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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. [34] 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. [35]
On this day, 53 years ago, Queen Elizabeth II was formally crowned as the monarch of the United Kingdom.
1921 – The Australian cricket team, led by Warwick Armstrong, became the first team to complete a whitewash in the Ashes, an achievement that would not be repeated for 86 years. 1992 – A Bosnian-Serb wedding procession was attacked in Sarajevo , resulting in what is widely considered the first casualty of the Bosnian War .
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)
Twenty-three years since the day that changed everything. Since that impossibly blue sky on a crisp autumn morning. Since the first plane. Then the second plane. Since one building fell. Then the ...
Died: Jean Adair (born Violet McNaughton), 79, Canadian actress [53] ... and the electoral age being lowered from 25 to 23 years on the same day. [118] Born: ...