16 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
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10 Feb 1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy of Great Britain
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10 Feb 1953 Ice Pairs Championship at Davos won by Jennifer & John Nicks of Great Britain
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10 Feb 1953 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA
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11 Feb 1953 "Hazel Flagg" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
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11 Feb 1953 The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
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11 Feb 1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
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11 Feb 1953 J Styne/B Hilliard's musical "Hazel Flagg" premieres in New York NY
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11 Feb 1953 President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple
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11 Feb 1953 Russia breaks diplomatic relations with Israel
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12 Feb 1953 USSR breaks relations with Israel
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13 Feb 1953 A's change name of Shibe Park to Connie Mack Stadium
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15 Feb 1953 Parliamentary elections held in Liechtenstein.
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17 Feb 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
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17 Feb 1953 DSB soccer team forms in Eindhoven
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18 Feb 1953 "Bwana Devil, " the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
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18 Feb 1953 "Maggie" opens at National Theater NYC for 5 performances
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18 Feb 1953 Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (NYC)
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18 Feb 1953 Premiere of 1st 3-D feature film-"Bwana Devil" (New York NY)
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18 Feb 1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln NB (CBS) begins broadcasting
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19 Feb 1953 Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
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19 Feb 1953 Georgia approves US 1st literature censorship board
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19 Feb 1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
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19 Feb 1953 William Inge's "Picnic" premieres in New York NY
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20 Feb 1953 August A Busch buys the Cardinals for $3.75 million
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20 Feb 1953 US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport & not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling
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21 Feb 1953 "Maggie" closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
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21 Feb 1953 Longest collegiate basketball game (6 OTs) Niagara beats Siena 88-81
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21 Feb 1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule
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25 Feb 1953 "Wonderful Town" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 559 performances
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26 Feb 1953 Allen W Dulles, promoted from deputy to 5th director of CIA
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28 Feb 1953 James Watson and Francis Crick announce to friends that they have determined the chemical structure of DNA; the formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
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28 Feb 1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev & Malenkov
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01 Mar 1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
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01 Mar 1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1953 KTNT (now KSTW) TV channel 11 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins
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01 Mar 1953 WJZ-AM in NYC becomes WABC; WJZ-TV in Baltimore final transmission
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01 Mar 1953 WTAJ TV channel 10 in Altoona, PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1953 Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
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03 Mar 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block St. Louis Browns attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee
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03 Mar 1953 Canadian Comet crashes at Karachi, 11 killed
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03 Mar 1953 A Canadian Pacific Air Lines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
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06 Mar 1953 Malenkov becomes Chairman of the USSR
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06 Mar 1953 Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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08 Mar 1953 Census indicates 239,000 farmers gave up farming in last 2 years
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08 Mar 1953 KSWO TV channel 7 in Lawton, OK (ABC) begins broadcasting
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08 Mar 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Jacksonville Golf Open
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08 Mar 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Mar 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow
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11 Mar 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
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11 Mar 1953 An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches
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14 Mar 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Mar 1953 Nikita Khrushchev succeeds Malenkov as Secretary of Communist Party
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15 Mar 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to the Netherlands, 2-1
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15 Mar 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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16 Mar 1953 American League rejects Bill Veeck's request to move St Louis Browns to Baltimore
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17 Mar 1953 Bill Veeck says he will sell his 80% of St Louis Browns for $2,475M
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17 Mar 1953 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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17 Mar 1953 WWLP TV channel 22 in Springfield MA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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18 Mar 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
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18 Mar 1953 An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.
