Date: May 3, 1953
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…
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 1953Supreme Court Ends D.C. Restaurant Segregation June 8, 1953First U.S. Public TV…
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 1953Eisenhower Denies Rosenberg Clemency Appeals, February 11, 1953Crick and Watson Publish DNA Double Helix Discovery,…
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 1953Tangiwai Disaster: New Zealand Train Bridge Collapse Kills 151, December 24, 1953John…
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 1953Batepá Massacre in São Tomé Against Forros February 3, 1953Jacqueline Cochran First Woman to…
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 1953Eisenhower Delivers Atoms for Peace Speech, Launching Nuclear Aid Program…