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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

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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
  • 03 Feb 1953 The Batepá massacre occurred in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleashed a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros.
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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 1953?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - The Doggie In The Window
  2. - Side By Side
  3. - Pretend
  4. - Downhearted
  5. - Anywhere I Wander

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - You Belong To Me
  2. - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
  3. - Comes A-Long A-Love
  4. - Outside Of Heaven
  5. - Here In My Heart

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 1953?

To The Moment Of Triumph by Pamela Frankau

To The Moment Of Triumph

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Hardcover book.

Don Camillo And His Flock by Giovanni Guareschi

Don Camillo And His Flock

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This story is set against the backdrop of post-war rural villages in Emilia-Romagna. It's the second in a series of funny and insightful Don Camillo anthologies. There are 215 stories in this collection.

The Galileans by Frank G. Slaughter

The Galileans

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Joseph of Galilee is a young doctor who finds his life changing when he meets Mary Magdala, an attractive dancer determined to vengeance against Gaius Flaccus, a Roman officer.

Always The Young Strangers by Carl Sandburg

Always The Young Strangers

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Carl Sandburg was born in 1878. He grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, where he studied and played sports. Sandburg's reminiscence offers a nostalgic view on small-town life as well as an invaluable insight.

Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes

Steamboat Gothic

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This was my first ever reading of Frances Parkinson Keyes books. The novel's Southern setting and its characters captured my attention.