Date: March 5, 1953
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 1953Batepá Massacre in São Tomé Against Forros…
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) More events from 1953Crick and Watson…
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) More events from 1953Milwaukee Brewery Workers Strike Begins, 7,100 Walk Out May 14,…
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 1953Nikita Khrushchev Appointed Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, September 13, 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000…
Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000. Date: April 27, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 27 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
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 1953French Union Withdraws from Operation Camargue Against Viet Minh, August 10, 1953Operation Moolah Offers $50,000…