Today in History for August 1953

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 47 of 47

1st - California introduces sales tax (for education)
1st - Fidel Castro arrested in Cuba
1st - KMBC TV channel 9 in Kansas City, MO (MET/ABC) begins broadcasting
1st - KOBI TV channel 5 in Medford, OR (NBC) begins broadcasting
1st - Northern Rhodesia becomes part of Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland
1st - Red Sox Ben Flowers sets then record of 8 consecutive games in relief
2nd - Betty Jack Davis, singer (w/Skeeter Davis), killed in car crash
2nd - KCPQ TV channel 13 in Tacoma-Seattle, WA (IND) begins broadcasting
3rd - Frank Blair becomes news anchor of Today Show
4th - Black families move into Trumbull Park housing project in Chicago
4th - Vic Raschi sets pitcher record by driving in 7 runs & wins 15-0
5th - Operation "Big Switch" Korean War prisoner exchanged at Panmunjom
6th - Ted Williams returns to Red Sox from the military
7th - Eastern Airlines enters jet age, uses Electra prop-jet
8th - Russia's Georgi Malenkov reports possession of hydrogen bomb
8th - US & South Korea initial a mutual security pact
9th - Premier Mohammed Abdullah of Kashmir, fired
12th - Ann Davison arrives in Miami, becoming the 1st woman to sail solo across the Atlantic
12th - Heavy earthquake strikes the Ionian islands, 435 killed
Dictator Fidel Castro 12th - Soviet Union conducts secret test of its 1st hydrogen bomb
13th - 4-5 million French go on strike against economizations
13th - Pres Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee
13th - US Gen Omar Bradley's becomes chief of staff
14th - 20th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Detroit 24, All-Stars 10 (93,818)
14th - KXLF TV channel 4 in Butte, MT (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
16th - KTAL TV channel 6 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
16th - Shah of Persia & princess Soraya flee to Baghdad & Rome
17th - Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.
19th - England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0
20th - General Fazlollah Zahedi arrests premier Mossadeq of Persia
20th - Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation
21st - Baseball player reps Ralph Kiner (NL) & Allie Reynolds (AL) hire John Norman Lewis at $15,000 to give legal advice to players in negotiation
21st - Marion Carl in Douglas Skyrocket reaches record 25,370 m
21st - Sultan Sidi Mohammed Am Joessoef V of Morocco deposed
22nd - John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union
22nd - Shah of Persia returns to Teheran
23rd - Braves Phil Paine is 1st former major leaguer to play in Japan
23rd - Cyclist Arie Van Vliet becomes world champion sprinter
23rd - Dutch DC-6 crashes near Ymuiden in North Sea, 21 die
23rd - KBAK TV channel 29 in Bakersfield, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
23rd - Phil Grate sets record for throwing a baseball (443'3")
23rd - USSR performs nuclear test
28th - "Me & Juliet" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 358 performances
29th - KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
29th - USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
31st - KRBC TV channel 9 in Abilene, TX (NBC) begins broadcasting
31st - WKBG (now WLVI) TV channel 56 in Cambridge-Boston, MA (IND) begins

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 46 of 46

1st - Robert Cray, Columbus Ga, blues singer/songwriter (1987 Grammy)
2nd - Anne Leuchars, British TV journalist
2nd - Butch Patrick, actor (Eddie Munster-Munster)
5th - Samantha Sang, singer (Emotion)
6th - Iqbal Qasim, cricketer (Pakistani slow lefty in the 80's)
6th - Pat MacDonald, rocker (Timbuk 3)
7th - Anne Fadiman, American writer; daughter of Clifton Fadiman
8th - "Sweet" Lou Dunbar, basketball player (Harlem Globetrotters)
8th - Donny Most, Bkln NY, actor (Ralph Malph-Happy Days)
8th - Don Most, American actor
10th - Mark Doty, American poet and prose writer
11th - Hulk Hogan, [Terry Bollea], Augusta Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)
11th - Sanford Jensen, South Haven Mich, actor (Foley Square)
13th - Jimmy McCulloch, rocker (Wings)
14th - James Horner, actor (Titanic, Apollo 13, Balto, Jade, Casper)
14th - Cliff Johnson, American computer game author
16th - Catlin O'Heaney, Whitefish Bay Wisc, actress (Snow White-Charmings)
16th - James Taylor, SC, rocker (Kool & The Gang-Joanna)
16th - Kathie Lee Gifford, Paris Fla, hostess (Live with Regis & Kathie Lee)
WWF Wrestler Hulk Hogan (11th) 16th - Nick Leyva, baseball manager (Phillies 1988-91)
17th - Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen)
17th - Robert Brent Thirsk, BC Canada, astronaut (STS 78)
17th - Judith Regan, American book publisher
18th - Louie Gohmert, American politician
19th - Debra Paget, Denver Co, actress (Love Me Tender)
19th - Johan F de Leeuw, Dutch MP (CDA)
19th - Nanni Moretti, Italian film actor, director and producer
19th - Mary Matalin, American political consultant
20th - Peter Horton, Bellevue Wash, actor (Gary-30 Something)
21st - Ivan Stang, American writer
22nd - Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
23rd - Bobby Gubby, rocker (Bucks Fizz-My Camera Never Lies)
23rd - Klaus-Dietrich Flade, German FR, cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-14)
24th - Ron Holloway, American tenor saxophonist
26th - Pat Sharkey, Irish footballer
27th - Alex Lifeson, Toronto Canada, rock guitarist (Rush)
27th - Willy "Mink" Deville, [Borsay], US blues/rock singer (Hey! Joe)
27th - Peter Stormare, Swedish-born actor
28th - Gates McFadden, Columbus Ohio, actress (Star Trek Next Generation)
29th - Rick Downey, rocker drummer/vocalist (Blue Oyster Cult)
29th - James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
30th - Robert Parish, NBA center (Boston Celtics, Charlotte Hornets)
30th - Ron George, American politician
31st - Marcia Clark, [Kleks], Berkeley CA, LA DA (OJ Simpson Case)
31st - Miguel Ángel Guerra, Argentine racing driver
31st - György Károly, Hungarian author

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

30th - Future NYC mayor David Dinkins marries Joyce Burrows in NYC

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 7 of 7

11th - Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
13th - Dmitri Arakishvili, composer, dies at 80
15th - Ludwig Prandtl, German physicist (b. 1875)
17th - Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66
22nd - Jim Tabor, American baseball player (b. 1916)
27th - Nicolai Berezowsky, composer, dies at 53
30th - Dimiter Nenov, composer, dies at 51