Date: December 8, 1953
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 → 📅 Other events on August 10 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Korean War Armistice Signed by US,…
Delta Air Lines Flight 318 crashes near Marshall, Texas, killing 19. Date: May 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 Published, October 19, 1953U.S. First Nuclear Artillery Test at Nevada…
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 1953Crick and Watson Publish DNA Double Helix Discovery, April 25, 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue Photographed…
President Eisenhower approves the top-secret document NSC 162/2 concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union. Date: October 30, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 30 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Josip Broz Tito Elected…
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 → 📅 Other events on May 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Israeli-Soviet Relations Severed, February 11, 1953Waiting…
Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike. Date: May 14, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 14 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Public TV Station KUHT Begins…