Historical figures in 1953
The atlas holds 86 people and 136 moments here, in 1953. The most recorded lives are Elizabeth II, Huang Xianfan and Satyendra Nath Bose. Among them Political Leaders, Writers and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Marilyn Monroe
in 1953
1 moment here
American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…
Mario Vargas Llosa
in 1953
1 moment here
Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and political figure. Vargas Llosa lived and worked across Peru, Bolivia, Spain, France, the United Kingdom,…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1953
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1953
1 moment here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1953
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1953
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
in 1953
3 moments here
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980) was the last shah of Iran, reigning from 1941 until the Iranian Revolution of 1979.…
Nelson Mandela
in 1953
1 moment here
South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1953
5 moments here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Octavio Paz
in 1953
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Olivia de Havilland
in 1953
1 moment here
Olivia de Havilland was a British-American-French actress whose career ranged from California community theatre and Warner Bros.…
Osho
in 1953
1 moment here
Indian guru and founder of the Rajneesh movement, born Chandra Mohan Jain. His documented life moved between central and western India, the United…
Park Chung Hee
in 1953
1 moment here
Park Chung-hee was a South Korean army officer and politician who led the May 16 coup in 1961 and served as president from 1963 until his…
Pol Pot
in 1953
3 moments here
Cambodian communist revolutionary and dictator, born Saloth Sâr. As leader of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and Democratic Kampuchea, he oversaw a…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 1953
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Raisa Gorbacheva
in 1953
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…
Richard Nixon
in 1953
3 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Robert Mugabe
in 1953
1 moment here
Zimbabwean nationalist leader, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and President from 1987 to 2017.…
Roh Moo-hyun
in 1953
1 moment here
South Korean attorney, human-rights advocate, politician, and president of the Republic of Korea from 2003 to 2008.…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1953
6 moments here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…
Soong Ching-ling
in 1953
1 moment here
Chinese politician and activist, wife of Sun Yat-sen, leading figure of the Kuomintang’s left wing, and later a senior officeholder of the People’s…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1953
1 moment here
Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Suharto
in 1953
1 moment here
Indonesian army officer and politician who served as acting president from 1967 and president of Indonesia from 1968 until his resignation in 1998.…
Sydney Brenner
in 1953
1 moment here
South African-born molecular biologist whose career moved from Johannesburg and Oxford to Cambridge, California, Singapore and other scientific…
Moments
- 1953 Historical-relics investigation in Xincheng Huang Xianfan
- 1953 Organized survey group at Guangxi University Huang Xianfan
- 1953 Based at Banff Springs for River of No Return Marilyn Monroe
- 1953 Marries Coretta Scott Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1953 Independence campaign residence in Siem Reap Norodom Sihanouk
- 1953 Private visit to Lübeck and Travemünde Thomas Mann
- 1953 Private visit to Travemünde Thomas Mann
- 1953 Washington University commencement address T. S. Eliot
- 1953 Yugoslavia tour Eleanor Roosevelt
- 1953 Moncada attack and retreat Fidel Castro
- 1953 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting lecture Hideki Yukawa
- 1953 Visit to Karachi Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1953 RDS-6s test participation at Semipalatinsk Igor Tamm
- 1953 Brief exile in Rome Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1953 Flight to Baghdad after failed coup Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- 1953 Opens Mandela and Tambo Nelson Mandela
- 1953 Arrival at Real Madrid Alfredo Di Stéfano
- 1953 Trial at Santiago Palace of Justice Fidel Castro
- 1953 Married in Newport John F. Kennedy
- 1953 Postwar state visit to Moscow Kim Il Sung
- 1953 Marriage registration Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1953 Unit 101 raid on Qibya Ariel Sharon
- 1953 Sentencing and imprisonment Fidel Castro
- 1953 Independence declaration in Phnom Penh Norodom Sihanouk
- 1953 Moves into Lenin Hills dormitory Raisa Gorbacheva
- 1953 Visited Colón during world tour Elizabeth II
- 1953 Visited Panama City Elizabeth II
- 1953 Move to Lusaka for ANC post Kenneth Kaunda
- 1953 State visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1953 Arrival in Guatemala Che Guevara
- 1953 Letter from San José Che Guevara
- 1953 Atoms for Peace address Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1953 Bermuda conference Dwight D. Eisenhower
- 1953 Arrived in Auckland aboard Gothic Elizabeth II
- 1953 Broadcast Christmas message from Auckland Elizabeth II
- 1953 Stayed at Waitomo Caves Hotel Elizabeth II