1953

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From top to bottom, left to right: Troops of the King's African Rifles on watch for Mau Mau rebels during the Mau Mau rebellion; Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest; Coup supporters celebrate victory of the 1953 Iranian coup d'état; The wreckage of the KA locomotive in the Tangiwai disaster; Elizabeth proceeding past the Coronation Chair in her Coronation; Soviet T-34-85 in East Berlin during the East German uprising of 1953; the state funeral procession of Joseph Stalin; Aftermath of the North Sea flood of 1953.
Millennium: 2nd millennium
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1953 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1953
MCMLIII
Ab urbe condita 2706
Armenian calendar 1402
ԹՎ ՌՆԲ
Assyrian calendar 6703
Baháʼí calendar 109–110
Balinese saka calendar 1874–1875
Bengali calendar 1359–1360
Berber calendar 2903
British Regnal year 1  Eliz. 2   2  Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2497
Burmese calendar 1315
Byzantine calendar 7461–7462
Chinese calendar 壬辰年 (Water  Dragon)
4650 or 4443
     to 
癸巳年 (Water  Snake)
4651 or 4444
Coptic calendar 1669–1670
Discordian calendar 3119
Ethiopian calendar 1945–1946
Hebrew calendar 5713–5714
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2009–2010
 - Shaka Samvat 1874–1875
 - Kali Yuga 5053–5054
Holocene calendar 11953
Igbo calendar 953–954
Iranian calendar 1331–1332
Islamic calendar 1372–1373
Japanese calendar Shōwa 28
(昭和28年)
Javanese calendar 1884–1885
Juche calendar 42
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4286
Minguo calendar ROC 42
民國42年
Nanakshahi calendar 485
Thai solar calendar 2496
Tibetan calendar 阳水龙年
(male Water-Dragon)
2079 or 1698 or 926
     to 
阴水蛇年
(female Water-Snake)
2080 or 1699 or 927

1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.

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Events

January

February

March

April

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April 25: DNA double helix described.

May

May 29: Mount Everest conquered. Mount Everest, Himalayas.jpg
May 29: Mount Everest conquered.

June

June 2: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, crowned. Elizabeth II waves from the palace balcony after the Coronation, 1953.jpg
June 2: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, crowned.
June 19: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg NYWTS.jpg
June 19: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed.

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

Births

Births
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January

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Pat Benatar
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Teresa Teng

February

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Mary Steenburgen
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner Cristinakirchnermensaje2010.jpg
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner
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Michael Bolton
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José María Aznar
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Ian Khama

March

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Ron Jeremy
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Isabelle Huppert
Lenin Moreno LENIN MORENO.jpg
Lenín Moreno
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Chaka Khan

April

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Guy Verhofstadt
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Linda Martin
Rick Moranis Rick Moranis at the 62nd Academy Awards.jpg
Rick Moranis

May

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Tony Blair
Alex Van Halen Alex Van Halen - Van Halen Live.jpg
Alex Van Halen
Norodom Sihamoni Norodom Sihamoni (2007) (crop).jpg
Norodom Sihamoni
Pierce Brosnan Pierce Brosnan Berlinale 2014.jpg
Pierce Brosnan
Alfred Molina AlfredMolinaByJustinHoch2009.jpg
Alfred Molina
Danny Elfman Danny Elfman cropped.jpg
Danny Elfman

June

Johnny Clegg Johnny-clegg-valenciennes-davidata-14 07 2009.jpg
Johnny Clegg
Ivo Sanader Svecanost podizanja NATOve zastave Zagreb 65.jpg
Ivo Sanader
Tim Allen Tim Allen cropped.jpg
Tim Allen
Xi Jinping Xi Jinping in 2016.jpg
Xi Jinping
Cyndi Lauper Cyndi Lauper in 2011.jpg
Cyndi Lauper
Ingo Kuhl Ingo Kuhl im Atelier Berlin 2015 (cropped).jpg
Ingo Kühl

July

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Sangay Ngedup
Lawrence Gonzi EPP Congress Marseille 7444.jpg
Lawrence Gonzi
Leon Spinks Leon Spinks 1.jpg
Leon Spinks
Jean Bertrand-Aristide Clinton&Aristide-2.jpg
Jean Bertrand-Aristide
Mila Mulroney Mila Mulroney cropped.jpg
Mila Mulroney
Najib Razak Najib Razak 2008-08-21.jpg
Najib Razak

August

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Hulk Hogan
Carlos Mesa Carlos Mesa, ex-President of Bolivia (cropped).jpg
Carlos Mesa
James Horner James-horner-07.jpg
James Horner
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Wolfgang Hohlbein
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Herta Müller
Peter Horton Peter Horton at the 1988 Emmy Awards.jpg
Peter Horton

September

October

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Tico Torres
Greg Evigan Greg Evigan.jpg
Greg Evigan
Tito Jackson Tito Jackson London 2017.jpg
Tito Jackson
Robert Picardo Robert Picardo by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Robert Picardo

November

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Reunion con el Presidente Electo, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador 8 (cropped).jpg
Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Dominique de Villepin Launch Republique Solidaire 2010-06-19 n04.jpg
Dominique de Villepin
Kevin Nealon Kevinnealon.jpg
Kevin Nealon
Steve Bannon Steve Bannon by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Steve Bannon
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Boris Grebenshchikov
Curtis Armstrong Curtis Armstrong by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Curtis Armstrong

December

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Kim Basinger
John Malkovich John Malkovich at a screening of "Casanova Variations" in January 2015.jpg
John Malkovich
Bill Pullman Bill Pullman in New York City (2014).jpg
Bill Pullman
Leonel Fernandez Leonel Fernandez Reyna.jpg
Leonel Fernández
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Thomas Bach

Date unknown

Deaths

January

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Hank Williams

February

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Francesco Saverio Nitti

March

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Joseph Stalin
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Klement Gottwald

April

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King Carol II of Romania

May

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Django Reinhardt

June

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Norman Ross

July

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Dumarsais Estimé

August

September

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Edwin Hubble

October

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Hjalmar Hammarskjold

November

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King Ibu Saud

December

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Robert Andrews Millikan

Nobel Prizes

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