Date: January 13, 1953
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CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra. Date: April 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 13 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue Photographed by Virginia Schau, May 3, 1953US Midshipman Aircraft Crash Kills…
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 β π Other events on October 1 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Joseph Stalin Suffers Stroke and Collapses March 1, 1953Pit River…
Nikita Khrushchev is appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Date: September 13, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 13 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Israeli-Soviet Relations Severed, February 11, 1953Frances P. Bolton and Son First…
Two men are rescued from a semitrailer that crashed over the side of the Pit River Bridge before it fell into the Sacramento River. Amateur photographer Virginia Schau photographs "Rescue on Pit River Bridge", the first and only winning submission for the Pulitzer Prize for Photography to have been taken by a woman. Date: May…
Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Date: April 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 24 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Blasket Islands Human Evacuation to Mainland, November 17, 1953Georgy Malenkov Succeeds Stalin as Soviet Premier and Party…
Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. Date: April 24, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 24 π Events on this day in 1953 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Fidel Castroβs Failed Moncada Barracks Attack Begins Cuban Revolution, July 26, 1953Israeli-Soviet Relations Severed February 11, 1953Queen…