Year of record

1953

10 verified events recorded in 1953.

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

Date	Event	Status
1953-10-30	Eisenhower Approves New Look Defense Policy - Cuts Military Budget by One-Third Despite Pentagon Resistance 3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · John Foster Dulles	confirmed
1953-08-19	CIA Operation Ajax Overthrows Democratic Iranian Government, Installs Shah Dictatorship 3 src Central Intelligence Agency · Allen Dulles · John Foster Dulles	confirmed
1953-08-13	Eisenhower Executive Order 10479 Creates Committee on Government Contracts, Weak Anti-Discrimination Enforcement 3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · Richard Nixon · NAACP	confirmed
1953-06-19	Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed at Sing Sing, Cold War's Most Controversial Death Penalty Case 3 src Roy Cohn · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation · Dwight D. Eisenhower	confirmed
1953-04-16	Eisenhower's "Chance for Peace" Speech - Every Gun Made Is a Theft From Those Who Hunger 3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower	confirmed
1953-04-13	CIA MKULTRA Project Officially Begins 3 src Central Intelligence Agency · Allen Dulles · Sidney Gottlieb	confirmed
1953-02-09	Roy Cohn Establishes Blackmail and Intimidation Network 4 src Roy Cohn · Joseph McCarthy · J. Edgar Hoover · Federal Bureau of Investigation	confirmed
1953-01-28	Charles Wilson Confirmed Defense Secretary After "Good for General Motors" Controversy Reveals Corporate-State Fusion 3 src Dwight D. Eisenhower · General Motors · Senate Armed Services Committee · U.S. Department of Defense	confirmed
1953-01-01	FCC Adopts Seven-Station Rule Limiting Broadcast Ownership to Prevent Media Monopoly and Ensure Viewpoint Diversity 9 src Federal Communications Commission	confirmed
1953-01-01	Operation Mockingbird: CIA Cultivates Hundreds of Journalists at Major American Outlets 3 src CIA · Allen Dulles	confirmed