The almanac
The 1953 Edition
Limited to about 97 million copies: the babies born worldwide in 1953. About 47 million are still in circulation.
Estimates from the UN World Population Prospects 2024. How we count
What happened in 1953
- Little Ricky's birth drew a record audienceThe I Love Lucy episode aired the same day Lucille Ball gave birth in real life.January 19 · Source: Television Academy
- Disney's Peter Pan flew into theatersDisney's animated version of J.M. Barrie's story about the boy who never grows up opened.February 5 · Source: Box Office Mojo
- Watson and Crick described DNA's structureTheir short paper in Nature proposed the double helix shape of DNA.April 25 · Source: Nature
- Everest climbed for the first timeEdmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the top of the world's highest mountain.May 29 · Source: National Geographic
- Elizabeth II crowned at Westminster AbbeyThe coronation ceremony in London was held before more than 8,000 guests.June 2 · Source: BBC On This Day
- TV dinners went on saleSwanson's frozen meals in three-part aluminum trays reached stores, ready to heat and eat.September · Source: EBSCO Research Starters
- The Robe premiered in CinemaScopeThe biblical epic introduced CinemaScope, a new extra-wide movie screen format.September 16 · Source: EBSCO Research Starters
Famous people born in 1953
- Herta MüllerGerman-Romanian novelist, poet and essayist · born August 17
- Kim BasingerAmerican actress · born December 8
- Paul KrugmanAmerican economist · born February 28
- Paul AllenAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft · born January 21
- Teresa TengTaiwanese ROC singer · born January 29
- John MalkovichAmerican actor · born December 9
- Cyndi LauperAmerican singer · born June 22
- Andrew WilesEnglish mathematician · born April 11
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If you were born in 1953
- Older than the four-minute mileRoger Bannister became the first person to run a mile in under four minutes, in Oxford on May 6, 1954.
- Older than DisneylandDisneyland opened in Anaheim, California on July 17, 1955.
- Older than Elvis on The Ed Sullivan ShowElvis Presley made his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on September 9, 1956.
- Older than SputnikThe Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite on October 4, 1957.
- Younger than PeanutsThe Peanuts comic strip by Charles M. Schulz first appeared, in seven US newspapers on October 2, 1950.