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1953JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberThe following events occurred in August 1953: August 1, 1953 (Saturday)The 1953–54 DFB-Pokal football tournament opened in West Germany.Indian Airlines, based in Delhi, began operations, having been set up under the Air Corporations Act, 1953, by a merger of several domestic airlines.August 2, 1953 (Sunday)Born:Anthony Seldon, English historian and biographer, in StepneyAugust 3, 1953 (Monday)Born:Marlene Dumas, South African painter, in Cape TownAugust 4, 1953 (Tuesday)Born:Hiroyuki Usui, Japanese footballer and managerAugust 5, 1953 (Wednesday)Operation Big Switch began: The United Nations Command (UNC) repatriated over 75,823 prisoners of war (70,183 North Koreans and 5,640 Chinese), whilst the PVA/KPA repatriated 12,773 UNC POWs.The US Navy vessel Staten Island, in the southern Davis Strait, near Baffin Island, launched the first of six 1953 NRL flights, three of which reached altitude and returned data.Fred Zinnemann's war film From Here to Eternity, starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Deborah Kerr, Frank Sinatra, and Donna Reed, premièred despite the disapproval of both the US Army and the US Navy.Born:András Ligeti, Hungarian violinist and conductor, in Pécs (died 2021)August 6, 1953 (Thursday)Died:Houseley Stevenson, 74, British-born American actorAugust 7, 1953 (Friday)The 1953 Irish Greyhound Derby was won by Spanish Battleship, trained by Tom Lynch and owned by Tim 'Chubb' O'Connor.August 8, 1953 (Saturday)In an address to the Supreme Soviet, Soviet prime minister Georgy Malenkov claimed that the Soviet Union had developed a hydrogen bomb.37 people were injured when a northbound Royal Scot train was derailed near Abington, Scotland, UK, on its way down from Beattock Summit; the track had buckled as a result of unusually high temperatures.In the Western Australian National Football League, Bernie Naylor kicked a WANFL record 23 goals against Subiaco, including twelve in one quarter.Born:Nigel Mansell, English racing driver, in Upton-upon-SevernAugust 9, 1953 (Sunday)The British ferry St Columba ran aground in Ettrick Bay, Kyles of Bute, Buteshire, but was refloated later in the day.August 10, 1953 (Monday)The Canadian federal election resulted in victory for the Liberal Party of Canada and prime minister Louis St. Laurent., one of the most famous events in mountaineering history.The 1953 Pan Arab Games concluded in Alexandria, Egypt.

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