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18 Mar 1953 15th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Kansas 69-68
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18 Mar 1953 Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die
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18 Mar 1953 KGNC (now KAMR) TV channel 4 in Amarillo TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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18 Mar 1953 National League approves Boston Braves move to Milwaukee (1st shift since 1903)
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19 Mar 1953 25th Academy Awards - "Greatest Show on Earth, " Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (1st time televised)
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19 Mar 1953 Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" premieres in New York NY
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20 Mar 1953 Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole
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20 Mar 1953 Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole right to ban radio-TV broadcasts of major league games in their own territory
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21 Mar 1953 NBA record 106 fouls & 12 players foul out (Boston-Syracuse)
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22 Mar 1953 Anton
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22 Mar 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open
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24 Mar 1953 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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26 Mar 1953 Salk Polio vaccine announced
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26 Mar 1953 Dr Jonas Salk announces new vaccine to prevent polio [myelitis]
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27 Mar 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut OH
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28 Mar 1953 "New Faces (of 1952)" closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances
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28 Mar 1953 "Stock exchanges open, dikes closed" raises
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28 Mar 1953 7th Tony Awards: Crucible & Wonderful Town win
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28 Mar 1953 KCAU TV channel 9 in Sioux City IA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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28 Mar 1953 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright
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28 Mar 1953 US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Hayes A Jenkins
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29 Mar 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
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30 Mar 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
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31 Mar 1953 Department of Health, Education & Welfare established
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31 Mar 1953 UN Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskj
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01 Apr 1953 J van Bale appointed Governor of New Guinea
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01 Apr 1953 KXMC TV channel 13 in Minot, ND (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Apr 1953 Walcott Worrell and Weekes all make centuries in innings vs. India
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02 Apr 1953 Raab forms his 1st government in Austria
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04 Apr 1953 KFDA TV channel 10 in Amarillo, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Apr 1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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05 Apr 1953 WEYI TV channel 25 in Saginaw, MI (CBS) begins broadcasting
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07 Apr 1953 1st west-to-east jet transatlantic nonstop flight
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08 Apr 1953 Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya's British rulers.
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09 Apr 1953 "TV Guide" publishes 1st issue
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09 Apr 1953 Jomo Kenyatta sentenced to 7 years in Kenya
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10 Apr 1953 "House of Wax, " 1st 3-D movie, released (NYC)
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10 Apr 1953 7th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 1
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10 Apr 1953 Warner Bros. premieres the first 3-D film from a major American studio, entitled House of Wax.
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10 Apr 1953 "House of Wax", 1st 3-D movie is released (New York NY)
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11 Apr 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare
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12 Apr 1953 Keizo Yamada runs fastest marathon to date, at Boston
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12 Apr 1953 KFDX TV channel 3 in Wichita Falls TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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13 Apr 1953 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
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13 Apr 1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cincinnati Reds 2-0
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14 Apr 1953 Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
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14 Apr 1953 WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke MA (ABC) begins
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15 Apr 1953 Malans National Party wins South African elections
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15 Apr 1953 WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg PA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Apr 1953 Queen Elizabeth II launches the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia.
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16 Apr 1953 Phillie's Connie Ryan gets 6 hits in a game
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16 Apr 1953 British royal yacht Britannica taken out of service
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16 Apr 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Palm Springs Golf Open
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16 Apr 1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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17 Apr 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a 565' (172 meter) homerun in Washington DC's Griffith Stadium
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18 Apr 1953 "Pal Joey" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 542 performances
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19 Apr 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
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19 Apr 1953 WAFB TV channel 9 in Baton Rouge LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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20 Apr 1953 57th Boston Marathon won by Keizo Yamada of Japan in 2:18:51
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23 Apr 1953 WCOV TV channel 20 in Montgomery, AL (IND / CBS) begins broadcasting
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23 Apr 1953 General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA
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23 Apr 1953 KTAR (now KPNX) TV channel 12 in Phoenix AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
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24 Apr 1953 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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25 Apr 1953 Francis Crick and James D. Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
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25 Apr 1953 Scientists identify DNA
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27 Apr 1953 Wrestler Freddie Blassie coins term "Pencil neck geek"
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27 Apr 1953 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
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27 Apr 1953 1st general elections in British Guyana, won by Jagans PPP
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29 Apr 1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
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29 Apr 1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
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30 Apr 1953 In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
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30 Apr 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League
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02 May 1953 79th Kentucky Derby: Hank Moreno aboard Dark Star wins in 2:02
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02 May 1953 Feisal II installed as King of Iraq
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02 May 1953 Hussein I installed as King of Jordan
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03 May 1953 Westchester conf of American Library Association proclaims "Freedom to Read"
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03 May 1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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04 May 1953 Pulitzer prize awarded to E Hemingway (Old Man & The Sea)
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04 May 1953 Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.
