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Born on Sunday October 11, 1953
- Edgar Middelman, Den Haag
- Ronald (Ron) Kooper, Amsterdam († 2021)
- Jan Jaap SCHOONE, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Anna Maria Hillegonda Immink, Amsterdamscheveld, Emmen († 2023)
- N.N. Kokx, Baarle-Nassau († 1953)
- Johannes Andreas van Berkum, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland († 1980)
- Halvor Joseph Canter, Washington, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
- Gerda Maria Wijnker, Spanbroek († 2012)
- Elisabeth Johanna Maria Spaans († 2016)
- Jos van Berkum, Den Helder († 1980)
Died on Sunday October 11, 1953
- Barendina Kramer (84), Rotterdam
- Cornelis van Holst Pellekaan (73), Wassenaar
- Bertus Sporre (80), Rotterdam
- Antonetta Prosman (90), Ubbergen, Gelderland, Nederland
- Abraham Cornelis van den Berg (78)
- Anna Geertruida Diewertje Hendriks (39), Vinkeveen en Waverveen
- Bernardus Henricus Gerard Marie Louwers (70), Breda, Breda, Noord Brabant, Nederland
- Bertha C. Konst (62), Toledo, Ohio (VS)
- Arie van den Boogert (74), Dordrecht,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Aletta Joanna Margaretha van Dijk (59), Utrecht
Born on October 11
- 1951 » Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
- 1951 » Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1951 » Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1951 » Jon Miller, American sportscaster
- 1951 » Louise Rennison, English author and comedian († 2016)
- 1952 » Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1953 » David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1954 » David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
- 1954 » Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
- 1955 » Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
Died on October 11
- 1940 » Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
- 1941 » Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
- 1941 » Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
- 1958 » Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
- 1961 » Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
- 1963 » Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
- 1965 » Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
- 1965 » Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
- 1967 » Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
- 1968 » Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
Names that were popular for boys in 1953
- Johannes
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Gerrit
- Robert
- Peter
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- John
- Wilhelmus
- Gerardus
Names that were popular for girls in 1953
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Elisabeth
- Wilhelmina
- Hendrika
- Catharina
- Adriana
- Yvonne
- Margaretha
- Petronella
- Geertruida
- Linda
- Alida
- Jacoba
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1953
- 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 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.
- June 30 » The first Chevrolet Corvette rolls off the assembly line in Flint, Michigan.
- 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 13 » Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
- November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.
- November 21 » The Natural History Museum, London announces that the "Piltdown Man" skull, initially believed to be one of the most important fossilized hominid skulls ever found, is a hoax.
Weather October 11, 1953
The temperature on October 11, 1953 was between 2.1 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 9.3 °C. There was 9.1 hours of sunshine (83%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south east.