1953 in Romania
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Events from the year 1953 in Romania. The year saw the death of Carol II.
Incumbents
[edit]- President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza .[1]
- Prime Minister and General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[2]
Events
[edit]- 9 March – The Patriarch of All Romania, Justinian, lays flowers on Joseph Stalin's tomb during the funeral of the Soviet leader.[3]
- 17 July – Construction of the Danube–Black Sea Canal is halted. The canal had been the site of multiple executions.[4]
- 2 August – The 4th World Festival of Youth and Students opens at the Stadionul August 23 and runs until 14 August. The event includes athletics and dance performances.[5]
- 23 October – Romania provides $7.2 million in aid to North Korea to support reconstruction after the Korean War.[6]
Births
[edit]- 14 February – Ioan Dzițac, mathematician (died 2021).
- 5 March – Radu Berceanu, engineer and politician.[7]
- 24 March – Sorin Popa, mathematician.
- 31 March – Maria Micșa, medal winner at the 1976 Summer Olympics in quadruple skulls.[8]
- 12 April — Andrei Broder, computer scientist and engineer.
- 30 June — Adriana Hölszky, composer and pianist.[9]
- 13 July – Violeta Dinescu, composer of choral music.[10]
- 19 July – Daniela Buruiană, politician and Member of the European Parliament.[11]
- Full date unknown
- Baldi Olier, flamenco guitarist[12]
Deaths
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- 5 February – Iuliu Maniu, Romanian lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of Romania in 1928–1930 and 1932–1933, died in Sighet Prison (born 1873).[13]
- 25 March – Ion Cămărășescu, politician, died in Sighet Prison (born 1882).
- 4 April – Carol II, King from 8 June 1930 to 6 September 1940 (born 1893).[14]
- 23–27 April – Gheorghe I. Brătianu, politician and historian, titular member of the Romanian Academy, died in Sighet Prison (born 1898).[15]
- 13 May – Nicolae Tătăranu, major general in World War II (born 1890).
- 16 May – Nicolae Rădescu, Prime Minister between 7 December 1944 and 1 March 1945 (born 1874).[16]
- 7 June – Ioan Flueraș, social democratic politician, murdered at Gherla Prison (born 1882).[17]
- 27 June – Ioan Suciu, bishop of the Greek-Catholic Church, died at Sighet Prison (born 1907).[18]
- 4 August – Francisc Șirato, painter (born 1877).[19]
- 5 September – Constantin Levaditi, physician and microbiologist (born 1874).[20]
- 3 October – Szilárd Bogdánffy, auxiliary bishop of the Catholic Church, died at Aiud Prison (born 1911).[21]
- 2 December – Radu Băldescu, major general during World War II, died at Jilava Prison (born 1888).
References
[edit]- ^ Spuler, Bertold (1977). Rulers and Governments of the World Volume 3: 1930 to 1975. London: Bowker. p. 443. ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
- ^ Tucker, Spencer (2020). The Cold War: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO. p. 669. ISBN 978-1-4408-6076-8.
- ^ Leustean, Lucian N. (2009). Orthodoxy and the Cold War: Religion and Political Power in Romania, 1947–65. London: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-230-59494-4.
- ^ Tismăneanu, Vladimir (2002). Gheorghiu-Dej and the Romanian Workers' Party: From De-Sovietization to the Emergence of National Communism (Working Paper No.37) (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-15.
- ^ Wilcox, Emily (2019). Revolutionary Bodies. Oakland: University of California Press. p. 80. doi:10.1525/luminos.58. ISBN 978-0-520-97190-5.
- ^ Pak, Chae-gyu; Kyu Park, Jae; Chul Koh, Byung (1987). The Foreign Relations of North Korea: New Perspectives. Seoul: Institute for far Eastern studies, Kyungnam University. p. 206. ISBN 978-0-8133-0569-1.
- ^ "Radu Mircea Berceanu". www.cdep.ro (in Romanian). Chamber of Deputies (Romania). Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Micșa-Macoviciuc". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ McVicker, Mary F. (2016). Women Opera Composers: Biographies from the 1500s to the 21st Century. Jefferson: McFarland. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0.
- ^ Unger, Melvin P. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Choral Music. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-8108-5751-3.
- ^ Asociația Pro Democrația (2001). Cartea Albastră a Democrației: Un Ghid al Instituțiilor Publice Centrale [The Blue Book of Democracy: A Guide to Central Public Institutions]. Bucharest: Asociația Pro Democrația. p. 99. ISBN 978-9-73002-379-4.
- ^ "Baldi Olier". www.onepointfm.com. onepoint.fm GmbH. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ^ "Tortured for Christ" by Richard Wurmbrand; ISBN 9780882640570; Pub: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1998
- ^ Treptow, Kurt W. (2001). A History of Romania. Iași: Center for Romanian Studies. p. 597. ISBN 978-9-73943-235-1.
- ^ Pentelescu, Aurel; Țăranu, Liviu, "Gheorghe I. Brătianu în timpul domiciliului obligatoriu (1947–1950)" (PDF), www.cnsas.ro, National Council for the Study of the Securitate Archives, retrieved August 27, 2022
- ^ Giurescu, Dinu C. (1996). Guvernarea Nicolae Rădescu [The Government of Nicolae Rădescu] (in Romanian). Bucharest: ALL. p. 364. ISBN 978-9-73571-035-4.
- ^ "Traiul și sfârșitul lui Ion Flueraș la Gherla" [The Life and Death of Ion Flueraș in Gherla], Memoria (in Romanian), 39 (2): 54–75, 2002, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2022-08-26
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Episcopul Ioan Suciu". www.bru.ro (in Romanian). Romanian Church United with Rome, Greek-Catholic. Retrieved August 25, 2022.
- ^ "Francisc Șirato". www.icr.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved April 18, 2024.
- ^ Kalantzis, George; Skiadas, Panagiotis; Lascaratos, John (August 2006). "Constantin Levaditi (1874–1953): a pioneer in Immunology and Virology". Journal of Medical Biography. 14 (3): 178–182. doi:10.1258/j.jmb.2006.05-30. PMID 16845465.
- ^ Popescu, Adam (16 October 2010). "Beatificarea unui român mort în pușcăria Aiud". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 August 2022.