| 13 Apr 1953 |
Central Intelligence Agency commences MKULTRA, at the instigation of Richard Helms. |
| 28 Nov 1953 |
After an LSD cocktail, biological warfare specialist Frank Olson defenestrates from the 13th floor of a Manhattan hotel. |
| 9 Apr 1959 |
Operation Third Chance, in which LSD is administered to foreign nationals without their knowledge or permission. |
| c. 1960 |
Ted Kaczynski volunteers for psychological experiments of Dr. Henry Murray (former OSS official) at MIT. |
| 1963 |
CIA Deputy Director Richard Helms, regarding the dosing of persons without their permission: "We have no answer to the moral issue." |
| 21 Jul 1975 |
President Gerald Ford publicly apologizes for the death of Dr. Frank Olson, who died in 1953 after unwittingly getting dosed with LSD by the CIA. |
| Jul 1994 |
Olson's body exhumed, and examined by James Starrs. He concludes further foul play. |
| Sep 1995 |
In her book TRANCE: Formation of America, Cathy O'Brien claims to have been a victim of MKULTRA. But she also makes bizarre and likely false allegations—such as accusing Gerald Ford and Dick Cheney of raping her as a child. |
| 24 May 2004 |
Former deputy U.S. marshal and Marine Corps veteran Wayne Ritchie files a $12 million lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency, accusing them of drugging him during a Christmas party in 1957 as part of an MKULTRA experiment. |
| 8 Apr 2005 |
U.S. District Judge Marilyn Hall Patel dismisses Wayne Ritchie's lawsuit due to lack of evidence. |