About the day » Sunday April 26, 1953Calender converter
April 25, 1953Died on Sunday April 26, 1953
- Anna van Heiden (48)
- Anna de Vries (83), Werkendam
- Amelia Stephania Op De Beeck (69)
- Annie Isobel Scorgie (87), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Alphonse Johannes Beck (49), Surabaia
- Adriaan Bogaards (84), Leiden
- Aleida Jansen (82), Winterswijk
- Arnoldus Lambertus Boone (80), Rotterdam
- Aleida Jansen (82), Winterswijk, Gelderland, Nederland
- Bartje Johanna Jansen (81), Tiel
Born on April 26
- 1949 » Carlos Bianchi, Argentinian footballer and manager
- 1949 » Jerry Blackwell, American wrestler († 1995)
- 1951 » John Battle, English politician
- 1954 » Alan Hinkes, English mountaineer and explorer
- 1954 » Tatyana Fomina, Estonian chess player
- 1955 » Kurt Bodewig, German politician
- 1956 » Koo Stark, American actress and photographer
- 1958 » Georgios Kostikos, Greek footballer, coach, and manager
- 1958 » Giancarlo Esposito, American actor, director, and producer
- 1958 » John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute, Scottish racing driver
Died on April 26
- 1940 » Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1874)
- 1944 » Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (b. 1893)
- 1945 » Pavlo Skoropadskyi, German-Ukrainian general and politician, Hetman of Ukraine (b. 1871)
- 1945 » Sigmund Rascher, German physician (b. 1909)
- 1946 » James Larkin White, American miner, explorer, and park ranger (b. 1882)
- 1950 » George Murray Hulbert, American lawyer, judge, and politician (b. 1881)
- 1951 » Arnold Sommerfeld, German physicist and academic (b. 1868)
- 1956 » Edward Arnold, American actor (b. 1890)
- 1957 » Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (b. 1868)
- 1964 » E. J. Pratt, Canadian poet and author (b. 1882)
Names that were popular for boys in 1953
- Johannes
- Maria
- Jan
- Cornelis
- Willem
- Hendrik
- Petrus
- Gerardus
- Wilhelmus
- Antonius
- Peter
- Adrianus
- Jacobus
- Gerrit
- Pieter
- Robert
Names that were popular for girls in 1953
- Maria
- Johanna
- Elisabeth
- Cornelia
- Anna
- Wilhelmina
- Catharina
- Hendrika
- Adriana
- Petronella
- Marie
- Jacoba
- Margaretha
- Helena
- Ann
- Geertruida
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.
- January 14 » Josip Broz Tito is inaugurated as the first President of Yugoslavia.
- 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.
- November 17 » The remaining human inhabitants of the Blasket Islands, Kerry, Ireland, are evacuated to the mainland.
- November 23 » Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
- December 8 » U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world.
The weather on Sunday April 26, 1953
The temperature on April 26, 1953 was between 0.9 °C and 14.2 °C and averaged 8.7 °C. There was 9.9 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast.
Source: KNMI
Source: KNMI