Date: October 16, 1953
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 1953Milwaukee Brewery Workers Strike Begins, 7,100 Walk Out May 14, 1953Fidel Castro’s Failed Moncada Barracks…
Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower denies all appeals for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Date: February 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Experimental 3D TV Broadcast of Space…
A North Sea flood causes over 1,800 deaths in the Netherlands and over 300 in the United Kingdom. Date: January 31, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Nikita Khrushchev Elected First Secretary of Soviet…
American Airlines Flight 723 crashes in Colonie, New York, killing 28 people. Date: September 16, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Waco F5 Tornado Kills 114 May 11, 1953Frances P. Bolton and Son First…
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 1953Eisenhower Approves NSC 162/2 Nuclear Deterrent Policy, October 30,…
U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island. Date: September 12, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 12 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Egyptian Revolution Overthrows Muhammad Ali…