Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA. Date: April 25, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Date: April 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 24 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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)
Georgy Malenkov succeeds Joseph Stalin as Premier of the Soviet Union and First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: March 6, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 6 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
A De Havilland Comet (Canadian Pacific Air Lines) crashes in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 11 people. Date: March 3, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later. Date: March 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
Israeli-Soviet relations are severed. Date: February 11, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 11 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)