About the day » Saturday January 3, 1953Calender converter

• Paul Curtis Meiling, Alameda, California, United States of America († 1988)
• Ineke Witteveen, Twello,Gemeente Voorst, Gelderland, Nederland († 2011)
• Robert Thomas DOHERTY, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia († 1953)
• Prentice Michael Statzer, Monticello, Piatt, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2007)
• George Brydges RODNEY († 2011)
• Willem Fransen, Valburg († 2007)
• Kaptein, Enschede
• Adriaan Mechielsen, Oosterend (Texel)
• Boudewijn Cornelis Marie Fens, Breda,Noord-Brabant,Nederland († 2008)
• LaDonna Couch, Fairbury, Jefferson, Nebraska († 1986)

• Abraham Lincoln McCracken (90)
• Alida Fortgens (68), Overveen
• Bertus Philippus Bleiji (43), Leiden
• Barbara Cornelia Hollemans (79), Charlois, Zuid Holland, Nederland
• Aaltje van Capelle (72), Ede
• Chester Earl Mantonya (58), Henry County, Missouri
• Anna Catherina Metzelaar (69), Den Helder, Nederland
• Asa Gibson (84), Starks, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States
• Adrianus Joannes Franciscus BEVERS (43), Sint-Lenaarts, Brecht, Province of Antwerp (Middle Brabant), Belgium
• Claude A Rietveld (29), Duval County,Florida, Verenigde Staten

• 1950 » Linda Steiner, American journalist and academic
• 1950 » Victoria Principal, American actress and businesswoman
• 1951 » Gary Nairn, Australian surveyor and politician, 14th Special Minister of State
• 1951 » Linda Dobbs, English lawyer and judge
• 1952 » Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish civil servant and politician, 3rd President of the Community of Madrid
• 1952 » Gianfranco Fini, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 1952 » Jim Ross, American professional wrestling commentator
• 1953 » Justin Fleming, Australian playwright and author
• 1953 » Mohammed Waheed Hassan, Maldivian educator and politician, 5th President of the Maldives
• 1953 » Peter Taylor, English football winger and manager

• 1944 » Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, critic, and translator (b. 1873)
• 1945 » Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
• 1945 » Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish journalist and explorer (b. 1879)
• 1946 » William Joyce, American-British pro-Axis propaganda broadcaster (b. 1906)
• 1956 » Alexander Gretchaninov, Russian-American pianist and composer (b. 1864)
• 1956 » Dimitrios Vergos, Greek wrestler, weightlifter, and shot putter (b. 1886)
• 1956 » Joseph Wirth, German educator and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1876)
• 1958 » Cafer Tayyar Eğilmez, Turkish general (b. 1877)
• 1959 » Edwin Muir, Scottish poet, author, and translator (b. 1887)
• 1960 » Eric P. Kelly, American journalist, author, and academic (b. 1884)

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.
• April 27 » Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defected with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.
• June 18 » A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tachikawa, Japan, killing 129.
• June 26 » Lavrentiy Beria, head of MVD, is arrested by Nikita Khrushchev and other members of the Politburo.
• June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
• November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
• November 30 » Edward Mutesa II, the kabaka (king) of Buganda is deposed and exiled to London by Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda.

The temperature on January 3, 1953 was between -8.1 °C and -1.6 °C and averaged -4.7 °C. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north.