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The Day I was born

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In 1953 (the year you were born) Dwight Eisenhower becomes president of the US President Eisenhower announces that he has given France $60 million for the Indochina War Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norkay reach the top of Mt. Everest Julius and Ethel Rosenburg are executed by electrocution at Sing Sing Prison The Korean War ends in stalemate The first color television sets go on sale for about $1,175 Ron Jeremy, Tony Blair, Pierce Brosnan, and Kim Basinger are born New York Yankees win the World Series Detroit Lions Win the NFL Championship Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is published Elvis Presley records for the first time 68% of all United States television sets were tune in to I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth What