Editing 1953 (section)

===January===
[[File:Hank Williams Promotional Photo.jpg|thumb|100px|[[Hank Williams]]]]
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* [[January 1]] &ndash; [[Hank Williams]], American singer-songwriter and musician (b. [[1923]])<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=31hZQKGNscoC&q=Andrew%20Johnson%20Hotel%20hank%20williams&pg=PA296 |title=Crossroads: A Southern Culture Annual |author=Olson, Ted |publisher=Mercer University Press |year=2004|isbn=978-0-86554-866-4 |access-date=March 8, 2011|page=306}}</ref>
* [[January 2]] &ndash; [[Guccio Gucci]], founder of [[Gucci]] (b. [[1881]])
* [[January 4]]
** [[Arthur Hoyt]], American actor (b. [[1874]])
** [[Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu]], Japanese prince (b. [[1902]])
* [[January 8]] &ndash; [[Charles Edward Merriam]], American political scientist (b. [[1874]])
* [[January 28]] &ndash; [[James Scullin]], 9th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1876]])
* [[January 29]] &ndash; [[Reginald Wingate|Sir Reginald Wingate]], British army general and colonial administrator (b. [[1861]])
* [[January 30]] &ndash; [[Lionel Belmore]], English actor (b. [[1867]])