Date: September 12, 1953
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CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. Date: April 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 13 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Waco F5 Tornado Kills 114 May 11, 1953First Chevrolet Corvette Rolls Off Assembly Line in…
Lieutenant No Kum-sok, a North Korean pilot, defects to South Korea with his jet fighter. Date: September 21, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 21 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953North Sea Flood Kills 2,100 in Netherlands and UK, January…
BCPA Flight 304 DC-6 crashes near San Francisco. Date: October 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on October 29 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Waiting for Godot Premieres in Paris, January 5, 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg Clemency Appeals, February 11, 1953BatepΓ‘ Massacre…
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday. Date: May 29, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 29 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953U.S. First…
Nuclear weapons testing: At the Nevada Test Site, the United States conducts its first and only nuclear artillery test. Date: May 25, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 25 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Crick and Watson Publish DNA Double…
First Indochina War: The French Union withdraws its forces from Operation Camargue against the Viet Minh in central Vietnam. Date: August 10, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 10 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Blasket Islands Human Evacuation to Mainland,…