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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, killed by the US government for spying.

Iranian coup d'etat

Full article: Iran/1953 coup d'état

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“The oil cartel or deep state initiated in 1951 a process [to remove Mossadeq from power] that the American public state only authorised [through the CIA] two years later”
Peter Dale Scott (2015) 

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

In 1951 the US government charged Julius and Ethel Rosenberg with spying and sentenced them to death. They were killed by electrocution in 1953. Their children were adopted by high school teacher, poet, songwriter and social activist Abel Meeropol.

Boggs Act

In USA, the Boggs Act set out minimum federal sentences for possession of marijuana, cocaine and opiates. It was signed into law by Harry Truman on November 2, 1951.

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