Born on 7 November 1953

At A Glance

7 November 1953 at a glance

Day of the week

7 November 1953 was a Saturday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Vaya con Dios” by Les Paul & Mary Ford 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 November is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 7 November 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.

Birthstone

The birthstone for November is Topaz.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 7 November 1953 was New Moon.

On this day: 7 November

• 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States.
• 1949 The first oil was taken in Oil Rocks (Neft Daşları), the world's oldest offshore oil platform.
• 1956 Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.
• 1956 Hungarian Revolution: János Kádár returns to Budapest in a Soviet armored convoy, officially taking office as the next Hungarian leader. By this point, most armed resistance has been defeated.
• 1957 Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters.

Famous people born on 7 November

• Marie Curie, Polish chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1867–1934)
• Gervonta Davis, American boxer (born 1994)
• Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (1879–1940)
• Joni Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)

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