Today in History for July 1953

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 35 of 35

1st - KLAS TV channel 8 in Las Vegas, NV (CBS) begins broadcasting
1st - KTVH (now KWCH) TV channel 12 in Hutchinson-Wichita, KS (CBS) begins
3rd - 67th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Vic Seixas beats Kurt Nielsen (97 63 64)
4th - 60th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats D Hart (86 75)
4th - Imre Nagy succeeds Matyas Rákosi as premier of Hungary
5th - Jackie Pung wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
5th - WANC TV channel 21 in Asheville, NC (IND) begins broadcasting
7th - 35th PGA Championship: Walter Burkemo at Birmingham CC Mich
7th - Che Guevara sets out on a trip through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and El Salvador.
8th - US stops aid to Persia
9th - 1st helicopter passenger service (NYC)
9th - Phillies Robin Roberts ends streak of 28 consecutive complete games
10th - 82nd British Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 282 at Carnoustie Dai Rees
10th - Pravda reports arrest of Beria [affiliate of imperialist]
12th - KTVB TV channel 7 in Boise, ID (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
14th - 1st Natl monument dedicated to a Negro-George Washington Carver
14th - 20th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-1 at Crosley Field, Cincinnati
14th - Communist offensive in Korea
16th - KROC (now KTTC) TV channel 10 in Rochester, MN (NBC) 1st broadcast
Argentine Revolutionary Che Guevara 19th - KIMA TV channel 29 in Yakima, WA (CBS) begins broadcasting
19th - WAKR (now WAKC) TV channel 23 in Akron, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting
20th - USSR/Israel recover diplomatic relations
20th - The United Nations Economic and Social Council votes to make UNICEF a permanent agency.
24th - KEYT TV channel 3 in Santa Barbara, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
25th - NYC transit fare rises from 10 cents to 15 cents, 1st use of subway tokens
26th - Cuban pirate radio station's 1st transmission at Santiago de Cuba
26th - Fidel Castro begins rebellion, the "26th of July Movement," against Fulgenico Batista's regime
26th - Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek Raid.
27th - 1st insulin isolated by F Banting & C Best in Toronto
27th - North Korea & UN sign armistice
27th - Vatican disallows priest holiday work in factory
27th - Dizzy Dean, Al Simmons Chief Bender, Bobby Wallace, Harry Wright, Ed Barrow, & Bill Klem & Tom Connolly are inducted into Hall of Fame
29th - US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
30th - Rikidōzan holds a ceremony announcing the establishment of the Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance.
Dictator Fidel Castro 31st - Dept of Health, Education & Welfare created

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 48 of 48

1st - Henry Percy, 11th duke of Northumberland, godchild of Elizabeth II
2nd - Tony Armas, baseball player
3rd - Alynne Beth Amkraut, Amityville NY, entertainer
3rd - Frank Tanana, baseball pitcher (California Angels)
6th - Nanci Griffith, US singer/songwriter (Poet in My Window)
7th - Lynval Golding, rocker (Fun Boy Three)
8th - Jonathan Segal, NYC, actor (Jonathan-Paper Chase)
9th - Dave Camp, (Rep-R-Michigan)
9th - Irina D Latysheva, Russian cosmonaut
9th - Thomas Ligotti, American author
9th - Margie Gillis, Canadian dancer and choreographer
10th - Rik "The Rocket" Emmett, Toronto, rock vocalist (Triumph)
11th - Leon Spinks, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976)
11th - Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Eat or Be Eaten)
13th - Larry Gomes, dependable WI cricket left-handed batsman (1976-87)
13th - Mila Mulroney, wife of former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney
15th - Cathy Larmouth Torrance California, playmate (Jun, 1981)
15th - Franklyn Seales, St Vincent, actor (Dexter-Silver Spoons)
15th - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, president of Haiti (1991, 1994- )
15th - John Denham, MP (Labour)
16th - Philece Sampler, San Angelo, Tx, actress (Donna Love-Another World)
16th - Douglas J. Feith, American Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
18th - Peter Greenall, English brewer (Greenall Witley)
20th - Thomas Friedman, American journalist
20th - Marcia Hines, American-born Australian singer
20th - Dan Shaughnessy, American sports writer
21st - Brian Talbot, British footballer
21st - Jeff Fatt, Chinese Australian actor
22nd - Jimmy Bruno, American jazz guitarist
22nd - Sylvia Chang, Taiwanese actress
23rd - Graham Gooch, cricketer (prolific England opener & captain)
24th - Jon Faddis, jazz trumpeter
24th - Julian Brazier, MP
24th - Steve Grogan, NFL QB (New England Patriots)
24th - Claire McCaskill, American politician, junior senator from Missouri
26th - Robert Phillips, classical guitarist
27th - Wim G J M van de Camp, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
27th - Yahoo Serious, Australian comedian
28th - Steve Duncan, Knoxville Tn, singer (Desert Rose Band-Love Reunited)
Rush lead vocalist Geddy Lee (29th) 29th - Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)
29th - Ken Burns, epic documentary maker (Civil War, Baseball)
29th - Ken Burns, American producer and director
29th - Tim Gunn, American television personality
30th - Aleksandr Nikolayevich Balandin, Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-9)
31st - Hugh McDowell, chelloist (ELO-Telephone Line)
31st - Jimmy Cook, cricketer (South African opening batsman 1992)
31st - Ted Baillieu, Australian Politician
31st - James Read, American actor

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

2nd - British writer ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory") Ronald Dhal marries American actress Patricia Neal
6th - "James Bond" actor Roger Moore (25) weds Welsh singer Dorothy Squires (38) in Jersey City

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

1st - Azzedine Bey, Tunisian heir to the throne, murdered
1st - Jacob D du Toit [Totius], South African poet/theologist, dies
10th - Sidney Homer, composer, dies at 88
12th - Joseph Jongen, Belgian composer, dies at 79
12th - Marie-Alphonse-Nicolas-Joseph Jongen, composer, dies at 79
15th - Servant of God Archbishop Mar Ivanios (b.1882)
16th - Joseph Hilaire Pierre Belloc, author (Path to Rome), dies at 82
17th - Bernhard van den Sigtenhorst Meyer, composer, dies at 65
17th - Maude K Adams, US actress (Little Minister), dies
18th - Lucy Booth, Daughter of William and Catherine Booth (b. 1868)
20th - Dumarsaid Estime, President of Haiti (b. 1900)
20th - Jan Struther, British author (b. 1901)
22nd - Cy Kendall, actor (Mysteries of Chinatown), dies at 55
26th - Nikolaos Plastiras, Greece premier (1945-50, 51-2), dies
31st - Robert Taft, (Sen-R-Oh) "Mr Republican", dies in NY at 63