October 1953

• The Andhra State Act was passed in India, creating Andhra State from Telugu-speaking areas of the state of Madras. Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi was appointed governor of the new state.{{cite book |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1956 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |year=2016 |isbn=9780230270855 |page=170}}
• The United States and South Korea signed a mutual defense treaty in Washington, D.C.{{cite web |title=Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; October 1, 1953 |url=http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/kor001.asp |website=The Avalon Project |publisher=Lillian Goldman Law Library |access-date=27 July 2016}}
• KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting.
• KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting.
• WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting.
• WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting.
• Born: Grete Waitz, Norwegian Olympic marathon runner, in Oslo, as Grete Andersen (died 2011){{cite news |last1=Robbins |first1=Liz |last2=Weber |first2=Bruce |date=19 April 2011 |title=Grete Waitz, Marathon Champion, Dies at 57 |language=en-US |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/sports/othersports/20waitz.html |access-date=1 January 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |title=Grete Andersen-Waitz |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/74080 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=22 October 2023}}

• Died: John Marin, 82, US modernist artist{{cite book |last1=Gallery |first1=University of Rochester Memorial Art |title=Seeing America: Painting and Sculpture from the Collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester |date=2006 |publisher=University of Rochester Press |isbn=978-1-58046-246-4 |page=217 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EQFNEOEh0I8C&pg=PA217 |language=en |via=Google Books}}

• The 1953 Ryder Cup golf tournament, held at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, UK, ended in a sixth consecutive victory for the United States.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gh1WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t-IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5961%2C844001 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |agency=Associated Press |title=Americans in Ryder Cup win |date=October 4, 1953 |page=2D |via=Google News}}
• KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting.
• Born: Karen Bass, American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles{{cite web |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=B001270 |title=Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress - Retro Member details }}
• Died:
• Sir Arnold Bax, 69, English composer and writer, Master of the Queen's Music, of heart failure{{cite book |last=Fry |first=Helen |author-link=Helen Fry |title=Music and Men, the Life and Loves of Harriet Cohen |year=2008 |location=Stroud |publisher=The History Press |isbn=978-0-7509-4817-3 |page=284}}
• Rosario Candela, 63, Italian-American architect{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/711130032/?article=a55a2182-d5a1-4a3e-8e51-db767936635e |title=Newsday (Nassau Edition) |date=7 October 1953 |page=93 |via=Newspapers.com}}

• Born:
• Tchéky Karyo, French actor and musician, in Istanbul, Turkey, under the name Baruch Djaki Karyo{{cite web |url=http://www.premiere.fr/Star/Tchky-Karyo |title=Tcheky Karyo Biography |website=www.premiere.fr |access-date=19 October 2022}}
• Andreas Vollenweider, Swiss harpist, in Zürich{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/andreas-vollenweider-mn0000037212/biography |title=Andreas Vollenweider Biography, Songs, & Albums |website=AllMusic |access-date=17 October 2021}}

• U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Earl Warren Chief Justice of the United States.{{cite book |title=Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren |last=Cray |first=Ed |author-link=Ed Cray |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-684-80852-9 |pages=289–290}}
• Wilhelm Furtwängler made a public protest, jointly with the soloists in the Vienna State Opera's production of Don Giovanni, against the suspension of Egon Hilbert as director of the State Opera.
• The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous was held (the first planning session was held August 17).

• UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, was made a permanent specialized agency of the United Nations.
• The UK government sent troops to deal with unrest in the colony of British Guiana; Communists were blamed.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/6/newsid_3168000/3168299.stm |title=Britain sends troops to Guiana |publisher=BBC |work=On This Day |access-date=10 January 2008 |date=6 October 1953}}
• Died: Vera Mukhina, 64, Soviet sculptor and painter, of angina{{cite web |url=http://www.vermelho.org.br/noticia/318240-1 |title=Vera Mukhina e sua obra-prima realista, socialista e feminista - Portal Vermelho |website=www.vermelho.org.br |language=pt-br |trans-title=Vera Mukhina and Her Realistic, Socialist and Feminist Masterpiece |access-date=24 October 2019}}

• Died: Emil Filla, 71, Moravian avant-garde painter, Buchenwald survivor{{cite web |url=https://www.buchenwald.de/en/1210 |title=Emil Filla |website=Buchenwald Memorial |access-date=January 2, 2022}}

• Died: Kathleen Ferrier, 41, English contralto singer, of breast cancer{{cite web |url=http://www.kathleenferrier.org.uk/index.php/biography |title=Biography of Kathleen Ferrier |website=Kathleen Ferrier Society |access-date=4 March 2019}}

