CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953

The 7.2 Ms  Ionian earthquake shakes the southern Ionian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). Between 445 and 800 people are killed. Date: August 12, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 12 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Jacqueline Cochran becomes the first woman to break the sound barrier. Date: May 18, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Cold War: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, June 19, 1953Supreme Court…

Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. Date: January 14, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Delta Air Lines Flight 318 Crashes Near Marshall, Texas, Killing 19, May 17, 1953Lavrentiy Beria…

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 1953Piltdown Man Hoax Exposed by Natural History Museum,…

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) More events from 1953Israeli-Soviet Relations Severed February 11, 1953Blasket Islands Human Evacuation to Mainland, November 17, 1953US Midshipman Aircraft Crash Kills 44 in Florida…