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07 May 1953 "Can Can" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 892 performances
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07 May 1953 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile
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08 May 1953 WIPB TV channel 49 in Muncie, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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10 May 1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open
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10 May 1953 KCBD TV channel 11 in Lubbock TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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11 May 1953 The 1953 Waco tornado outbreak: An F5 tornado hits downtown Waco, Texas, killing 114.
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11 May 1953 Tornado kills 114 in Waco TX ($39 million damage)
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11 May 1953 Winston Churchill criticizes John Foster Dulles domino theory
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12 May 1953 KUHT TV channel 8 in Houston TX (PBS) begins broadcasting
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13 May 1953 New York Giants Willie Mays & Darryl Spencer each hit 2 homeruns & a triple
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15 May 1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago
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15 May 1953 Osip Zadkines monument to "The destroyed city" unveiled in Rotterdam
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15 May 1953 Rocky Marciano KOs Jersey Joe Walcott in 1 for heavywgt boxing title
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15 May 1953 Cubmaster Don Murphy organized the first pinewood derby, in Manhattan Beach, California, by Pack 280c.
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15 May 1953 Heavyweight Rocky Marciano KOs Joe Walcott in Chicago for heavyweight boxing title
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16 May 1953 American journalist William N. Oatis is released after serving 22 months of a ten-year prison sentence for espionage in Czechoslovakia.
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16 May 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row
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17 May 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
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17 May 1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
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18 May 1953 Jacqueline Cochran is 1st woman to break the sound barrier
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18 May 1953 Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
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18 May 1953 1st woman to break the sound barrier (Jacqueline Cochrane, USA)
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19 May 1953 Nuclear explosion in Nevada (fall-out in St. George, Utah)
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22 May 1953 President Eisenhower signs Offshore Oil Bill
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22 May 1953 Yankee Irv Noren hits into a triple-play, Yankees beat Washington 12-4
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23 May 1953 WHIZ TV channel 18 in Zanesville, OH (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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23 May 1953 79th Preakness: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 1:57.8
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23 May 1953 Schools 1st use Cliff's Notes
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24 May 1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Doctor Mellifluus
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25 May 1953 1st atomic cannon electronically fired, Frenchman Flat, Nevada
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25 May 1953 1st non-commercial educational television station - Houston, Texas
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25 May 1953 Nuclear testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conduct their first and only nuclear artillery test.
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25 May 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
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25 May 1953 Braves Max Surkont strikes out record 8 Reds in a row
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26 May 1953 Dutch Convair crashes at Schipholweg, 2 die
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27 May 1953 Dutch social democratic/Dutch Liberal Party win municipal elections
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28 May 1953 Premier of 1st animated 3-D cartoon in Technicolor-"Melody"
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29 May 1953 Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
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29 May 1953 Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest
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30 May 1953 1st major league network baseball game-Cleveland 7, Chicago 2
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30 May 1953 23rd French Men's Tennis: Ken Rosewall beats Vic Seixas (6-3 6-4 1-6 6-2)
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30 May 1953 23rd French Women's Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (6-2 6-4)
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31 May 1953 WSUN TV channel 38 in St. Petersburg-Tampa, Florida (IND) 1st broadcast
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31 May 1953 Lebanese President Camille Shamun disbands government
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01 Jun 1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Jun 1953 WDAY TV channel 6 in Fargo, ND (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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02 Jun 1953 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey
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02 Jun 1953 The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
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03 Jun 1953 Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday
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03 Jun 1953 Congress cites research of NYC librarian Robert Henderson in proving
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03 Jun 1953 KVOS TV channel 12 in Bellingham / Vancouver, WA (CBS) begins
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04 Jun 1953 Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
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05 Jun 1953 Denmark adopts a new constitution
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05 Jun 1953 US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
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07 Jun 1953 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston, Massachusetts)
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07 Jun 1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
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07 Jun 1953 Mary Terrell wins struggle to end segregation in Washington DC restaurants
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07 Jun 1953 WDAU (now WYOU) TV chan 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, PA (CBS) begins
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08 Jun 1953 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touch down in Flint Michigan killing 113
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08 Jun 1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court
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08 Jun 1953 Tornadoes kill 110 in Michigan and Ohio
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08 Jun 1953 An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
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08 Jun 1953 The United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
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09 Jun 1953 "Milton Berle Show / Texaco Star Theater, " last airs on NBC-TV
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09 Jun 1953 South African Premier Malan visits Netherlands
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09 Jun 1953 Worcester County tornado (94 killed, 1310 injured, 10,000 homeless)
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09 Jun 1953 Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
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13 Jun 1953 53rd US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
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13 Jun 1953 85th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 2:28.6
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13 Jun 1953 Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) vs. Australia
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13 Jun 1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)
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13 Jun 1953 KOAA TV channel 5 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (NBC) 1st broadcast
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14 Jun 1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee
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14 Jun 1953 Military coup by general Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
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14 Jun 1953 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
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15 Jun 1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak
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15 Jun 1953 Johnny Mize is 93rd player to get 2,000 hits
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15 Jun 1953 New York City Transit Authority forms
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15 Jun 1953 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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16 Jun 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Browns 14 game losing streak
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16 Jun 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak
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17 Jun 1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
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17 Jun 1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary
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17 Jun 1953 East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
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17 Jun 1953 Riots in East Germany for reunification
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17 Jun 1953 Sup Court Justice Wm O Douglas stays executions of spies Julius &
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18 Jun 1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
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18 Jun 1953 The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Republic of Egypt.
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18 Jun 1953 A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
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18 Jun 1953 Egypt proclaimed a republic, General Neguib becomes president
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18 Jun 1953 Eugene Stephens gets 3 hits & Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 inning (7th)
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18 Jun 1953 USAF C124 Globemaster crashes near Tokyo killing 129 servicemen
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19 Jun 1953 Albert W Dent, elected President of National Health Council
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19 Jun 1953 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
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19 Jun 1953 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
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19 Jun 1953 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
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20 Jun 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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23 Jun 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
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24 Jun 1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
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25 Jun 1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world in less than 100 hours
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25 Jun 1953 86
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26 Jun 1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
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26 Jun 1953 Russian Vice Premier / Interior Minister Beria arrested
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26 Jun 1953 Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
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27 Jun 1953 Joseph Laniel appointed French Premier
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29 Jun 1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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30 Jun 1953 1st Corvette manufactured
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30 Jun 1953 The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
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01 Jul 1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Jul 1953 KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
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03 Jul 1953 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
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04 Jul 1953 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
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05 Jul 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
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05 Jul 1953 WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
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07 Jul 1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham Country Club - Michigan
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07 Jul 1953 Ernesto "Che" Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
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08 Jul 1953 US stops aid to Persia
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09 Jul 1953 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)
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09 Jul 1953 Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
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10 Jul 1953 82nd British Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 282 at Carnoustie Dai Rees
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10 Jul 1953 Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist]
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12 Jul 1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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13 Jul 1953 J A Bruwer discovers asteroids #1658 Innes & #3284
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14 Jul 1953 1st National monument dedicated to a Negro - George Washington Carver
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14 Jul 1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
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14 Jul 1953 NL beats AL 5-1 in 20th All Star Game (Crosley Field Cincinnati)
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16 Jul 1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
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17 Jul 1953 The largest number of United States midshipman casualties in a single event results from an aircraft crash in Florida killing 44.
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19 Jul 1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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19 Jul 1953 WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
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20 Jul 1953 USSR / Israel recover diplomatic relations
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24 Jul 1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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25 Jul 1953 New York City transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens
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25 Jul 1953 NYC transit fare rises from 10 to 15, 1st use of subway tokens
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26 Jul 1953 Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
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26 Jul 1953 Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid.
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26 Jul 1953 Soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment repel a number of Chinese assaults against a key position known as The Hook during the Battle of the Samichon River, just hours before the Armistice Agreement is signed, ending the Korean War.
