November 1953
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The following events occurred in November 1953:
November 1, 1953 (Sunday)
- WHEC TV channel 10 in Rochester, NY (CBS) begins broadcasting.
- KMGH TV channel 7 in Denver, CO (CBS) begins broadcasting.
- KCEN TV channel 6 in Temple-Waco, TX (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting.
- Born: Darrell Issa, American politician, U.S. Representative from California, in Cleveland, Ohio[1]
November 2, 1953 (Monday)
November 3, 1953 (Tuesday)
November 4, 1953 (Wednesday)
- Died: Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, American pianist and patron of music, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
November 5, 1953 (Thursday)
- David Ben-Gurion resigns as prime minister of Israel.
November 6, 1953 (Friday)
November 7, 1953 (Saturday)
November 8, 1953 (Sunday)
November 9, 1953 (Monday)
- Cambodia becomes independent from France.
- The Laotian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Laos and the Pathet Lao, all the while resuming the First Indochina War against the French Army in a Two-front war.
November 10, 1953 (Tuesday)
November 11, 1953 (Wednesday)
November 12, 1953 (Thursday)
November 13, 1953 (Friday)
- Born: Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico since 2018, in Tepetitán, Tabasco, Mexico
- Born: Henriette Strobel, Dschinghis Khan member since 1979, in Munich, Germany
November 14, 1953 (Saturday)
- Born: Dominique de Villepin, Prime Minister of France from 2005 to 2007, in Rabat, Morocco
November 15, 1953 (Sunday)
November 16, 1953 (Monday)
- Born: Griff Rhys Jones, Welsh comedian, in Cardiff[2]
November 17, 1953 (Tuesday)
November 18, 1953 (Wednesday)
- Born: Kevin Nealon, American actor and comedian, in St. Louis, Missouri
November 19, 1953 (Thursday)
November 20, 1953 (Friday)
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- The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket, piloted by Scott Crossfield, became the first piloted aircraft to reach Mach 2.
- Authorities at the Natural History Museum, London announced that the skull of Piltdown Man (allegedly an early human discovered in 1912) was a hoax.[3][4]
November 21, 1953 (Saturday)
- Puerto Williams was founded in Chile as the southernmost settlement of the world.
November 22, 1953 (Sunday)
- Operation Castor: French paratroopers took Điện Biên Phủ.
November 23, 1953 (Monday)
November 24, 1953 (Tuesday)
November 25, 1953 (Wednesday)
- "Match of the Century": England lost 6–3 to Hungary at Wembley Stadium, their first ever loss to a continental European team at home.
November 26, 1953 (Thursday)
November 27, 1953 (Friday)
November 28, 1953 (Saturday)
November 29, 1953 (Sunday)
- First Indochina War: Battle of Dien Bien Phu – French paratroopers consolidate their position at Điện Biên Phủ.
November 30, 1953 (Monday)
- Kabaka crisis: Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda, was deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Benjamin Cohen, Governor of Uganda.
References
- ^ "ISSA, Darrell 1953 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Rhys Jones, Griff (1953-) Biography".
- ^ Weiner, J. S.; Oakley, K. P.; Le Gros Clark, W. E. (20 November 1953). "The Solution of the Piltdown Problem". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 2 (3): 141–6.
- ^ "Piltdown Man forgery". The Times. London. 21 November 1953. p. 6.