CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953

In the deadliest of a series of tornadoes, an F5 tornado kills 114 in Waco, Texas. Date: May 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Ernest Hemingway Wins Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man…

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…

Joseph Stalin, the longest serving leader of the Soviet Union, dies at his Volynskoe dacha in Moscow after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage four days earlier. Date: March 5, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000. Date: April 27, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

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 1953Frances P. Bolton and Son First Simultaneous U.S. Congress Members January 3, 1953Flint-Worcester Tornado Outbreak…

The Flint–Worcester tornado outbreak sequence kills 94 people in Massachusetts. Date: June 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Batepá Massacre in São Tomé Against Forros February 3, 1953I Love Lucy Birth Episode Draws…