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26 Jul 1953 Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
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26 Jul 1953 Fidel Castro leads attack on Moncada Barracks, begins Cuban rev
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27 Jul 1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto
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27 Jul 1953 Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, and Bill Klem and Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
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27 Jul 1953 North Korea and UN sign armistice
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27 Jul 1953 Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
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27 Jul 1953 Armistice signed ending Korean War
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29 Jul 1953 US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
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31 Jul 1953 Department of Health, Education & Welfare created
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01 Aug 1953 California introduces sales tax (for education)
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01 Aug 1953 Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
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01 Aug 1953 KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET / ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1953 KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Aug 1953 Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
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01 Aug 1953 Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief
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02 Aug 1953 Betty Jack Davis, singer (w / Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
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02 Aug 1953 KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
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03 Aug 1953 Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
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04 Aug 1953 Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
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04 Aug 1953 Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs andwins 15-0
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05 Aug 1953 Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
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06 Aug 1953 Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military
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07 Aug 1953 Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
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08 Aug 1953 US and South Korea initial a mutual security pact
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09 Aug 1953 Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
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10 Aug 1953 First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
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12 Aug 1953 Heavy earthquake strikes Isotope islands, 435 killed
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12 Aug 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of Joe 4, the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon.
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12 Aug 1953 The islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale.
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12 Aug 1953 Ann Davidson, 1st woman to sail solo across Atlantic, arrives Miami
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12 Aug 1953 Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
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13 Aug 1953 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
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13 Aug 1953 President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
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14 Aug 1953 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818)
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14 Aug 1953 KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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16 Aug 1953 KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
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16 Aug 1953 Shah of Persia and Princess Soraya flee to Baghdad and Rome
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20 Aug 1953 General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests Premier Mossadeq of Persia
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20 Aug 1953 Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
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21 Aug 1953 Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
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21 Aug 1953 Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
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22 Aug 1953 France closes jail on Devil Island
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22 Aug 1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
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22 Aug 1953 Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
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23 Aug 1953 Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
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23 Aug 1953 Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
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23 Aug 1953 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
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23 Aug 1953 KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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23 Aug 1953 Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3
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28 Aug 1953 "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
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28 Aug 1953 Nippon Television broadcasts Japan's first television show, including its first TV advertisement.
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29 Aug 1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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29 Aug 1953 USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
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30 Aug 1953 Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in New York City
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31 Aug 1953 KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
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31 Aug 1953 WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins
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01 Sep 1953 Fokker begins building F-27 Fokker Friendship
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01 Sep 1953 WNOK (now WLTX) TV channel 19 in Columbia, SC (CBS) 1st broadcast
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01 Sep 1953 WTCN (now KARE) TV channel 11 in Minneapolis-St Paul, MN (MET) begins
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03 Sep 1953 French Minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy
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04 Sep 1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
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04 Sep 1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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04 Sep 1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
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05 Sep 1953 1st privately operated atomic reactor - Raleigh, North Carolina
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05 Sep 1953 US give Persian Premier Zahedi $45 million aid
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06 Sep 1953 Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR
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06 Sep 1953 Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38
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07 Sep 1953 67th US Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats Doris Hart (62 64)
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07 Sep 1953 73rd US Mens Tennis: Tony Trabert beats Elias V Seixas Jr (63 62 63)
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07 Sep 1953 Roy Campanella sets catcher record of 125 (en route to 142) RBIs
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07 Sep 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is elected first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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07 Sep 1953 Mohammad Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan.
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07 Sep 1953 Garfield Todd becomes Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.
