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ramtops ([personal profile] ramtops) wrote2004-07-07 09:27 am

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In 1953 (the year you were born)


Dwight Eisenhower becomes president of the US


President Eisenhower announces that he has given France $60 million for the Indochina War


Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay reach the top of Mt. Everest


Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed by electrocution at Sing Sing


The Korean War ends in stalemate


The first color television sets go on sale for about $1,175


Ron Jeremy, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Basinger are born


New York Yankees win the World Series


Detroit Lions Win the NFL Champtionship


Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup


Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is published


Elvis Presley records for the first time


68% of all United States television sets were tune in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth



What Happened the Year You Were Born?


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[identity profile] sheepthief.livejournal.com 2004-07-07 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
And mine reckons that Sony introduced Betamax in 1965. Er, right.