January 1953 calendar

January 1953
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1953.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on January 1953: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1953?

Events

01 Jan 1953 Ernest Blochs Suite Hebraique, premieres
02 Jan 1953 NBA Baltimore Bullets begin a 32 game road losing streak
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.
04 Jan 1953 KTSM TV channel 9 in El Paso, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
05 Jan 1953 Samuel Beckett's play ''Waiting For Godot'' has its first public stage première in French as ''En attendant Godot'' at the Théâtre de Babylone in Paris.
06 Jan 1953 WKBN TV channel 27 in Youngstown, OH (CBS) begins broadcasting
07 Jan 1953 US President Harry Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb.
09 Jan 1953 Korean ferryboat Chang Tyong-Ho sank off Pusan killing 249
10 Jan 1953 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Archibald MacLeish.
11 Jan 1953 J Edgar Hoover declines six-figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club.
12 Jan 1953 Estonian émigrés found a government in exile in Oslo.
13 Jan 1953 KOLD TV channel 13 in Tucson, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
14 Jan 1953 WALA TV channel 10 in Mobile, AL (NBC) begins broadcasting
15 Jan 1953 Sixteen-car Federal Express train loses brakes and crashes in Washington DC station.
16 Jan 1953 KXLY TV channel 4 in Spokane, WA (ABC / CBS) begins broadcasting
17 Jan 1953 The General Motors Motorama opens to the general public in New York City. The prototype Chevrolet Corvette "Dream Car" is displayed to the public for the first time. The roadster is white with red interior, fiberglass body, 235-cid straight-6 engine, and two-speed automatic. Also on display at the Motorama: Buick fiberglass-bodied two-passenger Wildcat, Oldsmobile fiberglass-bodied four-passenger convertible Starfire, Cadillac fiberglass-bodied two-passenger roadster Le Mans.
18 Jan 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
19 Jan 1953 Jesse Owens named Illinois Athletic Commission secretary.
20 Jan 1953 1st US telecast transmitted to Canada-from Buffalo, New York
21 Jan 1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as US Secretary of State.
22 Jan 1953 ''The Crucible'', a drama by Arthur Miller, opens on Broadway.
23 Jan 1953 NFL Dallas Texans become Baltimore Colts (later Indianapolis Colts).
25 Jan 1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor, ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
27 Jan 1953 Netherlands ends Marshall Plan aid.
28 Jan 1953 WJTV TV channel 12 in Jackson, MS (CBS) begins broadcasting
29 Jan 1953 First movie in Cinemascope (The Robe) premieres.
31 Jan 1953 Princess Victoria capsized off Stanraer Scotland
05 Jan 1953 The play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett receives its première in Paris.