Great Smog of London (December 5-9) kills 6000
The Great Smog event that took place in London, UK in 1952 was the result of a mixture of factors. The main culprits were air …
1952
‘Impact of Science On Society’ by Bertrand Russell was Published.
Bertrand Russell, a strong proponent of world government and all around elitist, wrote in his 1952 book The Impact of Science on Society that the …
Was Stanley Glickman given a LSD Spiked Drink by Sidney Gottlieb, Richard Helms and the CIA on this Day in Paris? It Derailed his Life.
Stanley Glickman’s case was less widely reported than Frank Olson. Glickman was an American artist living in Paris in 1952, when he joined a group …
FOIA Doc: CIA “Investigate… Utilization of (Flying Saucer Problem) for Psychological Warfare Purposes”
Curiously, the origin of the modern UFO story seems to correspond with the establishment of the CIA. The government itself supposedly conducted investigations and studies, …
Truman Authorizes the Seizure of United States Steel Mills
On June 24, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United Nations Council called on all U.N. members to help repel the invasion. Under his …
Germ Warfare: China First Discovers the USA’s use of Insects Carrying Various Pathogens in Korean War
Still today, the controversy over the use of bacteriological warfare by the United States during the Korean War (1950-53) has not been settled. In the …