About the day » Thursday October 1, 1953Calender converter

• Angelina Kuhnen Arent, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 2003)
• Maria Margaretha Magdalena Bults, Middelburg, Zeeland, Nederland († 1953)
• Laurina Hoogeterp († 2005)
• Mirian Judith Cotes Brusse, Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia († 1993)
• Cornelis Gerardus Kalkhoven, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1958)
• Janna Koopman, Groningen,, Groningen, Nederland († 1953)
• Robert Volkers († 2003)
• Lia van Herp, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1969)
• H.G.M(Henny) Roeloffzen, Almelo († 2009)
• levenloos geboren kind († 1953)

• Albert Jan Errtink (58), Notter, Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland
• Catharina Margaretha Kaptein (70), Heerhugowaard, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Maria Smulders (79), Berlicum, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Clyde Dee Peck (49), Richardson, Dallas County, Texas, Verenigde Staten
• Kamphof (0), Nieuwleusen
• Christiaan Buitenhuis (64), Vught {NB}
• Antonius Cornelius (Toon) Huberts (23), Maasdonk, Nederland
• Cornelia Johanna van Weenen (96), Utrecht
• Timmer (67), Harderwijk
• Anje Kuiper (32), Winschoten

• 1951 » Brian Greenway, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952 » Bob Myrick, American baseball player († 2012)
• 1952 » Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
• 1952 » Ivan Sekyra, Czech singer-songwriter and guitarist († 2012)
• 1952 » Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager
• 1953 » Grete Waitz, Norwegian runner and coach († 2011)
• 1953 » Klaus Wowereit, German civil servant and politician, Governing Mayor of Berlin
• 1953 » Miguel Lopez, Salvadorian-American soccer player
• 1953 » Pete Falcone, American baseball player
• 1953 » Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player († 2011)

• 1940 » Chiungtze C. Tsen, Chinese mathematician (b. 1898)
• 1942 » Ants Piip, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Estonia (b. 1884)
• 1950 » Faik Ali Ozansoy, Turkish poet, educator, and politician (b. 1876)
• 1951 » Peter McWilliam, Scottish-English footballer and manager (b. 1878)
• 1953 » John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
• 1955 » Charles Christie, American film producer, founded Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
• 1957 » Abdülhalik Renda, Turkish civil servant and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of National Defence (b. 1881)
• 1958 » Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (b. 1886)
• 1959 » Enrico De Nicola, Italian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 1st President of Italy (b. 1877)
• 1961 » Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)

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. Yvonne
11. Margaretha
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 13 » CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
• May 18 » Jackie Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier.
• June 8 » The United States Supreme Court rules in District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co. that restaurants in Washington, D.C., cannot refuse to serve black patrons.
• July 26 » Cold War: Fidel Castro leads an unsuccessful attack on the Moncada Barracks, thus beginning the Cuban Revolution. The movement took the name of the date: 26th of July Movement
• September 12 » U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
• December 24 » Tangiwai disaster: In New Zealand's North Island, at Tangiwai, a railway bridge is damaged by a lahar and collapses beneath a passenger train, killing 151 people.

The temperature on October 1, 1953 was between 11.9 °C and 18.2 °C and averaged 15.6 °C. There was 1.0 hours of sunshine (9%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.