Talk:1953

Page layout years
There is a discussion on my talk page on page layout.

For most of the last three hundred years there is inconsistency and duplication between the year in topic paragraph, the "see also" box and what is on the year by topic pages. Prior to 1950 I am pretty convinced we can painlessly (except for sore fingers) delete all of the year in topic paragraphs and ensure that the material goes into a "see also" box, creating such a box where none exists. Post 1950, particularly from the "year in US television" link a lot of material has been added to this paragraph as highlights (sometimes making up most of the page content pointed at).

Personally I think we should still delete the paragraph, keep the box linking to the topic sites and move any particularly important parts of the year in topic paragraph to the main chronological list. This does involve undoing quite a bit of work which someone has done.

Therefore, unlike for prior to 1950 (where I've said no objection= I do it) for post 1950 I won't touch these pages unless a significant number of people agree with the change. (I am also unlikely to get the pre 1950 stuff done before summer unless the service speed improves dramatically). (talk)--BozMo 14:26, 7 May 2004 (UTC)

Malenkov
* March 6 - Georgy Maksimilianovich Malenkov succeeds Josef Stalin as Premier and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Which event is meant by succeeds?

Malenkov was appointed the Chairman of the Soviet of Ministers of the USSR by a common meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, the Soviet of Minsters of the USSR, and the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on March 5, 1953, before Stalin's official death time. He was not appointed the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Soviet Union (there was no position called First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union). He was and remained until March 14 one of the Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party Soviet Union. On March 15 the Supreme Soviet of the USSR officially elected him the Chairman of the Soviet of Ministers of the USSR. Andres 12:18, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

1953 Births
August 28 - Gates McFadden, actress

but:

Gates McFadden

Cheryl Gates McFadden (born March 2, 1949 ...)

??? date from the IMDb

Contradiction
This page says the first color TV went on sale this year; 1954 says RCA manufactured the first set. They can't both be right... TREK philer  any time you're ready, Uhura  10:05, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Multi-tornado, multi-day storm
I found (in relevant part)
 * June 8
 * Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado kills 115 in Flint, Michigan (the last to claim more than 100 lives until the 2011 Joplin tornado).

... ... ...
 * June 9
 * Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A tornado spawned from the same storm system as the Flint tornado hits in Worcester, Massachusetts, killing 94.

And (at the risk of inconveniencing/embarrassing those who make a routine & perhaps automated habit of pulling a daily event at random out of our "what happened on this day..." article -- as if we were a rigidly formatted almanac, rather than an augmented encyclopedia for humans to read) i'm bending the fairly rigid format in a way that should still make more sense to humans:
 * June 7-9


 * Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence: A single storm-system spawns 46 small or large tornadoes in ten states (from Colorado to Massachusetts) over three days, killing 246.


 * June 7

... ...


 * June 8

... ...


 * June 9

... ...

--Jerzy•t 06:36, 8 June 2016 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion: You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. —Community Tech bot (talk) 17:52, 4 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Moon Jae-in presidential portrait.jpg

A Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion: Participate in the deletion discussion at the. —Community Tech bot (talk) 01:22, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Moon Jae-in presidential portrait.jpg