What Happened in Oct 1953

1953 World Series

The 1953 World Series matched the four-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers in a rematch of the 1952 Series. The... Read more

Fidel Castro is sentenced to 15 years in jail

Castro led a failed attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba in 1953; and in the trial following his capture made his famous "history... Read more

Qibya massacre

The Qibya Massacre occurred in October 1953 when Israeli troops under Ariel Sharon attacked a Jordanian West Bank village. 69 Palestinians were... Read more

Edward R. Murrow Begins Hosting 'Person To Person'

Person to Person was a popular television program in the United States that ran from 1953 to 1961. Well-respected news reporter Edward R. Murrow... Read more

"The Little Fugitive" Is Released

Little Fugitive is a 1953 film written and directed by Raymond Abrashkin (as "Ray Ashley"), Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin, that tells the story of a... Read more

American radio drama Rocky Fortune stars Frank Sinatra

Also in 1953, Sinatra starred in the NBC radio program Rocky Fortune. His character, Rocko Fortunato (aka Rocky Fortune) was a private eye who was... Read more

Jimmy Carter is Discharged from the Navy

Upon the death of his father, James Earl Carter, Sr., in July 1953, Lieutenant Carter immediately resigned his commission, and he was discharged... Read more

"The Big Heat" Is Released

The Big Heat is a 1953 film noir directed by Fritz Lang, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin. It is about a cop who takes on the... Read more

Winston Churchill Is Awarded The Nobel Prize In Literature

In 1953, Churchill not only received the Nobel Prize, but also, at the time of the Queen’s coronation, was awarded knighthood in the Order of the... Read more

Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue is released

Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue is a 1953 film, made by Walt Disney Productions. This film is about Robert Roy MacGregor. Richard Todd related in... Read more

British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines' Resolution Crashes

The only problem, however, was that the "Resolution" was actually several miles south of their reported position. At about 8:42 AM., the flight... Read more

"Gate Of Hell" Is Released

Gate of Hell (地獄門, Jigokumon?, lit. hell gate) is a 1953 film directed by Teinosuke Kinugasa. It tells the story of a samurai (Kazuo Hasegawa) who... Read more