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

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

Births

• ???? — Claus Brockmeyer, Hans Hohlbein, Yuji Kaida, Klaus Lochthove, Erich Räuker

February

• February 14 — Kisaburō Suzuki

March

• March 12 — Run Sasaki

April

• April 11 — Shingo Hiromori

May

• May 18 — Alan Kupperberg

June

• June 22 — Al Gordon

July

• July 13 — Gil Birmingham
• July 25 — Santiago Ziesmer
• July 27 — Carl Béchard

August

• August 27 — Peter Stormare

October

• October 24 — Hiroshi Takemura

November

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

December

• December 9 — John Malkovich
• December 31 — James Remar

Deaths

• January 1 — Hank Williams