1953 in the United Kingdom explained

Events from the year 1953 in the United Kingdom. This is the year of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and the North Sea flood.

Incumbents

Events

Undated

Publications

Births

Deaths

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Derek Bentley hanged for murder. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 28 January 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20080131130900/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/28/newsid_3393000/3393807.stm. 31 January 2008. live.
  2. Web site: 130 die in ferry disaster. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 31 January 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20080108160829/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/31/newsid_2505000/2505913.stm. 8 January 2008. live.
  3. Web site: Violent storms claim hundreds of lives. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 1 February 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071227033300/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/1/newsid_3749000/3749771.stm. 27 December 2007. live.
  4. Barbirolli, John (1954). "Kathleen ... The Last Years". In Cardus, Neville (ed). Kathleen Ferrier: A Memoir. London: Hamish Hamilton. p 107.
  5. News: Miss Kathleen Ferrier Suffering From Strain. The Guardian. Manchester. 5. 10 February 1953.
  6. Web site: Sweet rationing ends in Britain. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 5 February 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071225083426/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/5/newsid_2737000/2737731.stm. 25 December 2007. live.
  7. Web site: Tommy Taylor. Manchester United. Legends. 2020-10-14.
  8. Web site: Marshal Tito makes historic visit to London. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 16 March 1953.
  9. Web site: Queen Mary dies peacefully after illness. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 24 March 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20080109201233/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/24/newsid_2785000/2785265.stm. 9 January 2008. live.
  10. Book: Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 978-0-14-102715-9. 2006.
  11. Web site: Queen Mary laid to rest in Windsor. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 31 March 1953.
  12. Book: Rice, Jo. The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits. Guinness Superlatives. 1982. 0-85112-250-7. 1st. Enfield. 8.
  13. Web site: The Lost Decade Timeline. BBC. 10 January 2008. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060821133044/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/lostdecade/timeline_html.shtml . 21 August 2006.
  14. Web site: Britain honours American hero. BBC. On This Day. 2 July 2009. 15 April 1953.
  15. Web site: Queen launches Royal Yacht Britannia. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 16 April 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20080121004217/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/16/newsid_2846000/2846801.stm. 21 January 2008. live.
  16. 10.1038/171737a0. Watson. J. D.. Crick, F. H. C.. 1953. Molecular structure of nucleic acids: a structure for deoxyribose nucleic acid. Nature. 171. 4356. 737–738. 13054692. 1953Natur.171..737W. 4253007. 30 March 2007. 29 November 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20051129041112/http://www.nature.com/genomics/human/watson-crick/index.html. dead.
  17. Web site: Scientists describe 'secret of life'. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 25 April 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071222124939/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/25/newsid_2932000/2932793.stm. 22 December 2007. live.
  18. Web site: 1953 Blackpool. https://web.archive.org/web/20080122050521/http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1953.htm. dead. 2008-01-22. The FA Cup.
  19. News: The Quietest Ever Bank Holiday in the Midlands. Birmingham Gazette. 1953-05-26. 5.
  20. Web site: Queen Elizabeth takes coronation oath. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 2 June 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071215085020/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/2/newsid_2654000/2654501.stm. 15 December 2007. live.
  21. Book: Venables, Stephen. Stephen Venables. To the top: the story of Everest. Walker Books. 2003. London. 63. 978-0-7445-8662-6.
  22. News: Brendan. Gallagher. 1953: A golden year for sport. The Daily Telegraph. 4 June 2011. 4 June 2011.
  23. Web site: Anthony. Seldon. Anthony Seldon. Winston Churchill's Indian Summer. The British Empire. 3 April 2013.
  24. Book: Kynaston, David. David Kynaston. Family Britain, 1951–57. London. Bloomsbury. 2009. 978-0-7475-8385-1. registration.
  25. Web site: Christie to hang for wife's murder. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 25 June 1953.
  26. Web site: DinardViking. Simplon Postcards: The Passenger Ship Website. 2005. 22 October 2012.
  27. The 'Last Night of the Proms' in historical perspective. David Cannadine. David. Cannadine. 2008. 31. 212. 315–349. 10.1111/j.1468-2281.2008.00466.x. Historical Research.
  28. Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer . Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 406–407. 978-0-7126-5616-0.
  29. Web site: Britain sends troops to Guiana. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 6 October 1953.
  30. Web site: Air of Authority - A History of RAF Organisation. R A F Records. 2011-07-19. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110812152044/http://www.rafweb.org/Records.htm. 2011-08-12.
  31. Web site: British Military Aviation in 1953. Royal Air Force Museum. 2011-07-19.
  32. Web site: Twenty die in Channel collision. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 17 November 1953.
  33. The Solution of the Piltdown Problem. Weiner, J. S.. Kenneth Oakley. Oakley, K. P.. Wilfrid Le Gros Clark. Le Gros Clark, W. E.. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology Series. 2. 3. 141–6. 20 November 1953.
  34. News: Piltdown Man forgery. The Times. London. 21 November 1953. 6.
  35. Web site: zoltech.net. www.zoltech.net. 11 August 2010. 21 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110721141747/http://www.zoltech.net/h/hufoci.html. dead.
  36. Web site: Lords vote for commercial television. BBC. On This Day. 10 January 2008. 26 November 1953. https://web.archive.org/web/20071128151834/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/26/newsid_4032000/4032711.stm. 28 November 2007. live.
  37. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953. 10 January 2008.
  38. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1953. 10 January 2008.
  39. Book: The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. 978-1-85986-000-7.
  40. Web site: The Coming of the Cafes: 1953.... Classic Cafes. 1999–2008. 12 July 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160323201633/http://www.classiccafes.co.uk/History.html. 23 March 2016.
  41. Web site: Johnny Dankworth discography. 2010. 1 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20070102063422/http://vzone.virgin.net/davidh.taylor/dankwort.htm. 2 January 2007. dead.
  42. Book: Baren, Maurice. How It All Began Up the High Street. London. Michael O'Mara Books. 1996. 978-1-85479-667-7. 82–3.
  43. Book: Hyman, Basil. The G-Plan Revolution: a celebration of British Popular Furniture of the 1950s and 1960s. Braggs, Steven. 978-1-86154-310-3. 2007-12-01.
  44. Web site: House of Fraser archive project. 31 December 2010 .
  45. Web site: Tim. Lambert. Britain Since 1948. 3 April 2013.
  46. Book: Andrews . Allen . Lowry . Laurence Stephen . The life of L. S. Lowry: 1887-1976 . 1977 . Jupiter Books . London . 978-0-904041-60-6 . 85.
  47. Web site: WPR - Jim Devine (Ex-MP). https://web.archive.org/web/20110715044446/http://www.parliamentaryrecord.com/content/profiles/mp/Jim-Devine/Livingston/766. dead. 2011-07-15. 15 July 2011.
  48. Web site: John Stahl obituary . the Guardian . 20 May 2022 . en . 31 March 2022.
  49. https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/5037109/willie-donald-former-scotland-international-cricketer-dies-age-69/ Willie Donald: Former Scotland international cricketer dies age 69
  50. Web site: Phil Dwyer 1953-2021 . 1 December 2021 . 1 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211201201651/https://www.faw.cymru/en/news/phil-dwyer-1953-2021/ . dead .
  51. Web site: Timeline of police investigation into Fred and Rose West. Phil. Norris. 22 February 2019. GloucestershireLive.
  52. https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/about-us/international-heritage-centre/virtual-heritage-centre/people/booth-children Booth children
  53. Mr. W. K. Haselden, Kindly Cartoonist, Obituary, The Times, 29 December 1953