WCSH TV | Firsts, Starts and Openings | Dec 1, 1953
WCSH TV channel 6 in Portland, Maine (NBC) begins broadcasting.
WAXA | Firsts, Starts and Openings | Dec 1, 1953
WAIM, which later changed its call letters to WAXA, channel 40 in Anderson, South Carolina (IND) airs its first broadcast.
First Issue of Playboy Magazine Published | Dec 1, 1953
Hugh Hefner publishes the first issue of Playboy Magazine, featuring Marilyn Monroe as the magazine’s first centerfold model.