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LOOK AT THE WORLD IN 1953 |
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The News In 1953
Announcement by President Eisenhower that the U.S. has given
France $60 million for the Indochina War. Edmund Hillary and and
Tenzing Norkay reach the top of Mt. Everest.
Julius and Ethel Roseberg are executed by electrocution at Sing
Sing.
The Korean War ends in stalemate. |
Entertainment
in 1953
* Nobel Prize Winner (Literature) -Sir Winston Churchill - Britain
* Best Selling Fiction - The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas
* Best Selling Non-Fiction - The Holy Bible: Revised Standard
Version
* Best Picture - From Here to Eternity, Columbia
* Best Director - Fred Zinneman, From Here to Eternity
* Best Actress - Audrey Hepburn, Roman Holiday
* Best Actor - William Holden, Stalag 17 |
Sport
champions in 1953
* MLB - New York Yankees
* NFL - Detroit Lions
* NBA - Minneapolis Lakers
* NHL - Montreal Canadiens
* NCAA-Basketball - Indiana
* KY Derby - Dark Star
* U.S. Open Golf - Ben Hogan
* U.S. Open Tennis (Men) - Tony Trabert
* U.S. Open Tennis (Women) - Maureen Connolly |
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