• West German federal election: Konrad Adenauer was re-elected as Chancellor of Germany.
• The British Guiana constitution was suspended.
• In a papal address, Pope Pius XII delivered "The Technician", a document instructing scientists to restrict themselves to the study of physical matter and do nothing to undermine the idea of a non-material soul or a Superior Being.{{cite book |title=The Pope Speaks |publisher=Our Sunday Visitor, Incorporated |year=1980 |page=291}}
• Born: Tony Shalhoub, American actor, in Green Bay, Wisconsin{{cite web |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/10/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-october-9-2021-includes-celebrities-tony-shalhoub-sharon-osbourne.html?outputType=amp |title=Today's famous birthdays list for October 9, 2021 includes celebrities Tony Shalhoub, Sharon Osbourne |date=9 October 2021 }}

• British pilot Monty Burton won the 1953 London to Christchurch air race (held to celebrate the centenary of the city of Christchurch, New Zealand) in under 23 hours flying time.{{cite web |url=https://www.americanairmailsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/APJ_Volume_025_Issue_0283_No_02_November_1953.pdf |title=The Centenary Air Race, London To Christchurch |periodical=The Airpost Journal |date=November 1953 |page=44}}
• In the final of the 1953 Soviet Cup football tournament, FC Dynamo Moscow defeated Zenit Kuibyshev.{{cite web |url=https://footballfacts.ru/tournament/236-kuboksssr198485 |title=1953 Soviet football season |publisher=RSSSF |access-date=2 January 2022}}
• The Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea was concluded in Washington, D.C.
• Born: Midge Ure, Scottish singer-songwriter, in Cambuslang, as James Ure{{cite book |title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music |publisher=Virgin |year=2002 |isbn=9781852279479 |page=405}}

• Born: David Morse, American actor, in Beverly, Massachusettshttps://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/david-morse/
• Died: Pauline Robinson Bush, 3, daughter of future US President George H. W. Bush and his wife Barbara, from leukemia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/04/17/one-last-time-barbara-bush-has-already-faced-a-death-more-painful-than-her-own/ |title='One last time': Barbara Bush had already faced a death more painful than her own |last=Hendrix |first=Steve |date=April 18, 2018 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=April 19, 2018}}

• In the Norwegian parliamentary election, the Labour Party won 77 of the 150 seats in the Storting.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1438 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}
• Primate of Poland Stefan Wyszyński, imprisoned by the Communist government, was relocated from Rywałd to Stoczek Klasztorny.
• Three ministers from the Malta Workers Party resigned from Giorgio Borġ Olivier's coalition government following a defeat in the Legislative Assembly on a budget motion. This led to the dissolution of Parliament and a general election.Keesing's Contemporary Archives, p13475
• The 29th FA Charity Shield football match was played at Highbury Stadium, London, UK, and was won by Arsenal F.C. over Blackpool F.C.{{cite news |first=John |last=Woodcock |title=Arsenal's splendid victory |page=8 |newspaper=The Manchester Guardian |date=13 October 1953}}
• The British cargo ship Beckenham ran aground and broke in two in the Kara Sea, Soviet Union.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Steamer Breaks in Two |date=13 October 1953 |page=7 |issue=52751 |column=A }} The crew members were rescued by a Soviet ship.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew of British Ship at Archangel |date=17 October 1953 |page=5 |issue=52755 |column=C }}
• Born: Les Dennis, British comedian and television presenter, in Liverpool, England

• Herman Wouk's play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, adapted from his own novel, premièred at the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, United States.{{cite book |title=The New York Times Theater Reviews, 1920-1970 |volume=6 |publisher=New York Times |year=1971 |page=44}}

• 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash: A Convair CV-240 operated by Sabena crashed shortly after take-off from Frankfurt International Airport in West Germany, on a flight to Brussels, Belgium, killing all 44 people on board.{{cite web |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19531014-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=aviation-safety.net |date=1996 |access-date=17 July 2020}}
• A municipal election was held in the Canadian city of Edmonton to elect six aldermen.{{cite web |url=https://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/municipal_elections/election-history.aspx |title=Election History |publisher=City of Edmonton: Elections and Census Office |access-date=2 January 2022}}
• Qibya massacre: Israeli forces massacre 69 Palestinian civilians. {{Cite book |last=Ganin |first=Zvi |title=An Uneasy Relationship: American Jewish Leadership and Israel, 1948-1957 |year=2005 |isbn=9780815630517}}

• Born:
• Larry Miller, American comedian
• Tito Jackson, American singer and member of the Jackson 5 (d. 2024){{cite web |last1=Willman |first1=Chris |title=Tito Jackson, Founding Member of the Jackson 5, Dies at 70 |url=https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/tito-jackson-dead-jackson-5-founding-member-1236145546/ |website=Variety |access-date=16 September 2024 |date=16 September 2024}}

