1953
ID: 1672
Arthur Andersen installs first computer for business use (UNIVAC I) for General Electric payroll
ID: 1672
1953
ID: 1673
CIA Director Allen Dulles gives speech at Princeton warning of Soviet 'brain warfare'
ID: 1673
1953
ID: 1674
Project MKUltra officially approved by Allen Dulles; Sidney Gottlieb appointed director
ID: 1674
1953
ID: 1675
CIA purchases entire world supply of LSD from Sandoz for $240,000
ID: 1675
1953
ID: 1676
Landsberg Prison emptied - last 300+ war criminals released by German authorities
ID: 1676
1953
ID: 1677
Frank Olson dies after being given LSD by CIA agents
ID: 1677
1953
ID: 1680
Watson and Crick discover DNA double helix structure using X-ray crystallography mathematics
ID: 1680
1953
ID: 1681
Karl Ziegler develops new catalysts for polyethylene production
ID: 1681
1953
ID: 1682
Dr. Klenner publishes definitive paper on vitamin C as antibiotic
ID: 1682
1953
ID: 1683
Padre Pio founds hospital: 'House for Relief of Suffering' - Miracles multiply
ID: 1683
1953
ID: 4260
Remington Rand holds brief lead in computer market with UNIVAC installations before IBM 701 gains momentum
ID: 4260
1953
ID: 4261
Remington Rand creates UNIVAC Division under General Leslie Groves (Manhattan Project) to manage computer operations
ID: 4261
1953
ID: 5655
Texas begins systematic skunk rabies surveillance program
ID: 5655
1953
ID: 1678
July 7, 1953
July 7, 1953: Ben Gitlow testifies on Protestant church infiltration
ID: 1678
1953
ID: 1679
July 8, 1953
July 8, 1953: Manning Johnson testifies on Communist infiltration of churches
ID: 1679