1953 was the year that Elvis Presley recorded for the first time but it would be another two years before he graced an American chart. The biggest hits of 1953 were still in the hands of balladeers and Orchestra leaders.
1953 Events & Facts
Posted By:Babyboomers.com Staff
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Sep 21 2020
What Happened in 1953?
MAJOR EVENTS:
Nikita Khrushchev wins power struggle in Soviet Union after the death of Josef Stalin
Josef Broz Tito elected president of Yugoslavia
Convicted spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed
Korean armistice signed
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now Health and Human Services) created
Soviet Union detonates its first hydrogen bomb
BUSINESS & ECONOMY:
President Eisenhower ends all wage, salary and price controls
Growth of the buy now pay later mentality
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:
U.S. Air Force test pilot Chuck Yeager sets speed record in X-1 rocket plane
An expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary is the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest
James Watson and Francis Crick determine the structure of DNA
Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
First clear evidence linking lung cancer to cigarette smoking
SPORTS:
World Series: New York Yankees over Brooklyn, 4-2 (fifth consecutive win)
St. Louis Browns move to Baltimore to become the Orioles
Boston Braves move to Milwaukee
US Supreme Court rules (7-2) baseball is a sport not a business
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT:
Movies:Roman Holiday, From Here to Eternity, The Robe (first major motion picture filmed in wide-screen CinemaScope)
Songs:Doggie in the Window, I Believe, Stranger in Paradise, I Love Paris
TV Shows:Twenty Questions, Red Skelton Show, GE Theatre, Make Room for Dauly
Books:Casino Royale, Ian Fleming; Battle Cry, Leon Uris
EVERYDAY LIFE:
TV Guide debuts; on the cover of the first issue are Lucille Ball and her newborn son, Desi Arnaz IV
The first color television sets appear selling for $1,175
Transistor radios start to appear for sale
FUN FACTS:
Pierce Brosnan, Tim Allen, and Hulk Hogan were born
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