1. 1 · 1913
  2. 2 · 1945
  3. 3 · 1975
  4. 4 · 2001
  5. 5 · 2013
  6. 6 · 2020

1945 to 1974

Secret programs

Radiation and germ tests on people who were not told, MKULTRA, COINTELPRO, the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, and the end of the gold standard.

Key facts

  1. The government injected patients with plutonium, infected 1,308 people in Guatemala, and sprayed bacteria over San Francisco, none with consent.
  2. The Tonkin Gulf Resolution passed 416 to 0 and 88 to 2. The NSA's historian later found the second attack did not happen.
  3. COINTELPRO became public in 1971 after files were taken from the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania.

Timeline

1 event in Congress, Elections & Speech, oldest first

  1. 1974September 8, 1974Congress, Elections & Speech

    Ford pardons Nixon for anything he may have done in office

    A full, free, and absolute pardon; no charge had been filed.

    Source: Proclamation 4311, Granting Pardon to Richard NixonRead the full story →
Secret programs (1945 to 1974) | Spirit of '76