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2 June – The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is televised in the UK on the BBC Television Service. [2] Sales of TV sets rise sharply in the weeks leading up to the event. It is also one of the earliest broadcasts to be deliberately recorded for posterity and continues to exist in its entirety.
Iranian coup d'état ("Operation Boot"): Overthrow of the democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran by Iranian military in favour of strengthening the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi with the support of the United States and UK. Autumn – Myxomatosis reaches the UK, [24] first being illegally introduced onto an estate in West Sussex.
6 January – The Broadcasting Council for Wales meets for the first time. [1]2 June – The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is broadcast on the BBC Home Service and the BBC Light Programme, with seven hours of coverage provided; [2] [3] John Snagge is one of the commentators.
The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms took place on 2 June 1953 at Westminster Abbey in London. [1] Elizabeth acceded to the throne at the age of 25 upon the death of her father, George VI, on 6 February 1952, being proclaimed queen by her privy and executive councils shortly afterwards.
January 19 – 68% of all U.S. television sets are tuned in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth to little Ricky.; January 23 – TP1, a predecessor of TVP1, a member of Telewizja Polska, becomes the first television station in Poland when it officially begins a regular broadcasting service, from Warsaw.
The live performance is broadcast across the United States on radio, and later released on records and CD. December 7 – A visit to Iran by American Vice President Richard Nixon sparks several days of riots, as a reaction to the August 19 overthrow of the government of Mohammed Mossadegh by the U.S.-backed Shah. Three students are shot dead by ...
The public launch of digital terrestrial TV in the UK. Consequently, BBC News 24 is now available to all digital viewers. BBC Parliament is carried but due to bandwidth issues, the channel is broadcast in sound only. The first edition of UK Today is broadcast. It airs as a replacement for the regional news bulletins because broadcasting English ...
May 8, 1953 July 27 It's a Small World: DuMont: June 27, 1953 July 28 Summer Night Theater: DuMont: July 7, 1953 July 30 Drama at Eight: DuMont: July 9, 1953 July 31 Ladies' Date: DuMont: October 13, 1952 September 1 The Range Rider: Syndication: April 5, 1951 September 11 Gulf Playhouse: NBC: October 3, 1952 September 12 The Aldrich Family ...