1953

Year 1953 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

January

 * -  announces the  has developed a.
 * - n s found a in.
 * Marshal chosen President of.
 * CIA-sponsored first meets to discuss the  phenomenon. Official results are to publicly "debunk" them and use the media to ridicule people.
 * -, foreign minister of , is arrested for spying.
 * - Change of from  (-1953) to   (1953-).
 * - , a drama by, opens on.
 * – rebels in  kill Ruck family – father, mother and a 6-year-old son.
 * - announces that the agriculture will be  in.
 * - is executed for murder in  Prison.
 * - - kills 1,835 people in the southwestern  (especially ), 307 in the  and several hundred at sea, including 132 on the   in the.
 * - - kills 1,835 people in the southwestern  (especially ), 307 in the  and several hundred at sea, including 132 on the   in the.

February

 * - Surge of continues from the previous day.
 * - The movie  premieres (Roxy Theatre, ).
 * President refuses clemency appeal for.
 * The breaks diplomatic relations with.
 * -  returns to New York after successful  in.
 * - established in.
 * - The first,  opens.
 * - : approves the first  censorship board in the.
 * - and  announce that they have discovered the structure of the DNA molecule.
 * - and  announce that they have discovered the structure of the DNA molecule.

March

 * suffers a and collapses after an all-night dinner with  interior minister  and future premiers,  and . The stroke  the right side of his body.
 * made the deputy constable and lieutenant governor of.
 * - dies after 26 years of ruling the . Russian composer  also dies on this day.
 * - succeeds  as  and First Secretary of the.
 * - nominates  as
 * - selected general secretary of the Soviet communist party.
 * - in   - with 1620 spectators at 3.4 km (2.1 miles).
 * - An hits western  killing 250.
 * - Death of, architect of the
 * - - Lari Massacre in -  rebels kill up to 150  natives.
 * - announces his.
 * - announces his.

April

 * - is elected.
 * – is sentenced for seven years in prison for alleged organization of  Rebellion.
 * - publishes his first  novel,  in the.
 * - and  publish their description of the  structure of .(::Watson, J. D. and Crick, F. H. C. (1953). Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature 171, 737-738.)

May

 * is crowned.
 * 38-year-old is finally on the winning side in the, in.
 * – France agrees to the provisional independence of with the king.
 * - Town of in  becomes Karl Marx Stadt.
 * - The : A tornado hits in the downtown section of  killing 114.
 * - At, California becomes the first woman to break the  (she flew in a  at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour).
 * - : At the, the conducts its first and only  test.
 * - Sir and  perform the first successful ascent to the summit of.
 * - Sir and  perform the first successful ascent to the summit of.

June

 * - of  at.
 * - in.
 * A hits in  and kills 115. This is the last tornado to claim more than 100 lives.
 * and form.
 * head approves of the use of  in a  subproject.
 * Flint-Worcester Tornadoes: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in killing 94.
 * - reform causes riots in.
 * - Prime Minister  is replaced by.
 * - and  form.
 * - : In, the orders a  of troops into  to quell a.
 * - declares a.
 * - Execution of.
 * - The first is built at Flint (Michigan).
 * - Execution of.
 * - The first is built at Flint (Michigan).

July

 * - s and s in regions in
 * - First meeting of the assembly of the in,.
 * – Soviet official paper  announces that has been deposed from his positions as a head of.
 * - Flood in the island in  - 1700 dead, 7000 injured.
 * - and his brother lead a disastrous assault on the  - preliminary to the.
 * - ends: The, , , and  sign an  agreement.

August

 * -, operation to repatriate after the.
 * - admitted as a, retroactive to.
 * - Soviet prime minister announces that  has a.
 * - A magnitude 7.2 totally devastates most of the  islands in 's worst natural disaster in centuries.
 * - 4 million workers go on strike in to protest  measures.
 * - : First meeting of in Southern, see.
 * - is issued.
 * - : The helps to  the government of  in  and retain   on the  (see: ).
 * government oust the of  and exiles him to.
 * The gives  382 ships it had captured during.
 * - ends in.
 * - ends in.

September

 * - does not accept 's suggestion to accept  as a member.
 * - becomes head of the  Central Committee.
 * in : over 1000 dead.
 * First German return from  to.
 * - of  ends in the.
 * - of  ends in the.

October

 * October
 * The is the first commercial  to use.
 * tests H-Bomb.
 * - First meeting of (first planning session was held August 17).
 * is re-elected as a German.
 * constitution suspended.
 * - "" opens at,.
 * - ' made its initial telecast, becoming 's first commercial television broadcaster.
 * - : US President formally approves the  document, which states that the ' arsenal of s must be maintained and expanded to counter the  threat.
 * - : US President formally approves the  document, which states that the ' arsenal of s must be maintained and expanded to counter the  threat.

November

 * - resigns as a  of.
 * - becomes  from.
 * - King dies.
 * - is founded in Chile as the southernmost settlement of the world.
 * - Authorities at the announce that the  of the "", one of the most famous  skulls in the world, is a.
 * - at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental team at home.
 * - French s take.
 * -, the  (king) of is deposed and exiled to London by , Governor of.

December

 * - and  reform.
 * - US president delivers his  address to the  in.
 * - was given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize.
 * - The approves.
 * - announces officially that  has been executed.
 * - 153 people die as a result of the when the railway bridge collapses at,  sending a fully loaded passenger train into the.
 * - The first sets go on sale for about $1,175 (s).

