1953

«	1953	»

The year 1953 (MCMLIII) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by thirty-one years.

For further information, see: Transformers timeline

Fiction

Revenge of the Fallen

King crash-landed on Earth and had a hand in helping establish Burger King.

Non-Fiction

Events

July

July 27 — The Korean War ends.

• Bert and Nancy Claster begin syndication of Romper Room. The company founded to distribute the series would later become Claster Television.

Births

• ???? — Claus Brockmeyer, David Crane, Hans Hohlbein, Klaus Lochthove, Uwe Jellinek

February

• February 13 — Vladimir Antonik
• February 14 — Kisaburō Suzuki
• February 23 — Richard Green

March

• March 12 — Run Sasaki
• March 26 — Yuji Kaida
• March 29 — Hans-Eckart Eckhardt

April

• April 11 — Shingo Hiromori
• April 13 — Ricardo Schnetzer

May

• May 4 — Masashi Ebara
• May 18 — Alan Kupperberg

June

• June 12 — Michael Donovan
• June 22 — Al Gordon
• June 25 — Erich Räuker

July

• July 10 — Stan Bush
• July 11 — Mindy Sterling
• July 13 — Ron Halder, Gil Birmingham, Silvio Pozzoli
• July 14 — Philece Sampler, Frédérique Hoschedé
• July 25 — Santiago Ziesmer, Frédéric Norbert
• July 27 — Carl Béchard

August

• August 9 — Edgar Givry
• August 16 — Ben Jurand
• August 27 — Peter Stormare

September

• September 4 — Vittorio Bestoso

October

• October 16 — Uwe Büschken
• October 24 — Hiroshi Takemura, Celso de Vasconcelos
• October 25 — Takeshi Ike

November

• November 3 — Hidehito Ueda
• November 15 — Mike Gustovich
• November 22 — Alfonso Mellado

December

• December 6 — Klaus Lochthove
• December 7 — Buzz Dixon
• December 9 — John Malkovich
• December 25 — Uwe Jellinek
• December 31 — James Remar

Deaths

• January 1 — Hank Williams