Year of record

1953

10 verified events recorded in 1953.

10 events From Jan 1, 1953 To Oct 30, 1953 Open in filter view →

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Date	Event	Lanes	Status
1953-10-30	Eisenhower Approves New Look Defense Policy - Cuts Military Budget by One-Third Despite Pentagon Resistance Dwight D. Eisenhower · John Foster Dulles · Robert B. Carney · Matthew B. Ridgway · +1		confirmed
1953-08-19	CIA Operation Ajax Overthrows Democratic Iranian Government, Installs Shah Dictatorship Central Intelligence Agency · Kermit Roosevelt Jr. · Allen Dulles · John Foster Dulles · +5		confirmed
1953-08-13	Eisenhower Executive Order 10479 Creates Committee on Government Contracts, Weak Anti-Discrimination Enforcement Dwight D. Eisenhower · Richard Nixon · Government Contract Committee · NAACP		confirmed
1953-06-19	Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case Julius Rosenberg · Ethel Rosenberg · Roy Cohn · Irving Saypol · +4		confirmed
1953-04-16	Eisenhower's "Chance for Peace" Speech - Every Gun Made Is a Theft From Those Who Hunger Dwight D. Eisenhower		confirmed
1953-04-13	CIA MKULTRA Project Officially Begins Central Intelligence Agency · Allen Dulles · Sidney Gottlieb		confirmed
1953-02-09	Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network Roy Cohn · Joseph McCarthy · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +1		confirmed
1953-01-28	Charles Wilson Confirmed Defense Secretary After "Good for General Motors" Controversy Reveals Corporate-State Fusion Charles Erwin Wilson · Dwight D. Eisenhower · General Motors · Senate Armed Services Committee · +1		confirmed
1953-01-01	FCC Adopts Seven-Station Rule Limiting Broadcast Ownership to Prevent Media Monopoly and Ensure Viewpoint Diversity Federal Communications Commission		confirmed
1953-01-01	Operation Mockingbird: CIA Cultivates Hundreds of Journalists at Major American Outlets CIA · Frank Wisner · Cord Meyer · Philip Graham · +1		confirmed