1953

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 - 1953 - 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958

Births

February 11 - Philip Anglim, actor.
February 11 - Stephen D Thorne, astronaut.
February 11 - Alan Rubin music figure.
Richard Stallman, Free software proponent
Tony Blair, UK Prime Minister

Deaths

November 8 - John van Melle, South African author
November 9 - Dylan Thomas, poet and author
Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader

Events

February 11 - President Eisenhower refuses clemency appeal for Rosenberg couple.
February 11 - USSR breaks diplomatic relations with Israel.
Change of US presidency from Harry S Truman (1945-1953) to Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing perform the first successful ascent to the summit of Mount Everest.

Nobel Prizes

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