Undated

 * The ese was issued with serrated edges for a five year period beginning in 1953. All 10 yen coins since and before had smooth edges.

January-February

 * -, American Central Intelligence Agency director
 * -, Australian musician
 * -, baseball player
 * , American singer
 * , American author
 * , American race car driver
 * -, creation science evangelist
 * , American actor
 * , Canadian tennis player and politician
 * -, American entrepreneur
 * -, American director
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
 * -, Chinese singer
 * -, first deputy of  and former  of
 * -, American bounty hunter
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * , Irish actor
 * , American automotive executive
 * , American actor
 * , American politician
 * , American musician
 * , American model
 * , British actor and comedian
 * -, American actor
 * , Spanish politician
 * , German artist
 * -, American singer
 * , American model
 * , British actor and comedian
 * -, American actor
 * , Spanish politician
 * , German artist
 * -, American singer
 * -, American singer

March-April

 * -, Irish politician and economist
 * , Cuban percussionist
 * , American actress
 * , Norwegian author
 * , American actress
 * -, Canadian guitarist/vocalist
 * , American author
 * , American actor
 * , French actress
 * , American free software proponent
 * -, Filipino revolutionary (d. )
 * -, American singer
 * -, English actor
 * -, U.S. Secretary of Labor
 * -, American film producer and director
 * -, Irish politician
 * -, Canadian politician
 * -, American computer programmer
 * -, British-born mathematician
 * -, American writer and activist
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American British based comedian
 * , English novelist
 * American actor and model
 * -, Finnish composer
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, American author
 * , English novelist
 * American actor and model
 * -, Finnish composer
 * -, Russian cosmonaut
 * -, American author

May-June

 * -, German auto executive
 * , baseball player
 * , English composer
 * -, Irish actor
 * -, British actress
 * -, Australian politician
 * -, English actor
 * -, English politician
 * , American composer
 * , Australian musician
 * -, Irish actor
 * -, American singer
 * -, American serial killer
 * -, Japanese entrepreneur
 * -, Scottish television broadcaster
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, German actor (d. 2007)
 * -, American singer
 * -, Estonian artist
 * -, German actor (d. 2007)
 * -, American singer
 * -, Estonian artist
 * -, Estonian artist

July-August

 * - Tyler Sidell, model American
 * -, American folk singer-songwriter
 * -, Luxembourgish chemist
 * -, American model and singer
 * , wife of Canadian prime minister
 * -, Taiwanese actress
 * -, American fashion expert
 * -, American guitarist
 * -, Australian filmmaker
 * -, Canadian musician
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * -, American writer, daughter of
 * -, American musician
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American game designer
 * -, American singer and actress
 * -, American politician
 * -, French actor (d. )
 * -, Irish footballer
 * -, Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
 * -, Hungarian author
 * -, Nicaraguan-born anthropologist
 * -, Hungarian author

September-October

 * -, American actor
 * -, Indian actor
 * -, American poker player (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, American sportscaster and journalist
 * -, fashion designer, artist, and photographer (d. )
 * -, Dean and CEO,
 * -, musician, recording engineer, music producer
 * -, French politician
 * -, commander-in-chief of the
 * -, band member of band
 * -, American singer
 * -, American author and explorer
 * , British critical theorist
 * , American musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American astrologer, actress, writer
 * -, French politician
 * -, British comedian and television presenter
 * , American actor
 * , British actor
 * -, American actor
 * , British actor
 * -, American actor

November-December

 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor
 * -, English writer and magician
 * , American actor
 * , American actor (d. )
 * -, French singer
 * -, Australian rugby player
 * -, ian, one of the "fathers" of
 * , American artist
 * , French actress, director and screenwriter
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * , American economist
 * , Canadian hockey player
 * -, American film, theater, and opera director and costume designer
 * -, Chechen bard
 * -, American gang member (d. )
 * -, German journalist
 * -, American actor
 * -, Chechen bard
 * -, American gang member (d. )
 * -, German journalist
 * -, American actor


 * date unknown
 * , British film producer and director
 * , drummer, composer, and graphic designer

January - June

 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, ninth (b. )
 * -, Romanian politician (b. )
 * -, Russian scientist (b. )
 * -, American runner (b. )
 * , American writer and producer (b. )
 * , Russian composer (b. )
 * , Soviet leader (b. )
 * -, consort of (b. )
 * -, American athlete (b. )
 * -, German writer, , and member of the . (b. )
 * -, Belgian musician (b. )
 * -, American professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, Scottish football (soccer) player (b. )
 * -, Scottish football (soccer) player (b. )

July - December

 * -, Greek general and politician (b. )
 * -, New Zealand airplane pioneer (b. )
 * -, Italian racing driver (b. )
 * -, German physicist (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, U.S. Medal of Honor recipient (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, German weapons designer (b. )
 * -, Chinese painter (b. )
 * -, American astronomer (b. )
 * -, English composer (b. )
 * -, British contralto (b. )
 * -, younger sister of President (b. )
 * -, Dutch linguist (b. )
 * -, English cricketer (b. )
 * -, Russian writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, Dutch-born author (b. )
 * -, Welsh poet and author (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American writer, laureate (b. )
 * , Canadian actor (b. )
 * , American comic book illustrator and animator (b. )
 * -, French painter and poet (b. )
 * -, American physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Polish poet (b. )
 * -, Dutch aviation pioneer (b. )
 * -, Dutch aviation pioneer (b. )