About the day » Saturday July 11, 1953Calender converter

• Dennis Lee Rajala, Saint Louis, Minnesota († 1997)
• Levenloos Geboren kind Spier, Emmen († 1953)
• Adolf Heymans, Liedekerke († 1994)
• Peter Albert Lievense, Amsterdam, NH Netherlands († 2023)
• Ray August Yearout, Clinton, Benton County, Missouri († 1989)
• MARIA THERESIA van HEIJNINGEN, 's Gravenzande, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Marcel Vancleef, Maaseik († 1998)
• Jeanne Kay Bockenstedt († 1981)
• Jacques Isbrucker, Haarlem († 2016)
• Marie Johanna Benkers, Hengelo

• Charley Duckworth (65), Corvallis, Oregon
• Adrianus Petrus Stenssen (43), Klundert
• Annie KOEDIJKER (81), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Groen (76), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Antonius Marie Geijssens (64), Amsterdam
• Amerentia Roos (65), enkhuizen
• Bartus van Bokhorst (41), Hilversum
• Augusta Elisabeth Schmidt (45), Den Haag
• Anna Maria van Luijk, Roosendaal, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Augustinus Rombouts (68), Borgerhout, Antwerpen

• 1953 » Angélica Aragón, Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer
• 1953 » Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer
• 1953 » Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist († 2008)
• 1953 » Leon Spinks, American boxer
• 1953 » Mindy Sterling, American actress
• 1953 » Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer
• 1953 » Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1953 » Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy
• 1953 » Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways

• 1929 » Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (b. 1857)
• 1937 » George Gershwin, American pianist, songwriter, and composer (b. 1898)
• 1959 » Charlie Parker, English cricketer, coach, and umpire (b. 1882)
• 1966 » Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (b. 1913)
• 1967 » Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1917)
• 1971 » John W. Campbell, American journalist and author (b. 1910)
• 1971 » Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
• 1974 » Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
• 1976 » León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1925)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Willem
5. Hendrik
6. Gerrit
7. Robert
8. Peter
9. Pieter
10. Petrus
11. Adrianus
12. Jacobus
13. Dirk
14. John
15. Wilhelmus
16. Gerardus

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Hendrika
8. Catharina
9. Adriana
10. Margaretha
11. Yvonne
12. Petronella
13. Geertruida
14. Linda
15. Alida
16. Jacoba

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.4 million citizens.
• January 19 » Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• April 25 » Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
• May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• August 12 » The 7.2 M_s  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.
• December 6 » Vladimir Nabokov completes his controversial novel Lolita.

The temperature on July 11, 1953 was between 9.9 °C and 20.1 °C and averaged 14.5 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 0.6 hours. There was 8.8 hours of sunshine (54%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.