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08 Sep 1953 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater New York for 6 performances
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08 Sep 1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona
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09 Sep 1953 KGTV TV channel 10 in San Diego, CA (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Sep 1953 WFIE TV channel 14 in Evansville, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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10 Sep 1953 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"
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11 Sep 1953 KSBW TV channel 8 in Salinas-Monterey, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1953 WEHT TV channel 25 in Evansville, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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12 Sep 1953 "Carnival in Flanders" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 6 performances
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12 Sep 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers, clinch NL pennant earlier than any other team
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12 Sep 1953 Nikita Khrushchev becomes 1st Secretary of the USSR Communist Party
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12 Sep 1953 Sen John F Kennedy, 36, marries Jacqueline Bouvier, 24
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12 Sep 1953 U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
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12 Sep 1953 Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F Kennedy
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13 Sep 1953 Nikita Khrushchev appointed 1st Secretary General of the USSR
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13 Sep 1953 Pitcher Bob Trice is 1st black to play on Philadelphia Athletics
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13 Sep 1953 Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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14 Sep 1953 Yanks clinch 5th straight pennant with 8-5 win over Indians
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15 Sep 1953 KVOA TV channel 4 in Tucson, AZ (NBC) begins broadcasting
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15 Sep 1953 WVEC TV channel 13 in Hampton-Norfolk, VA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Sep 1953 Boxing's NBA adopts 10-pt-must-scoring-system (10 pts to round winner)
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16 Sep 1953 AL approves St Louis Browns move to become Baltimore Orioles
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17 Sep 1953 1st successful separation of Siamese twins
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17 Sep 1953 Ernie Banks becomes Chicago Cubs 1st black player
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19 Sep 1953 "Hazel Flagg" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 190 performances
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20 Sep 1953 Cubs Ernie Banks hits his 1st major league HR
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21 Sep 1953 KRDO TV channel 13 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (ABC) 1st broadcast
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21 Sep 1953 Lieutenant No Kum-Sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.
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21 Sep 1953 Allied forces form West Germany
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22 Sep 1953 Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
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23 Sep 1953 KHQA TV channel 7 in Hannibal-Quincy, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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24 Sep 1953 "Take a Giant Step, " opens on Broadway
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24 Sep 1953 Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
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24 Sep 1953 "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
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26 Sep 1953 Billy Hunter is last St. Louis Browns player to homer in a game
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26 Sep 1953 KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1953 Polish government fires / imprisons Cardinal Wyszynski
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26 Sep 1953 US and Spain sign defense treaty (4 US bases in Spain)
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27 Sep 1953 KCMO (now KCTV) TV channel 5 in Kansas City, MO (CBS) begins
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27 Sep 1953 KNOE TV channel 8 in Monroe-West Monroe, LA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 KOLO TV channel 8 in Reno, NV (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 KQTV TV channel 2 in Saint Joseph, MO (ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WHBQ TV channel 13 in Memphis, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WMAZ TV channel 13 in Macon, Georgia (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 WTOK TV channel 11 in Meridian, MS (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
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27 Sep 1953 Bert Bechichar, Baltimore Colts, kicks a 56-yard field goal
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27 Sep 1953 Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan
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28 Sep 1953 "Bob & Ray Show, " TV Variety; last air on NBC
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28 Sep 1953 "Juvenile Jury, " TV Childrens, last airs on NBC, moved to CBS
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28 Sep 1953 "Racket Squad, " TV Crime Drama, last airs on CBS
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28 Sep 1953 Dutch government proclaims 5% general pay increase on Jan 1, 1954
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28 Sep 1953 KOAT TV channel 7 in Albuquerque, NM (ABC / PBS) begins broadcasting
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29 Sep 1953 "Buick-Berle Show, " debuts on NBC-TV
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29 Sep 1953 "Make Room for Daddy, " starring Danny Thomas, premieres on ABC-TV
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29 Sep 1953 1st department store to sell insurance is Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, Illinois
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29 Sep 1953 US government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
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29 Sep 1953 AL approves Balt group purchase of St Louis Browns for $2,475,000
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29 Sep 1953 Milton Berle Show premiers
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30 Sep 1953 Auguste / Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)
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30 Sep 1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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30 Sep 1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
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30 Sep 1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
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01 Oct 1953 Indian state of Andhra Pradesh partitioned from Madras
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01 Oct 1953 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1953 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1953 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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01 Oct 1953 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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02 Oct 1953 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
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02 Oct 1953 Dodger Carl Erskine strikes out 14 Yankees in World Series
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03 Oct 1953 7th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 3-1 at Montreal
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03 Oct 1953 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
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04 Oct 1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:17:39.4)
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04 Oct 1953 Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam in World Series
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05 Oct 1953 Earl Warren sworn in as 14th chief justice of US
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05 Oct 1953 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
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06 Oct 1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
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07 Oct 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
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08 Oct 1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
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09 Oct 1953 British Premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
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09 Oct 1953 Conrad Adenauer elected West German chancellor
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10 Oct 1953 Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
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12 Oct 1953 US and Greece signs peace treaty (US bases)
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12 Oct 1953 The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial opens at Plymouth Theatre, New York City
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13 Oct 1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented-Samuel Bagno
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14 Oct 1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
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14 Oct 1953 Belgian Convair crashes at Frankfurt, 44 die
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14 Oct 1953 Charley Dressen resigns rather than take 1 year contract as Dodger mgr
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14 Oct 1953 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, New York (ABC) begins broadcasting
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14 Oct 1953 Ike promises to fire as Red any federal worker taking 5th amendment
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15 Oct 1953 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Oct 1953 WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins
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15 Oct 1953 British nuclear test Totem 1 is detonated at Emu Field, South Australia.
