Events Date 1953 June | History by KabAstro

Coronation of Elizabeth II

Jun 2 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, England

Jun 4 Pittsburgh pirates trade outfielder Ralph Kiner & catcher Joe Garagiola to Chicago Cubs

Jun 5 Denmark adopts a new constitution
Jun 5 US Senate rejects China People's Republic membership to UN
Jun 7 1st color network telecast in compatible color (Boston Massachusetts)
Jun 7 WDAU (now WYOU) TV channel 22 in Scranton Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins
Jun 8 Cluster of 6 tornadoes touches down in Flint, Michigan killing 113
Jun 8 Mary Church Terrell wins struggle to end illegal segregation in Washington, D.C. restaurants [1]

Jun 9 Milton Berle's TV show "Texaco Star Theater" last airs on NBC-TV

Jun 9 South African premier D. F. Malan visits the Netherlands
Jun 9 Worcester County tornado kills 94 injures 1310 and leaves 10,000 homeless
Jun 11 "Amos 'n Andy" TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS
Jun 11 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
Jun 13 85th Belmont: Eric Guerin aboard Native Dancer wins in 2:28.6

Jun 13 English Cricketer Alec Bedser takes 14-99 (7-55 & 7-44) vs Australia

Jun 13 Jim Peters runs world record marathon (2:18:40.2)

Jun 13 US Open Men's Golf, Oakmont CC: Ben Hogan wins a record-tying 4th US Open title, 6 strokes ahead of runner-up Sam Snead

Jun 14 Eisenhower condemns McCarthy's book burning proposal

Jun 14 Elvis Presley graduates from L. C. Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee

Jun 14 Military coup by General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla in Colombia
Jun 14 Yanks sweep Indians 6-2, 3-0 before 74,708 win streak at 18 straight
Jun 15 Browns end Yankees win streak at 18 & Browns 14-game losing streak
Jun 15 NY Yankees first baseman Johnny Mize is 93rd MLB player to get 2,000 hits
Jun 15 NYC Transit Authority forms
Jun 15 WLFI TV channel 18 in Lafayette, IN (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 16 Despite Johnny Mize 2,000th hit, NY Yankees lose ending an 18 game winning streak and also ending St Louis Brown 14 game losing streak
Jun 17 Most runs scored in 1 inning (17 by Red Sox)
Jun 17 Riots in East Germany for reunification

Jun 17 US Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas stays executions of spies Julius & Ethel Rosenberg scheduled for next day their 14th anniversary

Jun 18 3rd Berlin International Film Festival: "The Wages of Fear" wins Golden Bear (audience vote)
Jun 18 Monarchy of Egypt formally abolished after the 1952 revolution and proclaimed the Republic of Eqypt; Army General Muhammad Naguib becomes 1st president
Jun 18 Red Sox rookie Eugene Stephens is 1st player in AL history to register 3 hits in an inning as Boston scores 17 runs in the 7th during 23-3 rout of visiting Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park, Boston
Jun 18 USAF C-124 Globemaster crashes shortly after takeoff from Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, killing 129 servicemen; at the time, it was the deadliest incident in aviation history
Jun 19 Albert W Dent elected president of US National Health Council
Jun 19 WCSC TV channel 5 in Charleston, South Carolina (CBS) begins broadcasting
Jun 19 WTPA (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, PA (ABC) 1st broadcast
Jun 20 LPGA Western Golf Open Women's Golf, Capital City Club: Louise Suggs defeats Patty Berg, 6 & 5 in the final
Jun 24 KSWS (now KOBR) TV channel 8 in Roswell, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
Jun 25 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours
Jun 25 86°F in Anchorage, Alaska
Jun 26 KCTV (now KLST) TV channel 8 in San Angelo, TX (CBS) 1st broadcast