What Happened In November 1953 In History

Historical Events for November, 1953

• 1st » Andhra Pradesh attains statehood, with Kurnool as its capital.
• 2nd » The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• 9th » Cambodia gains independence from France.
• 17th » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, County Kerry e.g Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
• 21st » The British Natural History Museum announces that the "Piltdown Man" human skull e.g skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
• 30th » Mutesa II of Buganda Edward Mutesa II, the 'Kabaka of Buganda kabaka' (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Andrew Cohen (statesman) Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1953

• 1st » Jan Davis, American engineer and astronaut
• 1st » Paul Wellings, English ecologist and academic
• 3rd » Kate Capshaw, American actress
• 3rd » Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chrome (band) e.g Chrome)
• 3rd » Larry Herndon, American baseball player and coach
• 3rd » Dennis Miller, American comedian, actor, producer, and talk show host
• 4th » Mick Buckley, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 4th » P. J. Carey, American baseball player and manager (d. 2012)
• 4th » Rick Green, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Carlos Gutierrez, Cuban-American businessman and politician, 35th United States Secretary of Commerce
• 4th » Peter Lord, English animator, director, and producer, co-founded Aardman Animations
• 4th » Jacques Villeneuve (elder) known as Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver
• 4th » Marvel Williamson, American nurse and academic
• 5th » Florentino Floro, Filipino lawyer and judge
• 5th » Joyce Maynard, American author
• 6th » Frank Hanisch, German footballer
• 7th » Maire Aunaste, Estonian journalist
• 7th » Christopher Foster (bishop) e.g Christopher Foster, English bishop
• 7th » Lucinda Green, English horse rider and journalist
• 8th » Giorgos Foiros, Greek footballer and manager
• 8th » John Musker, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Nand Kumar Patel, Indian politician (d. 2013)
• 9th » Gaétan Hart, Canadian boxer
• 9th » Rhetta Hughes, American singer and actress
• 10th » Les Miles, American football player and coach
• 11th » Marshall Crenshaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » Andy Partridge, Maltese-English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (XTC and The Dukes of Stratosphear)
• 12th » Vasilis Karras, Greek singer
• 12th » Baaba Maal, Senegalese singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 13th » Frances Conroy, American actress and singer
• 13th » Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politician
• 13th » Stephen Paul (physicist) called Stephen Paul, American physicist (d. 2012)
• 13th » Andrew Ranken, English drummer (The Pogues)
• 13th » Tracy Scoggins, American model and actress
• 14th » Phil Baron, American voice actor, puppeteer, and songwriter
• 14th » Tim Bowler, English author
• 14th » Dominique de Villepin, Moroccan-French lawyer and politician, 167th List of Prime Ministers of France or Prime Minister of France
• 15th » James Widdoes, American actor and film and television director
• 16th » Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, actor, and author
• 17th » Babis Tennes, Greek footballer and manager
• 18th » Alan Moore, English author and illustrator
• 18th » Kevin Nealon, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 19th » Robert Beltran, American actor
• 19th » Tom Villard, American actor (d. 1994)
• 21st » Tina Brown, English-American journalist and author
• 22nd » Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (Propeller (band) called Propeller and Ruja) (d. 1994)
• 23rd » Rick Bayless, American chef and author
• 23rd » Francis Cabrel, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 23rd » Johan de Meij, Dutch trombonist, composer, and conductor
• 23rd » Volodymyr Sabodan, Ukrainian metropolitan (d. 2014)
• 24th » Glenn Withrow, American actor
• 25th » Graham Eadie, Australian rugby player and coach
• 25th » Mark Frost, American author, screenwriter, and producer
• 25th » Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman
• 26th » Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
• 26th » Harry Carson, American football player and sportscaster
• 26th » Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver
• 27th » Curtis Armstrong, American actor, singer, and producer
• 27th » Boris Grebenshchikov, Russian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Aquarium (group) or Aquarium)
• 27th » Tarmo Kõuts, Estonian commander and politician
• 27th » Richard Stone (composer) named Richard Stone, American composer (d. 2001)
• 28th » Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 28th » Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
• 28th » Gordon Marsden, English politician
• 29th » Jackie French, Australian author
• 29th » Alex Grey, American painter
• 29th » Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 30th » Shuggie Otis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 30th » June Pointer, American singer and actress (Pointer Sisters) (d. 2006)
• 30th » Jessie St. James, American porn actress

Famous Deaths for November 1953

• 8th » Ivan Bunin, Russian author and poet, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1870)
• 8th » John van Melle, Dutch-South African author and educator (b. 1887)
• 9th » Ibn Saud, Saudi Arabian king (b. 1880)
• 9th » Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet and author (b. 1914)
• 11th » Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1866)
• 21st » Larry Shields, American clarinet player and composer (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1893)
• 22nd » Sulaiman Nadvi, Pakistani historian, author, and scholar (b. 1884)
• 28th » Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
• 29th » Sam De Grasse, Canadian-American actor (b. 1875)
• 29th » Alfons Fryland, Austrian actor (b. 1888)
• 29th » Milt Gross, American illustrator and animator (b. 1895)
• 30th » Francis Picabia, French painter and poet (b. 1879)

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