What is 1953?
{{Year nav|1953}} {{Year in various calendars|1953}} '''1953''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMLIII]]) was a [[common year starting on Thursday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1953rd year of the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1953}}. == Events == *[[January 20]] - [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] becomes the 34th [[President of the United States]]. *[[January 31]] - In the night to [[February 1]], [[1953 North Sea flood|a storm severely floods]] parts of the [[Netherlands]], [[Belgium]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. *[[May 29]] {{Endash}} [[Jack Catain Jr.]], an American [[Businessperson|businessman]], marries Marlene Noble, an [[Clothing|apparel]] [[Sales|sales associate]], in [[Cook County, Illinois]]. *[[May 29]] – [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Sherpa Tenzing Norgay]] become the first humans to reach the top of [[Mount Everest]]. *[[June 2]] - [[Elizabeth II]] is crowned [[Queen]] of the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Commonwealth realm]]s. *[[July 27]] – The [[Korean War]] ends. *[[August 12]] - The [[1953 Ionian earthquake]] struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece. *[[November 17]] - The [[Minquiers and Ecrehos case]] ends with the [[International Court of Justice]] giving [[Minquiers]] and [[Écréhous]] to [[Jersey]]. *Unknown - The [[Taito Corporation]] is founded in Japan. == Births == *[[January 9]] – [[Morris Gleitzman]], [[England|English]] [[writer]] *[[January 10]] - [[Pat Benatar]], American singer *[[January 13]] - [[Joseph Augustus Zarelli]], American murder victim (d. [[1957]]). *[[January 18]] - [[László Simion]], Romanian politician Hungarian nationalities UDMR. *[[January 21]] – [[Paul Allen]], [[United States|American]] entrepreneur *[[January 23]] - [[Robin Zander]], [[United States|American]] singer ([[Cheap Trick]]) *[[January 24]] - [[Matthew Wilder]], American singer-songwriter *[[January 26]] - [[Anders Fogh Rasmussen]], former [[Prime Minister]] of [[Denmark]] and current [[NATO]] Secretary-General *[[February 8]] - [[Mary Steenburgen]], A