1953

1953 (MCMLIII) was .
Events
January 20 - Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes the 34th President of the United States.
January 31 - In the night to February 1, a storm severely floods parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
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 realms.
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 Ecrehous to Jersey.
Unknown - The Taito Corporation is founded in Japan.
Births
January 9 - Morris Gleitzman, English writer
January 10 - Pat Benatar, American singer
January 13 - Joseph Augustus Zarelli, American murder victim (d. 1957).
January 18 - Laszlo Simion, Romanian politician Hungarian nationalities UDMR.
January 21 - Paul Allen, American entrepreneur
January 23 - Robin Zander, 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, American actress
February 11 - Jeb Bush, American politician
February 11 - William Aviv, Jewish actor and politician
February 16 - Loran Bini, Kosovo Christian politician of Bosnian ethnicity
February 19 - Cristina Fernandez, President of Argentina
February 25 - Levon Mkrtchyan, Armenian movie director
February 25 - Jose Maria Aznar, former Prime Minister of Spain
February 26 - Michael Bolton, American singer
February 27 - Ian Khama, President of Botswana
February 28 - Paul Krugman, American economist
March 3 - Zico, Brazilian footballer
March 16 - Richard Stallman, Computer programmer and political activist
March 26 - Lincoln Chafee, American politician
April 11 - Guy Verhofstadt, former Prime Minister of Belgium
April 11 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
April 20 - Sebastian Faulks, British writer
May 2 - Valery Gergiev, Russian conductor
May 6 - Tony Blair, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
May 6 - Graeme Souness, Scottish footballer and manager
May 8 - Alex Van Halen, musician (Van Halen)
May 8 - Billy Burnette, American singer and guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
May 14 - Norodom Sihamoni, King of Cambodia
May 16 - Pierce Brosnan, Irish actor
May 19 - Victoria Wood, British actress and comedienne
May 24 - Alfred Molina, British actor
May 25 - Eve Ensler, American playwright
May 29 - Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
June 1 - David Berkowitz, American serial killer
June 2 - Keith Allen, English actor and comedian
June 2 - Cornel West, American theologian and activist
June 4 - Linda Lingle, American politician
June 8 - Ivo Sanader, former Prime Minister of Croatia
June 15 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party and President of China
June 21 - Benazir Bhutto, Pakistani politician (d. 2007)
June 22 - Cyndi Lauper, American singer
July 1 - Jadranka Kosor, former Prime Minister of Croatia
July 11 - Leon Spinks, American boxer
July 21 - Jeff Fatt, Australian musician (The Wiggles)
July 29 - Geddy Lee, Canadian musician and singer (Rush)
July 31 - James Read, American actor
August 17 - Herta Mueller, German writer
August 27 - Alex Lifeson, Canadian musician (Rush)
September 2 - John Zorn, American musician
September 3 - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, French director
September 4 - Fatih Terim, Turkish football manager
September 11 - Tommy Shaw, American guitarist (Styx)
September 20 - Mihaly Kincses, Hungarian politician and doctor
September 22 - Segolene Royal, French politician
October 1 - Klaus Wowereit, German politician
November 14 - Dominique de Villepin, Premier of France
November 14 - Jos Oehlen, Dutch sculptor
November 16 - Griff Rhys-Jones, British actor, comedian and writer
November 26 - Hilary Benn, British politician
November 28 - Alistair Darling, British politician
December 6 - Geoff Hoon, British politician
December 8 - Kim Basinger, American actress
December 9 - John Malkovich, American actor and director
December 13 - Ben Bernanke, American chairman of the Federal Reserve
December 26 - Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia
December 28 - Martha Wash, American singer (The Weather Girls)
Deaths
January 1 - Hank Williams, American musician
January 28 - James Scullin, Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1876)
March 5 - Joseph Stalin, Soviet leader assassinated (b.1878)
March 5 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer (b. 1891)
March 24 - Mary of Teck, Consort of George V of the United Kingdom (b. 1866)
September 28 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (b. 1891)
September 29 - Ernst Reuter, German politician (b. 1889)
October 9 - Jimmy Finlayson, Scottish-American actor (b. 1887)
November 9 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (b. 1914)