Canadian Pacific De Havilland Comet Crash in Karachi March 3, 1953

Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Date: May 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000 for MiG-15 Defection, April 27, 1953Waiting for Godot Premieres in…

Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. Date: May 4, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Waco F5 Tornado Kills 114 May 11, 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to…

An earthquake hits western Turkey, killing at least 1,070 people. Date: March 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pravda Doctors’ Plot Accusation in Soviet Union, January 13, 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000 for MiG-15…

The Batepá massacre occurs in São Tomé when the colonial administration and Portuguese landowners unleash a wave of violence against the native creoles known as forros. Date: February 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. Date: April 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Delta Air Lines Flight 318 Crashes Near Marshall, Texas, Killing 19, May 17, 1953Queen Elizabeth…

The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. Date: April 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Frances P. Bolton and Son First…