What Happened In December 1953 In History

Historical Events for December, 1953

• 6th » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel 'Lolita'.
• 8th » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
• 9th » Second Red Scare named Red Scare: General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company.

Famous Birthdays on December in 1953

• 2nd » David Anderson (British politician) called David Anderson, English politician
• 3rd » Franz Klammer, Austrian skier
• 3rd » Lothar Schneider, German footballer
• 4th » Gwen Humble, American actress
• 4th » Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 5th » Gwen Lister, South African-Namibian journalist, publisher, and activist
• 6th » Sue Carroll, English columnist (d. 2011)
• 6th » Gary Goodman, Australian cricketer and coach
• 6th » Geoff Hoon, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
• 6th » Tom Hulce, American actor, singer, and producer
• 6th » Masami Kurumada, Japanese author and illustrator
• 6th » Kin Shriner, American actor
• 6th » Gary Ward (outfielder) named Gary Ward, American baseball player and coach
• 8th » Kim Basinger, American actress, singer, and producer
• 8th » Roy Firestone, American sportscaster and journalist
• 8th » Norman Finkelstein, American author, academic, and activist
• 8th » Sam Kinison, American comedian and actor (d. 1992)
• 9th » Cornelis de Bondt, Dutch composer and educator
• 9th » World B. Free, American basketball player
• 9th » John Malkovich, American actor and producer
• 10th » Chris Bury, American journalist
• 11th » Bess Armstrong, American actress
• 12th » Martin Ferguson, Australian politician
• 12th » Bruce Kulick, American guitarist and songwriter (Kiss (band) Kiss, Grand Funk Railroad, Blackjack (band) Blackjack, Union (band) Union, and Eric Singer Project)
• 12th » Dave Meniketti, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Y&T)
• 12th » Rafael Septien, Mexican-American football player
• 13th » Ben Bernanke, American economist and academic
• 13th » Bill Castro, Dominican baseball player and coach
• 13th » Jim Davidson, English comedian, actor, and television host
• 13th » Bob Gainey, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 13th » Thomas Kurzhals, German keyboard player and songwriter (Karat (band) e.g Karat and Stern-Combo Meißen) (d. 2014)
• 14th » Vijay Amritraj, Indian tennis player and sportscaster
• 14th » Wade Davis, Canadian anthropologist, author, and photographer
• 14th » René Eespere, Estonian composer
• 14th » Vangelis Meimarakis, Greek lawyer and politician, 4th Minister for National Defence (Greece) or Greek Minister for National Defence
• 14th » Mikael Odenberg, Swedish soldier and politician, 29th Minister for Defence (Sweden) known as Swedish Minister for Defence
• 15th » John R. Allen, American general
• 15th » J. M. DeMatteis, American author
• 15th » Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
• 16th » Rebecca Forstadt, American voice actress and screenwriter
• 17th » Samuel Hadida, Moroccan film producer
• 17th » Barry Livingston, American actor
• 17th » Sally Menke, American film editor (d. 2010)
• 17th » Bill Pullman, American actor
• 18th » Elliot Easton, American guitarist and singer (The Cars, The New Cars, and Creedence Clearwater Revisited)
• 18th » Khas-Magomed Hadjimuradov, Chechen singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 21st » András Schiff, Hungarian-English pianist and conductor
• 21st » Betty Wright, American singer-songwriter
• 22nd » Bern Nadette Stanis, American actress
• 22nd » Ian Turnbull (ice hockey) or Ian Turnbull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Tom Underwood, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 23rd » Andres Alver, Estonian architect
• 23rd » Gerrit W. Gong, American religious leader
• 23rd » Belinda Lang, English actress
• 23rd » Maria Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess of Russia
• 24th » Timothy Carhart, American actor
• 24th » François Loos, French engineer and politician
• 26th » Leonel Fernández, Dominican lawyer and politician, 51st President of the Dominican Republic
• 26th » Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Swedish-Estonian journalist and politician, 4th President of Estonia
• 26th » Makis Katsavakis, Greek footballer and manager
• 26th » Henning Schmitz, German drummer (Kraftwerk)
• 27th » Arthur Kent, Canadian television journalist
• 28th » Richard Clayderman, French pianist
• 28th » Tatsumi Fujinami, Japanese wrestler and promoter, founded Dradition named Dradition wrestling promotion
• 28th » Charlie Pierce, American journalist and author
• 29th » Gali Atari, Israeli singer and actress
• 29th » Alan Rusbridger, Zambian-English journalist and academic
• 29th » Stanley Williams, American gang leader, co-founded the Crips (d. 2005)
• 30th » Daniel T. Barry, American engineer and astronaut
• 30th » Bill Kazmaier, American strongman and wrestler
• 30th » Dana Key, American singer, guitarist, and producer (DeGarmo and Key) (d. 2010)
• 30th » Graham Vick, English director and producer
• 30th » Meredith Vieira, American journalist and game show host
• 31st » Jane Badler, American actress and singer
• 31st » Michael Hedges, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997)
• 31st » Trevor Phillips, English broadcaster and politician
• 31st » James Remar, American actor

Famous Deaths for December 1953

• 2nd » Reginald Baker (sportsman) or Reginald Baker, Australian rugby player and actor (b. 1884)
• 2nd » Tran Trong Kim, Vietnamese historian, scholar, and politician, List of Prime Ministers of Vietnam called Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1883)
• 5th » Jorge Negrete, Mexican-American singer and actor (b. 1911)
• 5th » William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (b. 1901)
• 10th » Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 14th » Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American author and academic (b. 1896)
• 15th » Robert Stangland, American jumper (b. 1881)
• 19th » Robert Andrews Millikan, American physicist and eugenicist, Nobel Prize in Physics or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1868)
• 21st » Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish wrestler (b. 1888)
• 23rd » Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Russian general and politician (b. 1899)
• 25th » Patsy Donovan, Irish-American baseball player and manager (b. 1865)
• 25th » William Haselden, Spanish-English cartoonist (b. 1872)
• 27th » Julian Tuwim, Polish poet and author (b. 1894)
• 29th » Violet MacMillan, American actress (b. 1887)
• 31st » Albert Plesman, Dutch businessman, founded KLM (b. 1889)

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