It’s 1953. President Dwight Eisenhower delivers the first coast to coast televised inaugural address, chimpanzee J.Fred Heggs joins NBC’s Today Show, the Adventures of Superman premieres, Dr Jonas Salk shares the polio vaccine with the world, Ben Hogan is wearing the green jacket at the Masters Tournament, the first TV Guide rolls off the presses, Amos ‘n Andy and Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theatre end their runs.
Elvis Presley graduates from Humes High in Memphis, Fidel Castro begins the Revolution, Marine pilot Ted Williams is shot down and rejoins the Boston Red Sox, the NY Yankees capture their 5th consecutive championship, jockey Willie Shoemaker shatters the racing records with 485 wins.
Senator John F Kennedy weds Jacqueline Bouvier, Ernie Banks becomes the first black Cub in Chicago, Danny Thomas’ Make Room for Daddy debuts on ABC, Jackie Cochran becomes the first female to go supersonic in a Canadair F-86 Sabre, her buddy Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.575 in a Bell X-1A rocket, the FCC approves RCA’s color and TV specs, the first 1953 Corvette rolls off the assembly line and this Buie Motors salesman will give you a TV if you buy a Mercury. Originally submitted in 2008 by Carter Rabil
