March 12, 1953 — Ron Jeremy born
One of the stalwarts of the so-called ‘golden age of porn’ (i.e. the seventies and early eighties), Ronald Jeremy Hyatt...
May 1, 2018
Crime & Law
April 13, 1953 — The CIA launches the MK-ULTRA project
CIA director Allen Dulles ordered the creation of the MKUltra project intending it to create techniques to fight what was...
April 28, 2018
June 17, 1953 — The East German Uprising peaks
Beginning as a strike by 300 construction workers in East Berlin on June 16, 1953, what would become known as...
April 14, 2018
June 19, 1953 — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed
Julius and Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg were a married couple from New York City. Of Jewish-American origin, the two had met...
April 9, 2018
June 23, 1959 — Charles Starkweather is executed for murder
One of the earliest modern spree killers, Charles Starkweather was responsible for the deaths of eleven people in Nebraska and...
December 19, 2017
January 25, 1960 — The NAB announces fines for DJs found accepting payola
While there had been rumours about payola in the music industry for years, the practice became more prevalent in the...
November 29, 2017
May 16, 1960 — Khrushchev demands that Eisenhower apologise for U-2 spy flights
On May 1, American pilot Gary Powers was shot down while flying a Lockheed U-2 over the USSR on a...
November 24, 2017
May 23, 1962 — Graham Young is arrested for murder
Graham Young was only 14 years old when he was arrested for murder – and the murder in question was...
October 9, 2017
November 22, 1963 — U.S. President John F Kennedy is assassinated
One of the defining events of its era, the assassination of President Kennedy remains a remarkably controversial one, even today....
July 24, 2017
March 13, 1964 — Kitty Genovese murdered by Winston Mosely
It is one of the most controversial murders in recent history – less that it took place, but the more...
June 24, 2017
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