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25 May 1953 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 25 May 1953 was a Monday.
- Top Film of 1953
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1953 was Peter Pan.
- Bestselling Novel of 1953
- “The Robe” by Lloyd C. Douglas was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1953.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “I Love Lucy” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1953–54 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 25 May is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 25 May 1953 fell in the Year of the Snake.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 25 May 1953 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 25 May
- 1946 The Emirate of Transjordan becomes independent from the United Kingdom as the Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan after ratifying the Treaty of London and making their Amir, Abdullah I, their King.
- 1953 Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test.
- 1953 The first public television station in the United States officially begins broadcasting as KUHT from the campus of the University of Houston.
- 1955 First ascent of Mount Kangchenjunga: On the British Kangchenjunga expedition led by Charles Evans, Joe Brown and George Band reach the summit of the third-highest mountain in the world (8,586 meters); Norman Hardie and Tony Streather join them the following day.
- 1961 Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces, before a special joint session of the U.S. Congress, that the United States "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth."
Famous people born on May 25
- Ian McKellen, English actor (born 1939)
- Cillian Murphy, Irish actor (born 1976)
- Anne Heche, American actress (1969–2022)
- Rash Behari Bose, Indian soldier and activist (1886–1945)
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Events of 1953 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1953 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 22 – The Crucible, a historical drama by Arthur Miller written as an allegory of McCarthyism, opens on Broadway.
- February 5 – Walt Disney's 14th animated film, Peter Pan, premieres in Chicago. It is Disney's final film to be distributed by RKO.
- April 11 – The Department of Health, Education, and Welfare begins operations, the first new Cabinet-level department since the Department of Labor's formation in 1913.
Life in the US in 1953
President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gas (per gallon)
$0.29
Loaf of Bread
$0.17
Average House
$8,450
Weekly Wage
$65
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