June 1953 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1953 KMJ (now KSEE) TV channel 24 in Fresno, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 02 Jun 1953 The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.
• 03 Jun 1953 Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday
• 04 Jun 1953 Pitts trades outfielder Ralph Kiner and Joe Garagiola to Chic
• 05 Jun 1953 US Senate rejects China PR membership to UN
• 07 Jun 1953 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
• 08 Jun 1953 Segregated lunch counters in DC forbidden by Supreme Court.
• 09 Jun 1953 Milton Berle Show / Texaco Star Theater, last airs on NBC-TV
• 13 Jun 1953 53rd US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 283 at Oakmont Country Club - Oakmont, Pennsylvania
• 14 Jun 1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee
• 15 Jun 1953 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 and Browns 14-game losing streak
• 16 Jun 1953 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, Yanks lose ending 18 game win streak and also ending St. Louis Browns 14 game losing streak
• 17 Jun 1953 Most runs scored in 1 inning
• 18 Jun 1953 Eugene Stephens is 1st to get 3 hits and Red Sox score 17 runs in 1 Inning (7th) Red Sox beat Detroit 23-3
• 19 Jun 1953 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 20 Jun 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Western Golf Open
• 23 Jun 1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Women Golf Tournament
• 24 Jun 1953 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 26 Jun 1953 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast
• 27 Jun 1953 Joseph Laniel becomes Prime Minister of France.
• 29 Jun 1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
• 30 Jun 1953 1st Corvette manufactured

Famous Birthday

• José Bové

  French farmer and politician.

• Cyndi Lauper

  American singer, songwriter, actress, and LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights activist with a career spanning over five...

• Benazir Bhutto

  Pakistani politician, the first woman leader of the Islamic world.

• Xi Jinping
• David Berkowitz

  American homicide known as the Son of Sam, holding New York in terror in 1976-1977.

• Tim Allen

  American actor and comedian, best known for his TV sitcom, "Home Improvement.

• John Edwards (politician)
• Barbara Minty

  American actress and wife of actor Steve McQueen, 22 years older than she.

• Daniel Cohen
• Robert Davi

  American actor singer and director.

• Colin Hay

  British-Australian lead singer, guitarist and member of the rock group "Men at Work.

• Ronnie Gene Dunn
• Colleen Camp

  American actress and producer.

• Johnny Clegg

  English-South African guitarist (Juluka and Savuka).

• Jacques-François Piquet
• François Lelord
• Peter Bergman

  Actor (All My Children, Starland Vocal Band).

• Libuse Safránková
• Sergey Smelyakov

  Russian pro astrologer and International vice-president for ISAR, 1999, representing the Ukraine.

• Diana Canova
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Famous Deaths

• Julius Rosenberg

  NYC, 1st US civilian executed for espionage at 37.

• Walter Niemann

  Composer, dies at 76.

• Hendrik de Man

  Sociologist (Belgian Working people Party), dies at 67.

• Jules van Nuffel

  Composer, dies at 70.

• Gote Carlid

  Composer, dies at 32.

• Godfrey Tearle

  Actor (39 Steps, Mandy, At Dawn We Die), dies at 68.

• Margaret Bondfield

  English politician and feminist (Born 1873).

• Charles William Miller

  Brazilian sportsman, the ''father of football in Brazil'' (Born 1874).

• Ugo Betti

  Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello.

• Bill Tilden

  American tennis player and coach (d. 1953).

• Ethel Rosenberg

  American convicted spy (Born 1915).

• Roland Young

  Actor (David Copperfield, Irene, Dulcy), dies at 65.

• Grzlegorz Fitelberg

  Composer, dies at 73.

• William Farnum

  Actor (Drifter, Scarlet Letter), dies at 76.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Kay Starr - Half a Photograph
2. Hilltoppers - I'd Rather Die Young
3. Hilltoppers - P.S. I Love You
4. Les Paul & Mary Ford - Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
5. Perry Como - No Other Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

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