What Happened In February 1953 In History

Historical Events for February, 1953

• 1st » North Sea flood of 1953 (Dutch, Watersnoodramp, literally "flood disaster") was a major flood caused by a heavy storm, that occurred on the night of Saturday, 31 January 1953 and morning of Sunday, 1 February 1953. The floods struck the Netherlands, Belgi
• 11th » President of the United States named U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower refuses a clemency appeal for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• 11th » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• 15th » Liechtenstein parliamentary election, February 1953 known as Parliamentary elections held in Liechtenstein.
• 19th » Censorship: Georgia (U.S. state) or Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1953

• 1st » Brendon Batson, English footballer
• 2nd » Duane Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 2nd » Jerry Sisk, Jr., American gemologist, co-founded Jewelry Television (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Savvas Tsitouridis, Greek politician
• 4th » Kitarō, Japanese keyboard player, composer, and producer
• 4th » James Stirling (physicist) called James Stirling, Irish physicist and academic
• 5th » John Beilein, American basketball player and coach
• 5th » Gustavo Benítez, Paraguayan footballer and manager
• 5th » Giannina Braschi, Puerto Rican author and playwright
• 5th » Takashi Ishikawa, Japanese sumo wrestler
• 5th » Loretta Tofani, American journalist
• 7th » Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (d. 1998)
• 8th » Roger Clavet, Canadian politician
• 8th » Mary Steenburgen, American actress
• 9th » Ciarán Hinds, Irish actor
• 9th » Ezechiele Ramin, Italian missionary, priest, and martyr (d. 1985)
• 9th » Gabriel Rotello, American journalist and author, founded 'OutWeek'
• 10th » Jeffrey John, English priest
• 11th » Philip Anglim, American actor
• 11th » Jeb Bush, American politician, 43rd List of Governors of Florida e.g Governor of Florida
• 11th » Tom Veryzer, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 12th » Joanna Kerns, American actress and director
• 12th » Nabil Shaban, Jordanian-English actor, founded the Graeae Theatre Company
• 12th » Robin Thomas, American actor
• 13th » Rico J. Puno, Filipino singer
• 13th » Akio Sato (wrestler) named Akio Sato, Japanese wrestler
• 14th » Odds Bodkin, American author
• 15th » Tony Adams (producer) or Tony Adams, Irish-American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)
• 15th » Gregory Campbell (politician) e.g Gregory Campbell, Irish politician
• 16th » George Martin (footballer) known as George Martin, English footballer
• 16th » Lanny McDonald, Canadian ice hockey player
• 16th » Roberta Williams, American video game designer, co-founded Sierra Entertainment
• 17th » Norman Pace, English actor
• 18th » Robbie Bachman, Canadian drummer (Brave Belt and Bachman–Turner Overdrive)
• 18th » Mihkel Mutt, Estonian journalist and author
• 18th » Derek Pellicci, Australian drummer (Little River Band and Mississippi (band) known as Mississippi)
• 19th » Corrado Barazzutti, Italian tennis player
• 19th » Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentinian politician, 55th President of Argentina
• 19th » Bill Kirchenbauer American comedian and actor
• 19th » Massimo Troisi, Italian actor (d. 1994)
• 19th » Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (d. 1985)
• 20th » Riccardo Chailly, Italian conductor
• 20th » Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (d. 2013)
• 20th » Poison Ivy (musician) named Poison Ivy, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Cramps)
• 21st » Christine Ebersole, American actress and singer
• 21st » William Petersen, American actor
• 22nd » Graham Lewis, English bass player (Wire (band) known as Wire and Dome (band) or Dome)
• 22nd » Nigel Planer, English actor
• 23rd » Kenny Bee, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wynners)
• 23rd » Satoru Nakajima, Japanese race car driver
• 23rd » Walter Wick, American photographer and author
• 25th » José María Aznar, Spanish politician, Prime Minister of Spain
• 25th » Kim Yeong-cheol, South Korean actor
• 26th » Michael Bolton, American singer-songwriter and actor (Blackjack (band) named Blackjack)
• 27th » Gavin Esler, Scottish journalist
• 27th » Ian Khama, English-Botswanan lieutenant and politician, 4th President of Botswana
• 27th » Yolande Moreau, Belgian actress and director
• 27th » Gabriela Svobodová, Czech skier
• 28th » Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian race car driver
• 28th » Paul Krugman, American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences known as Nobel Prize laureate
• 28th » Ricky Steamboat, American wrestler

Famous Deaths for February 1953

• 4th » Antonio Conte (fencer) or Antonio Conte, Italian fencer (b. 1867)
• 15th » Oskar Goßler, German rower (b. 1875)
• 15th » Karl Staaf, Swedish tug of war competitor (b. 1881)
• 24th » Gerd von Rundstedt, German field marshal (b. 1875)
• 25th » Sergei Winogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian microbiologist and ecologist (b. 1856)

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