December 1953 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1953 WAIM (now WAXA) TV channel 40 in Anderson, SC (IND) 1st broadcast
• 02 Dec 1953 The United Kingdom and Iran reform diplomatic relations.
• 03 Dec 1953 Kismet opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
• 06 Dec 1953 With the NBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Arturo Toscanini performs what he claims is his favorite Beethoven symphony, ''Eroica'', for the last time. The live performance is broadcast nationwide on radio, and later released on records and CD.
• 07 Dec 1953 WCCB TV channel 18 in Charlotte, NC (IND / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 08 Dec 1953 19th Heisman Trophy Award: John Lattner, Notre Dame (HB).
• 09 Dec 1953 General Electric announces all Communist employees will be fired.
• 10 Dec 1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 12 Dec 1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane
• 13 Dec 1953 KOAM TV channel 7 in Pittsburg-Joplin, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 14 Dec 1953 Brooklyn Dodgers signs pitcher Sandy Koufax.
• 15 Dec 1953 WJHG TV channel 7 in Panama City, Florida (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 16 Dec 1953 First White House Press Conference (President Dwight Eisenhower and 161 reporters).
• 17 Dec 1953 US Federal Communications Commission approves RCA's black and white-compatible color TV specifications.
• 18 Dec 1953 KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 19 Dec 1953 KFYR TV channel 5 in Bismarck, ND (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 20 Dec 1953 KID (now KIDK) TV channel 3 in Idaho Falls, ID (CBS) 1st broadcasting
• 21 Dec 1953 KOMU TV channel 8 in Columbia, MO (NBC / PBS) begins broadcasting
• 22 Dec 1953 Jack Dunn III, owner of Baltimore Orioles in International League, turns name over to newly relocated Saint Louis Browns.
• 23 Dec 1953 Dodgers 2nd baseman Jim Junior Gilliam wins NL Rookie of Year
• 24 Dec 1953 KHOL (now KHGI) TV channel 13 in Kearney, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 25 Dec 1953 Avalanche of lava kills 150 (Ruapehu volcano, New Zealand).
• 27 Dec 1953 Detroit Lions beat Cleveland Browns 17-16 in NFL championship game.
• 28 Dec 1953 WLBT TV channel 3 in Jackson, MS (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 30 Dec 1953 The first colour television sets go on sale for about $1,175 (American dollars).
• 31 Dec 1953 Hulan Jack sworn in as Manhattan Borough President

Famous Birthday

• Ben Bernanke

  American economist who was nominated as Federal Reserve Chairman on October 24, 2005 by President George W. Bush.

• Kim Basinger

  American film actress, sensual, full-lipped and lushly gorgeous.

• John Malkovich

  American actor, known for his intensity and the icy-calm demeanor which has become his trademark.

• Antoine de Caunes
• Richard Clayderman

  French pianist (easy listening) particularly famous in Asia.

• Jean-Pierre Darroussin
• Tom Hulce

  American actor.

• Stanley Williams
• Bill Pullman

  American actor.

• Karl Renz
• Jane Badler

  American actress and singer.

• Leonel Fernández

  Dominican lawyer and politician 51st President of the Dominican Republic.

• Meredith Vieira

  TV Show Host.

• Robert Guédiguian

  French film director, actor, screenwriter and producer.

• James Remar

  American actor, best known for his portrayals of psychopaths and villains.

• Juandino (magician)
• Bob Gainey

  Canadian ice hockey player and General Manager.

• Dwight Stones

  American athlete and sports commentator.

• François Loos

  French politician, appointed Minister Delegate for Industry on 2 June 2005, following a term as Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade (June...

• William Dab
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Famous Deaths

• Daniel Gregory Mason

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Konstanty I Galczynski

  Polish Poet (Zielona Ges), dies at 48.

• Kishio Hirao

  Composer, dies at 46.

• Rudolf Leonhard

  Writer.

• Abdullah Yusuf Ali

  Indian-born scholar and translator (Born 1872).

• Robert A Millikan

  American physicist (Nobel Prize 1923), dies at age 85.

• Lavrenti P Beria

  soviet minister of internal security, executed.

• Francis Picabia

  French avant-garde painter, poet and photographist.

• Reginald Baker

  Australian boxer rugby player and actor (d. 1953).

• Patsy Donovan

  Irish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1953).

• Julian Tuwim

  Polish poet playwright and director (d. 1953).

• Violet MacMillan

  American Broadway theatre actress(Born 1887).

• Jorge Negrete

  Called "charro cantor" was a singer (baritone) and Mexican actor.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kay Starr - Changing Partners
2. Four Aces - The Gang That Sang Heart of My Heart
3. Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
4. Don Cornell & Alan Dale & Johnny - Heart of My Heart
5. Eddie Calvert - Oh, Mein Papa

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Frankie Laine - Answer Me
2. Eddie Calvert - Oh Mein Papa
3. David Whitfield - Answer Me
4. Mantovani - Swedish Rhapsody
5. Winifred Atwell - Let's Have A Party