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What Happened In June 1953 In History

Historical Events for June, 1953

  • 2nd » The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II coronation of Queen regnant 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 Head of the Commonwealth of Nat
  • 8th » 1953 Flint–Beecher tornado named An F5 tornado hits Beecher, Michigan, killing 116, injuring 844, and destroying 340 homes.
  • 8th » The Supreme Court of the United States named United States Supreme Court rules that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
  • 9th » Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: a tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.
  • 17th » Uprising of 1953 in East Germany called East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
  • 18th » The Egyptian Revolution of 1952 ends with the overthrow of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty and the declaration of the Egypt Modern history called Republic of Egypt.
  • 18th » A United States Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II known as C-124 Tachikawa air disaster known as crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
  • 19th » Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
  • 26th » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
  • 30th » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1953

  • 1st » Timothy Bentinck, Australian-English actor
  • 1st » David Berkowitz, American serial killer
  • 1st » Ronnie Dunn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brooks & Dunn)
  • 2nd » Keith Allen (actor) known as Keith Allen, Welsh actor, singer, and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Dave Boy Green, English boxer and businessman
  • 2nd » Craig Stadler, American golfer
  • 2nd » Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic
  • 3rd » John Moulder-Brown, English actor
  • 4th » Linda Lingle, American politician, 6th Governor of Hawaii
  • 4th » Jimmy McCulloch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (One in a Million (band) One in a Million, Wings (band) Wings, Small Faces, The Dukes (band) The Dukes, and Thunderclap Newman) (d. 1979)
  • 4th » Susumu Ojima, Japanese businessman, founded Huser
  • 4th » Paul Samson, English guitarist and producer (Samson (band) named Samson) (d. 2002)
  • 5th » Kathleen Kennedy (film producer) e.g Kathleen Kennedy, American film producer, co-founded Amblin Entertainment
  • 6th » Dimitris Avramopoulos, Greek politician, Minister for National Defence (Greece) called Greek Minister for National Defence
  • 6th » June Yamagishi, Japanese-American guitarist (Papa Grows Funk and The Wild Magnolias)
  • 7th » Colin Boyd, Baron Boyd of Duncansby, Scottish lawyer and judge
  • 7th » Colleen Camp, American actress and producer
  • 7th » Johnny Clegg, English-South African guitarist (Juluka and Savuka)
  • 7th » Dougie Donnelly, Scottish sportscaster
  • 8th » Billy Hayes (trade unionist) e.g Billy Hayes, English union leader
  • 8th » Sandy Nairne, English curator
  • 8th » Ivo Sanader, Croatian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Croatia
  • 8th » Olav Stedje, Norwegian singer-songwriter
  • 8th » Ad Tak, Dutch cyclist
  • 9th » Ken Navarro, Italian-American guitarist and composer
  • 10th » Eileen Cooper, English painter
  • 10th » John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
  • 10th » Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer
  • 10th » Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
  • 11th » Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
  • 11th » Peter Bergman, American actor
  • 11th » José Bové, French farmer and politician
  • 11th » Vera Komisova, Russian hurdler
  • 12th » Rocky Burnette, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 12th » Timothy Duke, English genealogist
  • 12th » Tess Gerritsen, American physician and author
  • 12th » David Thornton (actor) e.g David Thornton, American actor
  • 12th » Allan Weiner, American radio host and activist
  • 13th » Tim Allen, American actor and producer
  • 14th » Janet Mackey, New Zealand politician
  • 14th » David Thomas (musician) known as David Thomas, American singer-songwriter (Rocket from the Tombs and Pere Ubu)
  • 15th » Vilma Bardauskienė, Lithuanian long jumper
  • 15th » Eje Elgh, Swedish race car driver
  • 15th » Xi Jinping, Chinese engineer and politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
  • 15th » Rita Lee (model) or Rita Lee, American model
  • 15th » Raphael Wallfisch, English cellist and educator
  • 16th » Paul Goggins, English politician (d. 2014)
  • 16th » Valerie Mahaffey, American actress and producer
  • 16th » Ian Mosley, English drummer (Marillion)
  • 17th » Vernon Coaker, English educator and politician
  • 18th » Raimo Aas, Estonian radio host
  • 18th » Derek Deane, English dancer and choreographer
  • 18th » Peter Donohoe (pianist) named Peter Donohoe, English pianist and educator
  • 18th » Vladislav Terzyul, Ukrainian mountaineer (d. 2004)
  • 19th » Larry Dunn, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Earth, Wind & Fire)
  • 19th » Hilary Jones (doctor) known as Hilary Jones, English physician
  • 19th » Simon Wright (musician) Simon Wright, English drummer (AC/DC, Dio (band) Dio, and UFO (band) UFO)
  • 20th » Robert Crais, American author
  • 20th » Ulrich Mühe, German actor (d. 2007)
  • 20th » Raúl Ramírez, Mexican tennis player
  • 20th » Willy Rampf, German engineer
  • 21st » Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician, 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan (d. 2007)
  • 21st » Maurice Boucher, Canadian drug trafficker and murderer
  • 22nd » Wim Eijk, Dutch cardinal
  • 22nd » Mauro Francaviglia, Italian mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
  • 22nd » Cyndi Lauper, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (Blue Angel (band) named Blue Angel)
  • 22nd » Mai Lin, American porn actress
  • 22nd » Bruce McAvaney, Australian sportscaster
  • 23rd » Andrew Moylan, English judge
  • 24th » Ivo Lill, Estonian sculptor
  • 24th » David Ward (politician) or David Ward, English politician
  • 25th » Olivier Ameisen, French-American cardiologist and educator (d. 2013)
  • 26th » Robert Davi, American actor and singer
  • 26th » Nigel Sheinwald, English diplomat, List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to the United States called British Ambassador to the United States
  • 27th » Igor Gräzin, Estonian academic and politician
  • 27th » Alice McDermott, American author and academic
  • 29th » Don Dokken, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dokken)
  • 29th » Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian singer, guitarist, and actor (Men at Work)
  • 30th » Jane Denton, English nurse
  • 30th » Lin Feng-jiao, Taiwanese actress
  • 30th » Hal Lindes, American-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dire Straits)

Famous Deaths for June 1953

  • 1st » Emanuel Vidović, Croatian painter (b. 1870)
  • 9th » Ernest Graves, Sr., American football player, coach, and general (b. 1880)
  • 16th » Margaret Bondfield, English politician, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (b. 1873)
  • 19th » Ethel Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1915)
  • 19th » Julius Rosenberg, American spy (b. 1918)
  • 29th » Anton Koolmann, Estonian wrestler and coach (b. 1899)
  • 30th » Elsa Beskow, Swedish author and illustrator (b. 1874)
  • 30th » Charles William Miller, Brazilian footballer and civil servant (b. 1874)

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