What Happened In March 1953 In History

Historical Events for March, 1953

• 1st » Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• 3rd » A Canadian Pacific Airlines De Havilland Comet crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11.
• 6th » Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and General secretary named First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 18th » An 1953 Yenice-Gönen earthquake e.g earthquake hits western Turkey, killing 265 people.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1953

• 1st » Dan T. Cathy, American businessman
• 1st » Thomas Henderson (American football) or Thomas Henderson, American football player
• 1st » M. K. Stalin, Indian actor and politician
• 1st » Carlos Queiroz, Portuguese football manager
• 2nd » Russ Feingold, American lawyer and politician
• 3rd » Zico, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 3rd » Robyn Hitchcock, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Soft Boys and Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians)
• 4th » Nicholas Campion, English historian
• 4th » John Edwards (producer) known as John Edwards, Australian television producer
• 4th » Emilio Estefan, Cuban-American drummer and producer
• 4th » Scott Hicks, Australian director
• 4th » Paweł Janas, Polish footballer and manager
• 4th » Rose Laurens, French singer-songwriter
• 4th » Kay Lenz, American actress
• 4th » Geoff Nicholson, English author
• 4th » Peggy Rathmann, American author and illustrator
• 4th » Reinhold Roth, German motorcycle racer
• 4th » KRK Ryden, American painter and illustrator
• 4th » Chris Smith (New Jersey politician) known as Chris Smith, American politician
• 4th » Daniel Woodrell, American author
• 5th » Michael Sandel, American philosopher and educator
• 6th » Phil Alvin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Blasters)
• 6th » Jan Kjærstad, Norwegian author
• 6th » Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali politician, 34th Prime Minister of Nepal
• 6th » Carolyn Porco, American astronomer and academic
• 7th » Bernard Voyer, Canadian mountaineer and explorer
• 8th » Angelos Anastasiadis, Greek footballer and coach
• 8th » Jim Rice, American baseball player
• 8th » Don Werner, American baseball player
• 10th » Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian runner
• 10th » Paul Haggis, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » László Bölöni, Romanian-Hungarian footballer and manager
• 11th » Derek Daly, Irish-American race car driver
• 11th » Jimmy Iovine, American record producer and businessman, co-founded Interscope Records and Beats Electronics
• 11th » Bernie LaBarge, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 12th » Carl Hiaasen, American journalist and author
• 12th » Ron Jeremy, American porn actor and director
• 13th » Nicola Davies (judge) or Nicola Davies, Welsh lawyer and judge
• 13th » Ridley Pearson, American author
• 13th » Deborah Raffin, American actress and producer (d. 2012)
• 14th » Nick Keir, Scottish singer-songwriter (The McCalmans) (d. 2013)
• 15th » Kostas Bigalis, Greek singer-songwriter
• 15th » Richard Bruton, Irish politician
• 15th » Colin Croft, Guyanan cricketer and sportscaster
• 15th » Heather Graham Pozzessere, American author
• 15th » Kumba Ialá, Bissau-Guinean politician, List of heads of state of Guinea-Bissau or President of Guinea-Bissau (d. 2014)
• 16th » Isabelle Huppert, French actress
• 16th » Óscar Ramírez, Peruvian terrorist
• 16th » Richard Matthew Stallman, American computer programmer
• 17th » Filemon Lagman, Filipino activist (d. 2001)
• 17th » Chuck Muncie, American football player (d. 2013)
• 18th » Franz Wright, American poet
• 18th » Takashi Yoshimatsu, Japanese composer
• 19th » Ian Blair, English police officer
• 19th » Peter Hendy, English businessman
• 19th » Billy Sheehan, American bass player and songwriter (Mr. Big (band) named Mr. Big and Niacin (band) called Niacin)
• 21st » Paul Martin Lester, American photographer, author, and educator
• 21st » David Wisniewski, English-American author and illustrator (d. 2002)
• 23rd » Bo Díaz, Venezuelan baseball player (d. 1990)
• 23rd » Chaka Khan, American singer-songwriter (Rufus (band) known as Rufus)
• 23rd » Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Indian businesswoman
• 24th » Anita L. Allen, American lawyer, philosopher, and academic
• 24th » Louie Anderson, American comedian, actor, and game show host
• 25th » Robert Fox (producer) known as Robert Fox, English film producer
• 25th » Vesna Pusić, Croatian politician
• 26th » Lincoln Chafee, American politician, 74th Governor of Rhode Island
• 26th » Elaine Chao, American politician, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
• 26th » Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (d. 2002)
• 27th » Gary Alexander (baseball) named Gary Wayne Alexander, American baseball player
• 27th » Dennis Bevington, Canadian politician
• 27th » George Copos, Romanian businessman and politician
• 27th » Bairbre Dowling, Irish actress
• 27th » Gabriele Gatti, Sanmarinese politician, List of Captains Regent of San Marino called Captain Regent of San Marino
• 27th » Julian Glover, English actor
• 27th » Jørn Goldstein, Norwegian ice hockey player
• 27th » Herman Ponsteen, Dutch cyclist
• 27th » Ranjit Sinha, Indian police officer
• 28th » Rosemary Ashe, English actress and singer
• 28th » Melchior Ndadaye, Burundian politician, 4th President of Burundi (d. 1993)
• 29th » Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician, 39th Mayor of Tallinn
• 31st » Dennis Kamakahi, American guitarist and composer (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for March 1953

• 2nd » James Lightbody, American runner (b. 1882)
• 3rd » James J. Jeffries, American boxer (b. 1875)
• 5th » Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1897)
• 5th » Sergei Prokofiev, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1891)
• 5th » Joseph Stalin, Russian marshal and politician, 3rd List of leaders of the Soviet Union e.g leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1878)
• 21st » Ed Voss, American basketball player (b. 1922)
• 23rd » Oskar Luts, Estonian author and playwright (b. 1887)
• 24th » Mary of Teck (b. 1867)
• 28th » Jim Thorpe, American football player and coach (b. 1887)

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