The Andhra State Act was passed in India, creating Andhra State from Telugu-speaking areas of the state of Madras. Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi was appointed governor of the new state.[1]
The United States and South Korea signed a mutual defense treaty in Washington, D.C.[2]
Born:Grete Waitz, Norwegian Olympic marathon runner, in Oslo, as Grete Andersen (died 2011)[3][4]
The 1953 Ryder Cup golf tournament, held at Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, UK, ended in a sixth consecutive victory for the United States.[6]
Born:Karen Bass, American politician, Mayor of Los Angeles, in Los Angeles[7]
In a papal address, Pope Pius XII delivered "The Technician", a document instructing scientists to restrict themselves to the study of physical matter and do nothing to undermine the idea of a non-material soul or a Superior Being.[17]
Three ministers from the Malta Workers Party resigned from Giorgio Borġ Olivier's coalition government following a defeat in the Legislative Assembly on a budget motion. This led to the dissolution of Parliament and a general election.[24]
The La Rosa Incident: Arthur Godfrey, one of America's top media personalities, fired singer Julius La Rosa on the air, an event that drew considerable attention, caused some shock and resulted in significant criticism of Godfrey. The incident quickly altered public perception of Godfrey, materially damaging his career.[35][36][37][38]
Alto Broadcasting System in the Philippines made the first television broadcast in southeast Asia through DZAQ-TV. Alto Broadcasting System (ABS) was the predecessor of what would later become ABS-CBN Corporation after being bought by the Chronicle Broadcasting Network (CBN) in 1957.
The life-boatRobert Lindsay, based in Arbroath, Scotland, capsized after being hit by a huge wave and flung onto rocks at Inchcape Park. Six crew members were killed.[49]
Egon Hilbert resigned from his position as director of the Vienna State Opera.[50]
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^Shulman, Arthur; Youman, Roger (1966). How Sweet It Was(PDF). Bonanza Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., by arrangement with Shorecrest, Inc. p. 57. ISBN0517081350. OCLC36258864. Retrieved 20 October 2020. La Rosa, whose on-the-air firing (for 'lack of humility') caused a major sensation in television [photograph caption]
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