1953 in Romania
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Events from the year 1953 in Romania. The year saw the death of Carol II.
Incumbents
- President of the Provisional Presidium of the Republic: Petru Groza .[1]
- General Secretary of the Romanian Communist Party: Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej.[2]
Events
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ISBN 978-0-85935-056-3.
- ISBN 978-1-4408-6076-8.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-0-520-97190-5.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-2361-0.
- ISBN 978-0-8108-5751-3.
- ISBN 978-9-73002-379-4.
- ^ "Baldi Olier". www.onepointfm.com. onepoint.fm GmbH. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ISBN 9780882640570; Pub: Living Sacrifice Book Company, 1998
- 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
- 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
{{citation}}: 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.
- PMID 16845465.
- ^ Popescu, Adam (16 October 2010). "Beatificarea unui român mort în pușcăria Aiud". Evenimentul Zilei (in Romanian). Retrieved 25 August 2022.
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| Kingdom of Romania | Years of the Kingdom of Romania and the short-lived National Legionary State (1940–1941).
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| Romania | Years since the December 1989 Romanian Revolution .
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