Born on 11 May 1953

At A Glance

11 May 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

11 May 1953 was a Monday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes” recorded by Red Foley and Perry Como was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1953

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.

Star sign

The star sign for 11 May is Taurus.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 11 May 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for May is Emerald.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 11 May 1953 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 11 May

• 1919 Uruguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1973 Citing government misconduct, Daniel Ellsberg's charges for his involvement in releasing the Pentagon Papers to The New York Times are dismissed.
• 1987 Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
• 1997 Deep Blue, a chess-playing supercomputer, defeats Garry Kasparov in the last game of the rematch, becoming the first computer to beat a world-champion chess player in a classic match format.
• 1998 India conducts three underground atomic tests in Pokhran.

Famous people born on 11 May

• Sabrina Carpenter, American singer and actress (born 1999)
• Natasha Richardson, English actress (1963–2009)
• Lana Condor, American actress (born 1997)
• Richard Feynman, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (1918–1988)

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