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Month August 1953 Calendar

About Month of August Calendar

  • August is the eighth month of the year (between July and September) in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and one of seven months with a length of 31 days. In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere.

    August symbols: The birthstones of August are the peridot and sardonyx. Its birth flower is the gladiolus or poppy, meaning beauty, strength of character, love, marriage and family. The zodiac signs for the month of August are Leo (until August 22) and Virgo (from August 23 onwards).

Historical Events for August, 1953

  • Day of Week 10th » First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam.
  • Day of Week 12th » Nuclear weapons testing: The Soviet atomic bomb project continues with the detonation of 'Joe 4', the first Soviet thermonuclear weapon.
  • 12th » The islands of Zakynthos and Cephalonia Kefalonia in Greece are severely damaged by an 1953 Ionian Earthquake earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter magnitude scale Richter scale.
  • Day of Week 17th » Substance dependence named Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1953

  • 1st » Robert Cray, American singer and guitarist
  • 1st » Howard Kurtz, American journalist and author
  • 2nd » Marjo, Canadian singer-songwriter (Corbeau (band) named Corbeau)
  • 2nd » Helen Edwards, English civil servant
  • 2nd » Donnie Munro, Scottish singer and guitarist (Runrig)
  • 2nd » Butch Patrick, American actor and singer
  • 2nd » Anthony Seldon, English historian and author
  • 3rd » Ian Bairnson, Scottish saxophonist and keyboard player (The Alan Parsons Project, Pilot (band) called Pilot, and Keats (band) known as Keats)
  • 4th » Joanie Spina, American magician, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2014)
  • 4th » Vini Reilly, English guitarist (The Durutti Column and The Invisible Girls)
  • 4th » Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and manager
  • 5th » Rick Mahler, American baseball player and coach (d. 2005)
  • 6th » Iqbal Qasim, Pakistani cricketer
  • 7th » Anne Fadiman, American journalist and author
  • 8th » Mark Lazarowicz, English politician
  • 8th » Nigel Mansell, English race car driver
  • 8th » Don Most, American actor and director
  • 9th » Kay Stenshjemmet, Norwegian speed skater
  • 9th » Roberta Tovey, English actress and singer
  • 10th » Mark Doty, American poet and author
  • 11th » Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor
  • 11th » Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
  • 13th » Tom Cohen, American philosopher, theorist, and academic
  • 13th » Thomas Pogge, German philosopher and academic
  • 13th » Peter Wright, English historian and author
  • 14th » James Horner, American composer and conductor
  • 14th » Cliff Johnson (game designer) named Cliff Johnson, American game designer
  • 15th » Carol Thatcher, English journalist and author
  • 15th » Mark Thatcher, English businessman
  • 16th » Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host, singer, and actress
  • 17th » Mick Malthouse, Australian footballer and coach
  • 17th » Kevin Rowland, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dexys Midnight Runners)
  • 17th » Herta Müller, Romanian-German poet and author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate
  • 18th » Louie Gohmert, American captain, lawyer, and politician
  • 19th » Mary Matalin, American political consultant
  • 19th » Nanni Moretti, Italian actor, director, and producer
  • 19th » Lynwood Slim, American singer and harmonica player (d. 2014)
  • 20th » Gerry Bertier, American football player (d. 1981)
  • 20th » Peter Horton, American actor and director
  • 20th » Mart Ummelas, Estonian journalist
  • 21st » Ivan Stang, American author, publisher, and director
  • 22nd » Paul Ellering, American weightlifter, wrestler, and manager
  • 23rd » Bobby G, English singer (Bucks Fizz (band) called Bucks Fizz)
  • 23rd » John Rocha, Hong Kong-Irish fashion designer
  • 23rd » Ernst Savkovic, German footballer
  • 24th » Ron Holloway, American saxophonist
  • 24th » Sam Torrance, Scottish golfer and sportscaster
  • 26th » Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
  • 27th » Alex Lifeson, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Rush (band) or Rush and Big Dirty Band)
  • 27th » Joan Smith, English journalist and author
  • 27th » Peter Stormare, Swedish actor, director, and playwright
  • 28th » Ditmar Jakobs, German footballer
  • 28th » Tõnu Kaljuste, Estonian conductor and journalist
  • 29th » Doña Croll, Jamaican-English actress
  • 29th » James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist and academic
  • 31st » Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentinian race car driver
  • 31st » György Károly, Hungarian poet and author
  • 31st » Jimmy McKenna, Scottish actor
  • 31st » Pavel Vinogradov, Russian astronaut and engineer

Famous Deaths for August 1953

  • 7th » Abner Powell, American baseball player and manager (b. 1860)
  • 11th » Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
  • 15th » Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
  • 22nd » Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)

Calendar for the year 1953 and a calender for the month of August

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