• Cuban revolutionary and future leader Fidel Castro delivered one of his most famous speeches, "History Will Absolve Me", and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment by the existing government for leading an attack on the Moncada Barracks.{{cite book |first=Volker |last=Skierka |title=Fidel Castro: A Biography |publisher=Polity Press |year=2004 |page=36 |isbn=0-7456-3006-5}}

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• Peter Brook's live television production of Shakespeare's King Lear, starring Orson Welles as Lear, was broadcast in the United States as part of the CBS television series Omnibus, hosted by Alistair Cooke.{{cite news |title=Orson Welles as King Lear on TV is Impressive |last=Crosby |first=John |author-link=John Crosby (media critic) |newspaper=New York Herald Tribune |date=22 October 1953 |access-date=22 October 2023 |url=http://www.wellesnet.com/orson-welles-is-enourmosly-impressive-in-the-peter-brook-production-of-shakespeares-king-lear-now-out-on-dvd/ |via=wellesnet.com}}
• Born: Georgi Raykov, Bulgarian Olympic wrestler, in Sofia (d. 2006){{cite web |title=Georgi Raykov |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/georgi-raykov-1.html |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=5 January 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108191454/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ra/georgi-raykov-1.html |archive-date=8 November 2012}}

• During a domestic flight from Aeropuerto del Norte outside Monterrey to the Nueva Ciudad Guerrero airstrip, carrying guests to the inauguration of the Falcon Dam, a Pemex Douglas DC-3 crashed into a ravine near Mamulique, Mexico, killing all 15 people on board.[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19531019-1 Aviation Safety Network: Accident Description]
• The La Rosa Incident: Arthur Godfrey, one of America's top media personalities, fired singer Julius La Rosa on the air, an event that drew considerable attention, caused some shock and resulted in significant criticism of Godfrey. The incident quickly altered public perception of Godfrey, materially damaging his career.{{cite book |last1=Shulman |first1=Arthur |last2=Youman |first2=Roger |title=How Sweet It Was |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/History-of-Telecasting/How-Sweet-it-Was-Shulman-1966.pdf |access-date=20 October 2020 |year=1966 |publisher=Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement with Shorecrest, Inc. |isbn=0517081350 |oclc=36258864 |page=57 |quote=La Rosa, whose on-the-air firing (for 'lack of humility') caused a major sensation in television [photograph caption]}}{{cite news |url=http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/julius-la-rosa/ |title=Julius La Rosa |first=Andrew |last=Hanson |date=June 30, 2010 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=October 20, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://theaxisofego.com/2011/08/10/awkward-moments-in-entertainment-history-arthur-godfrey-fires-julius-la-rosa/ |title=Awkward Moments in Entertainment History: Arthur Godfrey Fires Julius La Rosa |first=Tom |last=Garrett |date=August 10, 2011 |work=The Axis of Ego |access-date=October 20, 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tvworthwatching.com/post/THISDAYINTVHISTORY20121019.aspx |title=This Day in TV History: 1953 - Arthur Godfrey Fires Julius La Rosa |first=Christy |last=Slewinski |date=October 19, 2012 |work=TV Worth Watching |access-date=October 20, 2020}}
• The Miss World 1953 competition was held in London, UK, and was won by Denise Perrier, Miss France.{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.bugeycotiere.fr/51554/denise-perrier-la-miss-monde-1953-de-retour-sur-ses-terres-natales/ Denise Perrier : la Miss Monde 1953 de retour sur ses terres natales], Bugeycotiere.fr, 20 September 2019
• Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 is published by Ballantine Books.{{cite journal|date=October 19, 1953|title=Books Published Today|journal=The New York Times|page=19}}

• German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's second cabinet was sworn in.{{cite book |first=G. E. |last=Edwards |title=German Political Parties: A Documentary Guide |publisher=University of Wales Press |year=1998 |isbn=9780708314173 |page=239}}
• Born : Bill Nunn, American actor (died in september 24th, 2016)

• British actor Sir John Gielgud was fined for "persistently importuning male persons for an immoral purpose" (cottaging) in Chelsea, London.{{Cite news |work=The Times |location=London |date=22 October 1953 |issue=52759 |page=5 |title=Fine For "Persistently Importuning"}}

• Under the Treaty of Amity and Association, France recognised the independence of the Kingdom of Laos.{{cite book |first=Martin |last=Stuart-Fox |author-link=Martin Stuart-Fox |title=Historical Dictionary of Laos |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780810864115 |page=111}}
• In the Northern Ireland general election, the Ulster Unionist Party won a large majority. Basil Brooke continued as Prime Minister.{{cite web |url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116175039/http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/totals.html |title=Northern Ireland Parliamentary Election Results |archive-date=16 November 2017}}
• The Japanese tanker Eiho Maru ran aground three times within 24 hours, in the River Mersey, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=23 October 1953 |page=4 |issue=52760 |column=G }}

• Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the first television broadcast in southeast Asia through DZAQ-TV. Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) was the predecessor of what would later become ABS-CBN Corporation after being bought by the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1957.
• The RFA Eddyreef coastal tanker entered service with the UK's Royal Fleet Auxiliary.{{cite web |url=http://www.historicalrfa.org/rfa-eddyreef-ship-information |title=RFA Eddyreef |publisher=www.historicalrfa.org |access-date=16 November 2009}}

• In the 1953 Scottish League Cup Final, held in Glasgow, East Fife F.C. defeated Partick Thistle F.C. 3–2.{{cite news |url=http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/page/ET+Match+Report+1953+LCF |title=Christie's Classic Counter Captures Cup |newspaper=The Evening Times |date=24 October 1953 |via=Partick Thistle History Archive}}

• The US-registered fishing vessel Sea Gram was destroyed by fire at Saltery Bay in the Tenakee Inlet in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

• Passenger service ended on the Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line in the United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.erha.org/pewal.htm |title=Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line |website=erha.org |access-date=7 September 2020}}

• The life-boat Robert Lindsay, based in Arbroath, Scotland, capsized after being hit by a huge wave and flung onto rocks at Inchcape Park. Six crew members were killed.{{cite news |title=Lifeboat disaster anniversary |url=http://www.arbroathherald.co.uk/news/local-news/lifeboat-disaster-anniversary-1-301078 |newspaper=Arbroath Herald |access-date=17 September 2013}}
• Egon Hilbert resigned from his position as director of the Vienna State Opera.{{cite magazine |title=Musical Jottings |magazine=Musical Courier |year=1953 |page=25}}

• U.S. sports commentator Red Barber left the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team to join the New York Yankees.{{cite web |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/stories/inside-pitch/red-barber-makes-new-york-switch |title=Red Barber made New York Switch |website=Baseball Hall |access-date=5 January 2022}}

• U.S. Air Force pilot Frank K. "Speedy Pete" Everest set a new world speed record of 755.149 mph (1,216.021 km/h) in a North American YF-100A Super Sabre, while stationed at Edwards Air Force Base, California.{{cite book |last=Angelucci |first=Enzo |title=The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present |location=New York |publisher=Orion Books |year=1987 |isbn=0-517-56588-9 |page=352}}
• BCPA Flight 304, operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines, crashed while on initial approach to San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, California, United States, killing all 19 people on board.[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19531029-0 Aviation Safety Network: Accident Description]
• Born: Batton Lash, American comics creator, as Vito Marangi in Brooklyn, New York City (d. 2019) https://www.brooklynpaper.com/marine-park-bred-illustrator-who-cut-his-teeth-at-brooklyn-paper-dead-at-65/
• Died: William Kapell, 31, US pianist, a passenger in the fatal crash of BCPA Flight 304{{cite news |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18395245 |title=Kapell: Truly American Craftsman Of Music |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=31 October 1953 |access-date=29 December 2022 |via=Trove}}

• Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approved a top-secret document of the United States National Security Council, NSC 162/2, which stated that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the Communist threat (→ New Look).{{cite book |last=Isenberg |first=Michael T. |title=Shield of the Republic: The United States Navy in an Era of Cold War and Violent Peace |volume=I: 1945-1962 |location=New York |publisher=St. Martin's Press |isbn=0-312-09911-8 |page=592}}
• Born: Charles Martin Smith, American actor, director and film writer, in Van Nuys, California https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2024/10/famous-birthdays-list-for-today-october-30-2024-includes-celebrities-henry-winkler-janel-parrish.html?outputType=amp
• Died: Alice Eastwood, 94, Canadian botanist{{cite book |first1=Richard A |last1=Harmond |first2=Lorne F |last2=Hammond |title=Biographical Dictionary of American and Canadian Naturalists and Environmentalists |publisher=Greenwood Press |year=1997 |isbn=9780313230479 |page=235}}

• In the 1953 Kahibah state by-election in the Australian state of New South Wales, brought about by the forced resignation of Labor MLA Joshua Arthur,{{Cite NSW Parliament |name=Mr Joshua George Arthur (1906-1974) |id=1666 |former=Yes |access-date=30 April 2019}} independent candidate Tom Armstrong won the seat.{{cite NSW election |title=1953 Kahibah by-election |year=1953 |district=Kahibah_1 |access-date=24 September 2019}}
• In the 1953 Waverley state by-election in the Australian state of New South Wales, brought about by the death of Labor MLA Clarrie Martin, William Ferguson retained the seat for Labor.{{cite NSW election |title=1953 Waverley by-election |year=1953 |district=Waverley_1 |access-date=22 March 2021}}

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