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16 Oct 1953 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years (Havana)
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18 Oct 1953 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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18 Oct 1953 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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18 Oct 1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
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19 Oct 1953 1st jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service
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19 Oct 1953 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
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20 Oct 1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
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22 Oct 1953 Laos gains full independence from France
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23 Oct 1953 German FR applies to NATO
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23 Oct 1953 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
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24 Oct 1953 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
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25 Oct 1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
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25 Oct 1953 Dmitri Sjostakovitch completes his 10th Symphony
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25 Oct 1953 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC / CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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27 Oct 1953 British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
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28 Oct 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
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28 Oct 1953 Bud Grant of Winnipeg Blue Bombers intercepts 5 passes (record)
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29 Oct 1953 A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns
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29 Oct 1953 BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Pianist William Kapell is among the 19 killed.
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30 Oct 1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
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30 Oct 1953 Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
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31 Oct 1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
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01 Nov 1953 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10K (29:01.6) and 6 mile (28:08.4)
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01 Nov 1953 KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, TX (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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01 Nov 1953 KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Nov 1953 WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, New York (CBS) begins broadcasting
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01 Nov 1953 Andhra Pradesh attains statehood, with Kurnool as its capital.
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02 Nov 1953 Pakistan becomes Islamic Republic
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02 Nov 1953 The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
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03 Nov 1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
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03 Nov 1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)
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04 Nov 1953 Eddie Joost succeeds Jimmy Dykes as the manager of Philadelphia Athletics
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04 Nov 1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk
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05 Nov 1953 Nobel prize for physics awarded / appended on Frederik Zernicke
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05 Nov 1953 Paul Searls saws a 32" log in 86.4 seconds
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06 Nov 1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy
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06 Nov 1953 Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as manager of Baltimore Orioles
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07 Nov 1953 WIS TV channel 10 in Columbia, SC (NBC) begins broadcasting
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08 Nov 1953 Salazars party wins all parliament seats in Portugal
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09 Nov 1953 Cambodia (now Kampuchea) gains independence within French Union
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09 Nov 1953 KTVQ TV channel 2 in Billings, MT (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
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09 Nov 1953 Supreme Court rules Major League baseball exempt from anti-trust laws
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10 Nov 1953 Giants end their tour of Japan (players got $331 of $3,000 promised)
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11 Nov 1953 Jimmy Dykes succeeds Marty Marion as Baltimore Orioles manager
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12 Nov 1953 David Ben-Gurion, resigns as Premier of Israel
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12 Nov 1953 US district Judge Grim, rules NFL can black out TV home games
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14 Nov 1953 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1953 WIBW TV channel 13 in Topeka, KS (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
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15 Nov 1953 WRBL TV channel 3 in Columbus, Georgia (CBS) begins broadcasting
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17 Nov 1953 St. Louis Browns officially become the Baltimore Baseball Club Inc
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18 Nov 1953 Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) accept female suffrage
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19 Nov 1953 US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
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19 Nov 1953 US VP Richard Nixon visits Hanoi
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20 Nov 1953 Scott Crossfield in Douglas Skyrocket, 1st to break Mach 2 (1300 MPH)
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21 Nov 1953 "Pitdown Man, " discovered in 1912 proved to be a hoax
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21 Nov 1953 WKJG TV channel 33 in Ft Wayne, IN (NBC) begins broadcasting
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23 Nov 1953 KVFD (now KTIN) TV channel 21 in Ft Dodge, IA (NBC) 1st broadcast
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23 Nov 1953 WJBF TV channel 6 in Augusta, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
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24 Nov 1953 Dodgers sign Walter Alston to a 1-year pact as manager for 1954
