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January 19, 1953

On January 19, 1953, almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth. Rick Moranis, Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Sebastian Faulks would arrive in the same year.

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1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.

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On January 19, 1953

  1. 1953 Almost 72 percent of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.

    American sitcom (1951–1957)

    I Love Lucy is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, with 180 half-hour episodes across six seasons. The series starred Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, along with Vivian Vance and William Frawley, and follows the life of Lucy Ricardo (Ball), a young, middle-class housewife living in New York City, who often concocts plans with her best friends and landlords, Ethel and Fred Mertz, to appear alongside her bandleader husband, Ricky Ricardo (Arnaz), in his nightclub. Lucy is depicted trying numerous schemes to mingle with and be a part of show business.

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Rick Moranis 1953– Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
Sk. Mujibur Rahman 1953– Bengali politician
Sebastian Faulks 1953– English journalist and author
James Chance 1953– American musician (died 2024)
John Brumby 1953– Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist

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