1953

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Warren Burger becomes United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division
 * January 3:
 * Barry Goldwater becomes a Senator of Arizona
 * February 9:
 * Walter Smith becomes United States Under Secretary of State

Births

 * January 1:
 * Gary Earl Johnson - Governor of New Mexico (Living)
 * March 26:
 * Elaine Lan Chao - United States Secretary of Transportation (Living)
 * May 15:
 * William Horsley Orrick III - Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (Living)
 * July 7:
 * Judy May Chu - Member of the House of Representatives (Living)
 * October 3:
 * Karen Ruth Bass - Member of the House of Representatives (Living)

Deaths

 * September 8:
 * Frederick Moore Vinson - Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1890)