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25 Nov 1953 "Guys & Dolls" closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 1200 performances
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25 Nov 1953 Earthquake / tsnunami strike Honshu Japan
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25 Nov 1953 Hungary beats England in soccer match, 6-3
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26 Nov 1953 KBOI (now KBCI) TV channel 2 in Boise, ID (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Nov 1953 WJHL TV channel 11 in Johnson City, TN (CBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Nov 1953 Yamada Koun, leader of Sanbo Kyodan line of Zen, found 1st awakening
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28 Nov 1953 "Wish You Were Here" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
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28 Nov 1953 41st CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 12-6
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29 Nov 1953 American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service
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29 Nov 1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
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30 Nov 1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu
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30 Nov 1953 Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
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01 Dec 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
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01 Dec 1953 Walter Alston named Dodger manager
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01 Dec 1953 WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, ME (NBC) begins broadcasting
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03 Dec 1953 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
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03 Dec 1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party
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06 Dec 1953 Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.
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07 Dec 1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND / ABC) begins broadcasting
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08 Dec 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB)
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08 Dec 1953 U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
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09 Dec 1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired
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09 Dec 1953 Montreal Canadiens (106) and Toronto Maple Leafs (98) get 204 penalty minutes
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09 Dec 1953 Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.
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10 Dec 1953 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 performances
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10 Dec 1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
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10 Dec 1953 WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling OH (CBS) begins
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11 Dec 1953 KTVA TV channel 11 in Anchorage (CBS) becomes Alaska's 1st TV station
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12 Dec 1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
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13 Dec 1953 KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
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14 Dec 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers sign pitcher Sandy Koufax
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15 Dec 1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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16 Dec 1953 Charles E Yeager flies over 2,575 km/h in Bell X-1A
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16 Dec 1953 1st White House Press Conference (President Eisenhower & 161 reporters)
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16 Dec 1953 Charles E Yeager flies over 2,575 kph (1,650 mph) in Bell X-1A (first man to fly at nearly two and one-half times the speed of sound)
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17 Dec 1953 Dmitri Shostakovich's 10th Symphony, premieres in Leningrad
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17 Dec 1953 FCC approves RCA's black & white-compatible color TV specifications
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18 Dec 1953 KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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18 Dec 1953 KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
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19 Dec 1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
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20 Dec 1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
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20 Dec 1953 KWTV TV channel 9 in Oklahoma City OK (CBS) begins broadcasting
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21 Dec 1953 KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC / PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated St Louis Browns
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23 Dec 1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
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23 Dec 1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim "Junior" Gilliam wins National League Rookie of Year
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24 Dec 1953 Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.
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24 Dec 1953 2 fast express trains crash head-on, killing 103 (Czechoslovakia)
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24 Dec 1953 Wellington-Auckland (New Zealand) express train swept away in flood kills 166
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24 Dec 1953 KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney NE (ABC) begins broadcasting
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24 Dec 1953 KOA (now KCNC) TV channel 4 in Denver CO (NBC) begins broadcasting
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24 Dec 1953 Ren
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25 Dec 1953 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand)
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27 Dec 1953 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game
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28 Dec 1953 WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
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31 Dec 1953 Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough president
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31 Dec 1953 Willie Shoemaker shatters record, riding 485 winners in a year
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31 Dec 1953 WFBC (now WYFF) TV channel 4 in Greenville-Spartanburg SC (NBC) begins
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