What Happened In September 1953 In History

Historical Events for September, 1953

• 7th » Nikita Khrushchev is elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union named first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 7th » Mohammad Daoud Khan becomes Premier of Afghanistan.
• 7th » Garfield Todd becomes Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.
• 13th » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
• 21st » LT No Kum-Sok a North Korean pilot defected to South Korea and is associated with Operation Moolah.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1953

• 1st » Beau Billingslea, American actor
• 1st » Joseph Williams (musician) or Joseph Williams, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Toto (band) called Toto)
• 1st » Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 2013)
• 1st » Rocco Rock, American wrestler (d. 2002)
• 2nd » Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan) known as Minister of Defense for Afghanistan (d. 2001)
• 2nd » John Zorn, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (Naked City (band) Naked City, Masada (band) Masada, and Painkiller (band) Painkiller)
• 3rd » Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Michael Stean, English chess player and author
• 4th » Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
• 5th » Victor Davis Hanson, American historian and journalist
• 5th » Herman Koch, Dutch author and actor
• 5th » Eiki Nestor, Estonian politician, Minister of Social Affairs (Estonia) named Minister of Social Affairs of Estonia
• 5th » Paul Piché, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 6th » Anne Lockhart (actress) named Anne Lockhart, American actress
• 7th » Michael Byron (composer) known as Michael Byron, American composer
• 7th » Marc Hunter, New Zealand singer-songwriter (Dragon (band) known as Dragon and The Party Boys) (d. 1998)
• 7th » Benmont Tench, American keyboard player (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Mudcrutch)
• 8th » Pascal Greggory, French actor
• 9th » Manjula Vijayakumar, Indian actress (d. 2013)
• 10th » Amy Irving, American actress and singer
• 10th » John Thurso, Scottish politician
• 11th » Jani Allan, English-South African journalist
• 11th » Renée Geyer, Australian singer
• 11th » Tommy Shaw, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Styx (band) or Styx, Damn Yankees (band) e.g Damn Yankees and Shaw Blades)
• 11th » Michael Tavinor, English priest
• 12th » Fiona Mactaggart, Scottish educator and politician
• 14th » Tom Cora, American cellist and composer (Skeleton Crew (band) Skeleton Crew, Third Person (band) Third Person, and Curlew (band) Curlew) (d. 1998)
• 14th » Judy Playfair, Australian swimmer
• 16th » Alan Barton, English singer and guitarist (Black Lace (band) or Black Lace and Smokie (band) named Smokie) (d. 1995)
• 16th » Kurt Fuller, American actor
• 16th » Nancy Huston, Canadian-American author
• 16th » Mark Malloch Brown, Baron Malloch-Brown, English journalist and politician, 2nd Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 16th » Jerry Pate, American golfer and sportscaster
• 16th » Eric Vail, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 17th » Tamasin Day-Lewis, English chef and author
• 17th » Altaf Hussain, Pakistani-English politician
• 17th » Rita Rudner, American actress and screenwriter
• 17th » Steve Williams (rock drummer) called Steve Williams, Welsh drummer and songwriter (Budgie (band) called Budgie)
• 18th » Carl Jackson, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 18th » John McGlinn, American conductor and historian (d. 2009)
• 19th » Sarana VerLin, American singer-songwriter and violinist
• 21st » Sunny Johnson, American actress (d. 1984)
• 21st » Arie Luyendyk, Dutch race car driver
• 22nd » Richard Fairbrass, English singer-songwriter (Right Said Fred)
• 22nd » Ségolène Royal, Senegalese-French politician
• 23rd » Nicholas Witchell, English journalist
• 25th » Richard Harvey, English mandolin player, keyboard player, and composer (Gryphon (band) called Gryphon)
• 26th » Joe Benigno, American radio host
• 26th » Dolores Keane, Irish singer and actress (De Dannan)
• 26th » Paul Stephenson (police officer) named Paul Stephenson, English police officer
• 27th » Diane Abbott, English politician
• 27th » Mata Amritanandamayi, Indian guru and saint
• 27th » Claudio Gentile, Italian footballer and manager
• 27th » Greg Ham, Australian keyboard player, saxophonist, songwriter, and actor (Men at Work) (d. 2012)
• 28th » Otmar Hasler, Liechtensteiner politician, 11th Prime Minister of Liechtenstein
• 29th » Warren Cromartie, American baseball player, coach, and radio host
• 29th » Richard Grusin, American author and scholar
• 29th » Drake Hogestyn, American actor
• 29th » Jean-Claude Lauzon, Canadian director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
• 29th » Lawrence Reed, American economist and author
• 30th » Deborah Allen, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 30th » Keith Burnett, Welsh physicist and academic
• 30th » Hilton Dawson, English politician
• 30th » S. M. Stirling, French-American author

Famous Deaths for September 1953

• 2nd » Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875)
• 2nd » Jonathan M. Wainwright (general) e.g Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1883)
• 5th » Richard Walther Darré, Argentinian-German agronomist and politician (b. 1895)
• 17th » David Munson, American runner (b. 1884)
• 18th » Charles de Tornaco, Belgian race car driver (b. 1927)
• 26th » Xu Beihong, Chinese painter and educator (b. 1895)
• 28th » Edwin Hubble, American astronomer and scholar (b. 1889)

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