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1953 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.
September 8 – Fred M. Vinson, Chief Justice of the U.S. (born 1890) September 13 – Mary Brewster Hazelton, portrait painter (born 1868) September 28 – Edwin Hubble, astronomer (born 1889) September 29 – Milt Gross, comic book illustrator and animator (born 1895) October 3 – Florence R. Sabin, medical scientist (born 1871)
An estimated 44 million people in the United States watched the episode, more than would watch Dwight Eisenhower's inauguration the following day. [31] Born: Desi Arnaz Jr., at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, to Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Later in the day, Lucy fictitiously gave birth to "Little Ricky" on screen. [32]
On this day, 53 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned as the monarch of the United Kingdom.
November 26: Feast day of Saint Sylvester Gozzolini (Catholicism); Constitution Day in India Main Building of the University of Notre Dame 1842 – The University of Notre Dame (building pictured) was founded by Edward Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross as an all-male institution in the U.S. state of Indiana .
Born: David Hurley, Governor-General of Australia, in Wollongong [40] Died: José Hipólito Raposo , 68, Portuguese politician, writer, lawyer and historian [ 41 ] August 27 , 1953 (Thursday)
Fifty-three years after a private plane carrying five men disappeared on a snowy Vermont night, experts believe they have found the wreckage of the long lost jet in Lake Champlain. Initial ...
AD 53 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Antonius (or, less frequently, year 806 Ab urbe condita ).