Waco F5 Tornado Kills 114 May 11, 1953

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 1953Winston Churchill Knighted…

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 1953Milwaukee…

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…

Arizona Governor John Howard Pyle orders an anti-polygamy law enforcement crackdown on residents of Short Creek, Arizona, which becomes known as the Short Creek raid. Date: July 26, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 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 1953Piltdown Man Hoax Exposed by Natural History Museum, London November 21, 1953Ernest Hemingway Wins Pulitzer…

Cambodia gains independence from France. Date: November 9, 1953 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1953 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1953Josip Broz Tito Elected First President of Yugoslavia, January 14, 1953Pit River Bridge Rescue Photographed by Virginia Schau, May 3,…