Born on 7 January 1953

At A Glance

7 January 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

7 January 1953 was a Wednesday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Auf Wiedersehen, Sweetheart” recorded by Vera Lynn and Eddy Howard 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 7 January is Capricorn.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 January 1953 fell in the Year of the Dragon.

Birthstone

The birthstone for January is Garnet.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 January 1953 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 7 January

• 1940 Winter War: Battle of Raate Road: The Finnish 9th Division finally defeat the numerically superior Soviet forces on the Raate-Suomussalmi road.
• 1954 Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM.
• 1955 Contralto Marian Anderson becomes the first person of color to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in Giuseppe Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
• 1959 The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of Fidel Castro.
• 1968 Surveyor program: Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the Surveyor series, lifts off from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36A.

Famous people born on 7 January

• Andy Burnham, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1970)
• Lewis Hamilton, English racing driver (born 1985)
• Nicolas Cage, American actor (born 1964)
• Jeremy Renner, American actor (born 1971)

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