February 1953 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1953.
The US president was Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 1953: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1953?

Events

01 Feb 1953 General Electric Theater premieres on CBS TV
05 Feb 1953 Peter Pan by Walt Disney opens at Roxy Theater, New York City
06 Feb 1953 US controls on wages and some consumer goods are lifted.
08 Feb 1953 WLVA (now WSET) TV channel 13 in Lynchburg-Roanoke, VA (ABC) begins
09 Feb 1953 Adventures of Superman TV series premieres in syndication
10 Feb 1953 Ice Dance Championship at Davos won by Jean Westwood and Lawrence Demmy of Great Britain.
11 Feb 1953 Hazel Flagg opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 190 performances
12 Feb 1953 USSR breaks diplomatic relations with Israel.
13 Feb 1953 Transsexual Christine Jorgenson returns to New York after successful sexual reassignment surgery in Denmark.
16 Feb 1953 The Pakistan Academy of Sciences is established in Pakistan.
17 Feb 1953 Baseball star / pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea
18 Feb 1953 Bwana Devil, the 1st 3-D movie, opened in New York
19 Feb 1953 Ted Williams safely crash-lands his damaged Panther jet
20 Feb 1953 US Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling.
21 Feb 1953 Maggie closes at National Theater NYC after 5 performances
25 Feb 1953 Wonderful Town opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 559 performances
26 Feb 1953 Allen W Dulles is promoted from deputy to 5th director of US Central Intelligence Agency.
28 Feb 1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Khrushchev and Malenkov

Famous Birthday

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
President of Argentina.
Jeb Bush
American politician, governor of Florida 1999-2007, and noted family, the second son of President George Bush.
Michael Bolton
American singer, international superstar and social activist.
Thierry Roussel
French entrepreneur, the heir to a pharmaceutical fortune and manager of a conglomerate of 12 companies in areas as diverse as publishing,...
Mary Steenburgen
Movie Actress.
William Petersen
American actor and producer.
Jose Maria Aznar
Spanish politician.
Ciaran Hinds
Northern Irish actor.
Joëlle Mogensen
Duane Chapman
Yolande Moreau
Belgian actress, and film director.
Gérard Blanchard
French singer, accordionist, and songwriter, best known for his hit "Rockamadour".
Jean Teulé
Jean Gaudin
French dancer, choreographer and comedian.
Kitaro
Asian-American electronic musician and composer who creates "mind-music," with assorted instruments, guitar, drums, tabla and Irish harp.
Joanna Kerns
American actress and director.
Massimo Troisi
Italian actor and film director whose film "Il Postino" (The Postman) won five Oscar nominations including that of Best Picture, and he, the...
Vladimir Kovalev
Russian skater, he was the World Skating Champion 1977-80.
Geordie Johnson
Gérard Rancinan
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Famous Deaths

Gustav Strube
Composer, dies at 85.
Cliff Clark
Actor (Golden Hoofs, Kid Glove Killer), dies at 63.
Karl R G von Rundstedt
German General-Field Marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77.
Jesus Garcia Leoz
Composer, dies at 49.
Alexander Loudon
Dutch diplomat (League of Nations), dies at age 60.
Elisabeth "Ilse" Kuyper
Dutch/US (opera)composer, dies.
Sergei Winogradsky
Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (d. 1953).
Gerd von Rundstedt
German field marshal (Born 1875).
Jim Thorpe
American professional athlete who won awards in over seven events; 100 Meter Dash, the 1500 Meter Run, the Broad Jump, the Discuss, the 100...
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