March 1953 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1953 KAUZ TV channel 6 in Wichita Falls, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 02 Mar 1953 The Academy Awards are first broadcast on television by NBC.
• 03 Mar 1953 Boston Braves, who own Milwaukee minor league franchise, block Saint Louis Browns' attempt to shift their franchise to Milwaukee.
• 06 Mar 1953 Malenkov becomes chairman of the USSR.
• 08 Mar 1953 WFMJ TV channel 21 in Youngstown, OH (NBC) begins broadcasting
• 09 Mar 1953 Josef Stalin buried in Moscow.
• 11 Mar 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned
• 13 Mar 1953 The United Nations Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjöld as United Nations Secretary General.
• 14 Mar 1953 KOLR TV channel 10 in Springfield, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 15 Mar 1953 West Germany loses in soccer to the Netherlands, 2-1
• 17 Mar 1953 WBAY TV channel 2 in Green Bay, WI (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 18 Mar 1953 Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
• 19 Mar 1953 25th Academy Awards: Greatest Show on Earth, Gary Cooper and Shirley Booth win (first time televised).
• 20 Mar 1953 Senator Edwin C Johnson offers a bill to give clubs the sole
• 21 Mar 1953 NBA record 106 fouls and 12 players foul out (Boston Celtics - Syracuse Nationals).
• 22 Mar 1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
• 24 Mar 1953 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 25 Mar 1953 26 – ''Lari Massacre'' in Kenya: Mau Mau rebels kill up to 150 Kikuyu natives.
• 26 Mar 1953 Salk Polio vaccine announced
• 27 Mar 1953 21 die in a train crash in Conneaut, Ohio, USA.
• 28 Mar 1953 New Faces (of 1952) closes at Royale Theater NYC after 365 performances
• 29 Mar 1953 A fire at the Littlefield Nursing Home in Largo, Florida kills 33 persons, including singer-songwriter Arthur Fields.
• 31 Mar 1953 US Department of Health, Education and Welfare established.

Famous Birthday

• Isabelle Huppert

  French actress of stage, television and film, who debuted in "Faustine et le bel été," in 1971 when she was just 16.

• Chaka Khan

  American successful black singer and songwriter consistently noted in the field of black music.

• Ron Jeremy

  American entertainer primarily known as a porn star, he has appeared in more than 1,700 films and directed 250.

• Zico

  Brazilian footballer.

• Adze Mixxe

  American professional astrologer who worked full time doing business and personal consultations, as well as a syndicated radio program and a...

• Kay Lenz

  American actress of film and TV who made her strongest mark in TV movies.

• Nelson Monfort

  French television host and sports journalist on France Télévisions (the French public national television broadcaster).

• Deborah Raffin

  American actress and producer (d. 2012).

• Nicholas Campion

  English astrologer and historian.

• Didier Rocher

  French business executive and noted family, one of three sons of industrialist Yves Rocher, famed producer of "natural" cosmetics.

• Paul Haggis

  Canadian director producer and screenwriter.

• Jean-Claude Mailly

  French trade unionist, who has served as the secretary general of the 'Force ouvrière' (Workers' Force) since 2004.

• Robyn Hitchcock

  English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians).

• Jean-Pierre Depétris
• Jacklyn Zeman
• Rose Laurens

  French singer-songwriter.

• Lauren Koslow
• Emilio Estefan

  Cuban-American drummer and producer.

• Zao (singer)
• Jacques Domergue
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Famous Deaths

• Joseph Stalin

  Russian politician, a Marxist by the age of 15.

• Sergei S Prokoviev

  Russian Composer (Peter & the wolf), dies at 61.

• Sergey Sergeyevich Prokofiev

  Composer, dies at 61.

• Conrado del Campo y Zabaleta

  Composer, dies at 73.

• Graciliano Ramos

  Brazilian Author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60.

• James Anderson II

  (Jo-Northern Exposure).

• Narciso Garay

  Composer, dies at 76.

• James Francis Thorpe

  Decathelete (1912 Olympics - Gold Medalist), dies at 64.

• Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar

  Composer, dies at 75.

• Jim Lightbody

  American runner (Born 1882).

• Herman J Mankiewicz

  American screenwriter (Born 1897).

• Mary of Teck

  Queen Consort to George V of the United Kingdom (Born 1867).

• Anton GO Ridder Van Rappard

  painter/lithographer/etcher, dies.

• Josef V Stalin

  Soviet leader responsible for 11 million murders, dies at age 73.

• Charles Gordon Curtis

  inventor of Curtis-steam turbine, dies at age 92.

• Felix M Abel

  French dominican/biblical scholar, dies at age 74.

• James J Jeffries

  American heavyweight boxer (Born 1875).

• Raoul Dufy

  French artist, a painter who was one of the major artists of the Fauve group and considered a master draftsman.

• Klement Gottwald

  Czech president, one of the organizers of the Communist Party in Czechoslovakia, a despot.

• Sergei Prokofiev

  Russian composer of marches, army songs, opera and symphonies, including, "War and Peace," "Cantata Seven," "They are Seven," the musical...

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rusty Draper - No Help Wanted
2. Frankie Laine & Jimmy Boyd - Tell Me A Story
3. Georgia Gibbs - Seven Lonely Days
4. Ralph Marterie & His Orchestra - Caravan
5. Les Paul & Mary Ford - I'm Sitting On Top of the World

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Perry Como & The Ramblers - Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
2. Guy Mitchell - She Wears Red Feathers
3. Eddie Fisher - Outside Of Heaven
4. Mario Lanza - Because You're Mine
5. Al Martino - Now