The 1953 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1953 NBA Playoffs, which concluded the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s 1952–53 season.The Western Division champion Minneapolis Lakers faced the Eastern Division champion New York Knicks in a best-of-seven series with Minneapolis having home-court advantage. By winning …

December 23, 1953 (Wednesday) The Soviet Union announces officially that Lavrentiy Beria has been executed.; December 24, 1953 (Thursday) Tangiwai disaster: A railway bridge collapses at Tangiwai, New Zealand, sending a fully loaded passenger train into the Whangaehu River; 151 are killed.; December 25, 1953 (Friday) The Amami Islands are returned to Japan after 8 years of …