Born on 4 July 1953

At A Glance

4 July 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

4 July 1953 was a Saturday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“You're Just in Love” recorded by Ethel Merman & Dick Haymes and Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters 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 4 July is Cancer.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 4 July 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 4 July 1953 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 4 July

• 1947 The "Indian Independence Bill" is presented before the British House of Commons, proposing the independence of the Provinces of British India into two sovereign countries: India and Pakistan.
• 1950 Cold War: Radio Free Europe first broadcasts.
• 1951 Cold War: A court in Czechoslovakia sentences American journalist William N. Oatis to ten years in prison on charges of espionage.
• 1951 William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
• 1954 Food rationing in Great Britain ends, with the lifting of restrictions on sale and purchase of meat, 14 years after it began early in World War II, and nearly a decade after the war's end.

Famous people born on 4 July

• Post Malone, American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer (born 1995)
• Amol Rajan, Indian-English journalist (born 1983)
• Queen Sonja of Norway (born 1937)
• Eva Marie Saint, American actress (1924–2026)

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