July 1953 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1953 KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 03 Jul 1953 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen
• 04 Jul 1953 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart
• 05 Jul 1953 Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
• 07 Jul 1953 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham Country Club - Michigan
• 08 Jul 1953 US stops aid to Persia
• 09 Jul 1953 First helicopter passenger service (New York City).
• 10 Jul 1953 82nd British Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 282 at Carnoustie Dai Rees
• 12 Jul 1953 KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 14 Jul 1953 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
• 16 Jul 1953 KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
• 19 Jul 1953 KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 20 Jul 1953 USSR / Israel recover diplomatic relations
• 23 Jul 1953 Howard Hawks's musical film ''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'', starring Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell, is released by 20th Century Fox.
• 24 Jul 1953 KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 25 Jul 1953 New York City Transit Authority raises transit fare from 10 to 15 cents, and debuts transit tokens.
• 26 Jul 1953 Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution.
• 27 Jul 1953 1st insulin isolated by F Banting and C Best in Toronto
• 29 Jul 1953 US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
• 31 Jul 1953 Department of Health, Education & Welfare created

Famous Birthday

• Dorothée (TV host)
• Claude Barzotti

  Belgian multilingual singer, best known for his rendition of the hit song, "Madame," in 1980.

• Françoise Bettencourt-Meyers
• Sharifah Aini

  Malaysian singer (d. 2014).

• Guy Savoy

  French chef, who is the Head Chef and owner of the eponymous Guy Savoy restaurant in Paris and sister restaurant in Las Vegas, both of which...

• Robert Ménard

  French politician and former journalist.

• Richard Kolinka
• Torû Furuya
• Patrick Stefanini

  French senior official, who served as prefect of the Aquitaine region, prefect of the zone defense and security Southwest, and prefect of...

• Leon Spinks

  American boxer.

• Nancy Frangione

  American actress in films and TV in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s, playing in such genres as comedy, drama, science fiction, docudrama, crime and...

• Geddy Lee

  Rock Singer.

• Jean-Charles Taugourdeau
• Billy Jack Haynes
• Ryo Ishibashi
• Rocky Mattioli
• Leonardo Ferragamo

  Italian noted family, the fifth child and second son of Salvatore and Wanda Ferragamo.

• Jean-Michel Jacquemin Raffestin
• Catherine Ferry

  French singer, she finished 2nd at the Eurovision song contest in 1976, interpreting "1,2,3".

• René Vandereycken
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Famous Deaths

• Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc

  Author (Path to Rome), dies at 82.

• Azzedine Bey

  Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered.

• Jacob D du Toit [Totius]

  South African Poet / theologist.

• Sidney Homer

  Composer, dies at 88.

• Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer

  Composer, dies at 65.

• Maude K Adams

  US actress (Little Minister).

• Dumarsaid Estime

  President of Haiti (Born 1900).

• Geevarghese Mar Ivanios

  Indian Christian Bishop, founder of the Order of the Imitation of Christ (Born 1882).

• Hilaire Belloc

  French-British writer and Catholic controversialist who attacked secularism and capitalist plutocracy while defending traditional views in...

• Joseph Jongen

  Belgian organist, composer, and music educator.

• Nikolaos Plastiras

  Greek general and politician 135th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1953).

• Cy Kendall

  Actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55.

• Jan Struther

  English author and hymnwriter (d. 1953).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rusty Draper - Gambler's Guitar
2. Pee Wee Hunt Orch - Oh!
3. Eddie Fisher - With These Hands
4. Eartha Kitt - C'est Si Bon
5. Darrell Glenn - Crying in the Chapel

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Frankie Laine - I Believe
2. Frank Chacksfield - Terry's Theme (From 'Limelight')
3. Eddie Fisher With Sally Sweetland - I'm Walking Behind You
4. Mantovani - The Song From The Moulin Rouge
5. Nat 'King' Cole - Pretend