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 Energy, Utilities & Data Centers, oldest first

  1. 1961September 26, 1961Energy, Utilities & Data Centers

    Congress extends the sabotage law to any line the military might use

    Public Law 87-306 amended 18 U.S.C. 1362 four months after two men bombed three AT&T stations in Utah. A general had testified that the military had a requirement for all of the network.

    Source: 18 U.S.C. 1362, Communication lines, stations or systemsRead the full story →
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