1962

In October, the Knights of Malta award Lyndon Johnson the Grand Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Order of Malta for his “significant humanitarian contributions.” He is the first American to be so honored by the knights of one of the oldest Roman Catholic...

1961

John F. Kennedy becomes the nation’s first Roman Catholic president. Lyndon Johnson is vice president and an active partner, attending Cabinet, National Security Council, and special White House meetings. He chairs other councils and committee and represents JFK...

1959

Aldous Huxley gives a speech in London on “Latent Human Potential.” COINTELPRO is kicked off and the games begin. Morris K. Jessup found dead in his station wagon in a Dade County Park, Florida, on the evening of April 29, 1959. A hose had been attached to...

1955

April 18, Albert Einstein dies. (circa) Dr Louis West, friends with Aldous Huxley. It was Huxley who suggested that West combine LSD and hypnosis in his experiments. (Lee, Martin and Schlain, Bruce, Acid Dreams, Grove Press, 1985, pg 48) West was an Air Force Major,...

1954

Atomic scientist Robert J. Oppenheimer [the Father of the Atomic Bomb] loses his US security clearance. Guatemala – CIA overthrows the democratically elected Jacob Arbenz in a military coup. Arbenz has threatened to nationalize the Rockefeller-owned United Fruit...