CIA Director Allen Dulles Launches Project MKUltra April 13, 1953

Ernest Hemingway wins the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea. Date: May 4, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 4 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue and Pulitzer Photo, May 3, 1953Milwaukee Brewery Strike…

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) More events from…

Cold War: East Germany Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion. Date: June 17, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Canadian…

Andhra State is formed, consisting of a Telugu-speaking area carved out of India's Madras State. Date: October 1, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953First U.S. Experimental 3D TV Broadcast of Space Patrol, April…

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 1953Western Turkey Earthquake Kills 1,070+ March 18, 1953Winston Churchill Receives Nobel Prize in Literature, December 10, 1953USAF C-124 Crashes Near Tachikawa,…

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his "Atoms for Peace" speech, which leads to an American program to supply equipment and information on nuclear power to schools, hospitals, and research institutions around the world. Date: December 8, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in…