About the day » Tuesday December 15, 1953Calender converter

• Ted Patrick Powell († 2003)
• Ria Vandebos, Hasselt, België († 2019)
• Jacquelina Francina Zeeman († 2015)
• Carola Johanna Maria Vrolijk, Noordwijkerhout († 2022)
• François Eylenbosch, Sint-Truiden, België († 1968)
• N.N. Driehuis, Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland († 1953)
• Jurjen Bakker, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands († 1958)
• Greta May Roorda, Bellingham-Washington (USA) († 1991)
• Anna Maria Westgeest († 1997)
• Randall Lee Boyer, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, Verenigde Staten († 2013)

• Berend HALM (79), Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands
• Adrianus van de Ven (75), Schijndel (Schijndel) (Noord Brabant)
• Anna Cornelia de MOOR (78), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Adriana HOPSTAKEN (73), Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Antje Visser (79), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Cornelia Jansen (81), Rotterdam
• Adam Poelman (79), Odoorn
• Anna Cornelia de Moor (78), Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Albertus van Lith (73), Delft
• Bernardus van Harmelen (81), Bussum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1951 » George Donikian, Australian journalist
• 1952 » Allan Simonsen, Danish footballer and manager
• 1952 » Julie Taymor, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1952 » Rudi Protrudi, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1953 » J. M. DeMatteis, American author
• 1953 » John R. Allen, American general and diplomat
• 1953 » Robert Charles Wilson, American-Canadian author
• 1954 » Alex Cox, English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor
• 1954 » Mark Warner, American businessman and politician, 69th Governor of Virginia
• 1954 » Oliver Heald, English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales

• 1943 » Fats Waller, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1904)
• 1944 » Glenn Miller, American bandleader and composer (b. 1904)
• 1947 » Arthur Machen, Welsh journalist and author (b. 1863)
• 1947 » Crawford Vaughan, Australian politician, 27th Premier of South Australia (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1875)
• 1958 » Wolfgang Pauli, Austrian-Swiss physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• 1962 » Charles Laughton, English-American actor, director, and producer (b. 1899)
• 1965 » M. Balasundaram, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (b. 1903)
• 1966 » Keith Arbuthnott, 15th Viscount of Arbuthnott, Indian-Scottish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire (b. 1897)
• 1966 » Walt Disney, American animator, director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded The Walt Disney Company (b. 1901)

• 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.
• February 11 » Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.
• February 11 » The Soviet Union breaks off diplomatic relations with Israel.
• May 25 » The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
• May 29 » Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
• October 1 » A Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
• November 9 » Cambodia gains independence from France.

The temperature on December 15, 1953 was between 5.9 °C and 10.4 °C and averaged 8.4 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 2.4 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southeast.