October 1953 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1953 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS / ABC) begins broadcasting
• 02 Oct 1953 Comedy in Music (Victor Borge) opens at John Golden NYC for 849 performances
• 03 Oct 1953 7th NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 3-1 at Montreal
• 04 Oct 1953 Jim Peters runs world record marathon
• 05 Oct 1953 The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held.
• 06 Oct 1953 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, Georgia (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 07 Oct 1953 Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
• 08 Oct 1953 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
• 09 Oct 1953 British Premier Winston Churchill aproves Guyanese Constitution
• 10 Oct 1953 Roland (Monty) Burton wins New Zealand air race in under 23 hours.
• 12 Oct 1953 US and Greece signs peace treaty
• 13 Oct 1953 Burglar alarm-ultrasonic or radio waves-patented by Samuel Bagno.
• 14 Oct 1953 1st 3 Dutch female police officers go into service
• 15 Oct 1953 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 16 Oct 1953 Fidel Castro sentenced to 15 years
• 18 Oct 1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times
• 19 Oct 1953 First jet transcontinental nonstop scheduled service.
• 20 Oct 1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
• 22 Oct 1953 Laos gains full independence from France.
• 23 Oct 1953 German FR applies to NATO
• 24 Oct 1953 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
• 25 Oct 1953 Coal mine in Seraing Belgium explodes, 26 die
• 27 Oct 1953 British nuclear test Totem 2 is carried out at Emu Field, South Australia.
• 28 Oct 1953 Red Barber, resigns as Dodger sportscaster to join Yankees
• 29 Oct 1953 A Baltimore group purchases St. Louis Browns
• 30 Oct 1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize.
• 31 Oct 1953 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium

Famous Birthday

• Tony Shalhoub

  American actor most famous for playing roles of neurotic men on the TV series "Monk" and "Wings.

• Tcheky Karyo

  French-born Turkish actor and musician.

• David Morse

  American actor, best known as the loveable Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison on the acclaimed television series, "St. Elsewhere," 1982-88.

• Sophie Calle
• Arielle Boulin-Prat
• Shelley Ackerman

  American professional astrologer.

• Midge Ure

  Scottish musician, a singer, guitarist and keyboard player who founded "Visage" along with drummer Rusty Egan and vocalist Steve Strange.

• Lisa St Aubin de Terán

  English author.

• Roger Allam

  English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film, television and radio.

• Albert Rust

  French football/soccer goalkeeper who played at senior level from 1972 to 1981, followed by a career as a coach.

• Martha Smith

  Cleveland, Ohio -- Actress (Animal House) / playmate (July 1973).

• Tito Jackson

  Guitarist.

• Andreas Vollenweider

  Swiss musician, composer.

• Les Dennis

  British TV personality and comedian, a former partner of Dustin Gee.

• Lionnel Astier
• Klaus Wowereit

  German politician, member of the SPD (Social Democratic Party), and has been the Governing Mayor of Berlin since the 21 October 2001 state...

• Béatrice Vernaudon
• Maureen Teefy

  American actress and singer.

• Serge Lepeltier

  French politician who was mayor of Bourges in 1995 and again in 2001.

• Mark Francis Dodich
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Famous Deaths

• Kathleen Ferrier

  English alto singer, dies at 41.

• William Kapell

  American pianist (Born 1922).

• Douwe Kalma

  Fries literature / Christian-socialist, dies at 57.

• Federico Gerdes

  Composer, dies at 80.

• Zdzislaw Jachimecki

  Composer, dies at 71.

• Jimmy Finlayson

  Scottish-American actor (Born 1887).

• Erima Harvey Northcroft

  New Zealand judge (Born 1884).

• Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu

  8th duc de Noailles (Born 1869).

• Arnold Bax

  English composer (Born 1883).

• Ernest Irving

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Friedrich Wolf

  German critic who founded the science of philology.

• Maurice Lugeon

  Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83.

• Holger Pedersen

  Danish linguist and academic (d. 1953).

• Porter Hall

  Actor (Half-Breed, Double Indenity), dies at 64.

• Thomas Wass

  English cricketer (Born 1873).

• Werner Baumbach

  German bomber pilot (Born 1916).

• Nigel Bruce

  British-American actor born of British parents visiting Mexico as tourists.

• Arnold Edward Trevor Bax

  British Composer (Coronation March), dies at 69.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra (Henri Rene - accordion) - The Velvet Glove
2. Teresa Brewer - Ricochet (Rick-O-Shay)
3. Stan Freberg - St. George and the Dragonet
4. Stan Freberg - Little Blue Riding Hood
5. Eddie Fisher - Many Times

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Guy Mitchell - Look At That Girl
2. Frankie Laine - I Believe
3. Frankie Laine - Where The Winds Blow
4. Mantovani - The Song From The Moulin Rouge
5. Frank Chacksfield - Terry's Theme (From 'Limelight')