{{yearbox| | in?= | cp=19th century | c=20th century | cf=21st century | yp1=1949 | yp2=1950 | yp3=1951 | year=1952 | ya1=1953 | ya2=1954 | ya3=1955 | dp3=1920s | dp2=1930s | dp1=1940s | d=1950s | dn1=1960s | dn2=1970s | dn3=1980s }} {{C20YearInTopic}} {{Year in other calendars|japanese=Shōwa 27}} '''1952''' ('''MCMLII''') was a Leap_year_starting_on_Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ==Events== ===January=== *January_8 - West_Germany has 8 million Refugees inside its borders. *January_24 - Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. *January_24 - Vincent_Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General_of_Canada. ===February=== Image:3Queens.jpg, her grandmother Queen Mary and mother Queen Elizabeth at the funeral of King George VI.]] *February_2 - A Tropical_storm forms just north of Cuba moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day. It is the earliest reported landfall from a tropical storm, and the earliest formation of a tropical storm on record in the Atlantic_basin. *February_6 - Elizabeth II becomes Queen upon the death of her father George VI. *February_6 - In the United_States, a Mechanical_heart is used for the first time in a human patient. *February_14 to February_25 - Winter_Olympics in Oslo *February_15 - Funeral of King George VI takes place at St_George's_Chapel, Windsor_Castle. *February_16 - Roman Catholic Diocese_of_Baker formed in Eastern Oregon. *February_20 - Emmett_L._Ashford becomes the first African-American Umpire in organized Baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern_International_League. *February_21 - Winston_Churchill scraps UK compulsory national Identity_Cards *February_26 - United_Kingdom Prime Minister Winston_Churchill announces that his nation has an Atomic_bomb. ===March=== *March_4 - Ronald_Reagan marries Kathryn_Judy. *March_10 - General Fulgencio_Batista takes power in Cuba - again *March_15 to March_16 - 73 inches (1,870mm) of Rain falls in Cilaos, Réunion, the most Rainfall ever in one day *March_20 - The United_States_Senate ratifies a Peace_treaty with Japan. *March_21 - The last two executions in The_Netherlands take place. *March_21 - Dr Kwame_Nkrumah elected the Prime Minister of the Gold Coast *March_27 - Failed Assassination attempt against Konrad_Adenauer ===April=== *April_4 - In Hague tribunal, Israel demands Reparations worth 3 billion dollars from Germany. *April_18 - Bolivia National Revolution: universal vote enables indigenous and women to vote, Nationalisation of mines and agrarian reform. *April_18 - West_Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations. *April_23 - Nuclear_test in Nevada desert. *April_28 - The Treaty_of_San_Francisco goes into effect, formally ending the occupation of Japan. *April_28 - Treaty_of_Taipei (Treaty of Peace between Japan and the Republic of China) ===May=== *May_1 - Evan_poop threatens to form his own army. *May_2 - First passenger jet flight route between London and Johannesburg *May_3 - U.S. Lieutenant_colonels Joseph_O._Fletcher and William_P._Benedict land a plane at the Geographic_North_Pole. *May_6 - Farouk_of_Egypt had himself announced as a descendant of Prophet Muhammad. *May_13 - Pandit_Nehru forms his first government *May_15 - Diplomatic_relations established between the governments of Israel and Japan at the level of Legations. ===June=== *June_1 - Catholic_church bans books of André_Gide. *June_5 - Remains of a Viking ship found near Boston,_Massachusetts. *June_14 - The Keel is laid for the U.S. nuclear submarine USS ''Nautilus''. *June_15 - The Diary of Anne_Frank published. *June_29 - Finnish Armi_Kuusela wins the title of Miss_Universe. *June_30 - Marshall_Aid ends. ===July=== Image:EGKS.png, West_Germany, Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands form the European_Coal_and_Steel_community, the foundation organisation what will become the European_Union.]] *July_13 - East_Germany announces formation of its people's army. *July_19 to August_3 - The Summer_Olympic_Games are held in Helsinki. *July_19 to July_26 - Washington D.C. "buzzed" by several UFOs tracked on multiple radars. Jets scrambled on several occasions and objects took evasive action only to return after the jets left the area. *July_21 - A magnitude 7.5 Earthquake (richter scale) strikes Tehachapi,_California, destroying unreinforced brick buildings. *July_23 - Establishment of the European_Coal_and_Steel_community. *July_23 - General Mohammed_Naguib leads The Free Officers (formed by Gamal_Abdel_Nasser - the real power behind the coup) in the Overthrow of King Farouk_of_Egypt. *July_25 - Puerto_Rico becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the United_States. *July_26 - Military_coup in Egypt ousts King Farouk. ===August=== *August_11 - Jordanian army forces King_Talal to resign due to mental illness - his successor is his son Hussein_of_Jordan. *August_13 - Japan joins IMF. *August_14 - West_Germany joins IMF. *August_14 - West_Germany joins World_Bank. *August_16 - Lynmouth in North Devon England is devastated by Floods, death toll of 34. *August_26 - British passenger jet flies twice over Atlantic_Ocean in the same day. *August_27 - Reparation negotiations between West_Germany and Israel end in Luxembourg - Germany will pay 3 billion Deutsche_Marks. *August_29 - Premiere of John_Cage's ''4' 33"'' in Woodstock,_New_York. *August_30 - Last Finnish War_reparations to Soviet_Union. ===September=== *September_2 - Dr. C._Walton_Lillehei and Dr. F._John_Lewis perform first open-Heart_surgery at the University_of_Minnesota. *September_4 - September_9 - Thick Smog in London,_England causes 4,000 fatalities. *September_6 - TV debuts in Canada as the CBC in Montreal,_Quebec airs. *September_8 - CBC Toronto debuts. *September_18 - Soviet_Union vetoes Japan's application for membership in the United_Nations. ===October=== *October_8 - Negotiations of Ceasefire in Korea are postponed. *October_8 - Three-train crash in Harrow railway station in England - 110 dead. *October_14 - United_Nations begins work in the new United_Nations_building in New_York_City *October_19 - Alain_Bombard begins to sail from Canary_Islands to Barbados in 65 days; he reaches them December_23 *October_20 - Martial_law in Kenya due to Mau_Mau uprising. ===November=== *November_1 - Nuclear_testing: Operation_Ivy - The United_States successfully Detonates the first Hydrogen_bomb, codenamed "Mike", at Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall_Islands in the central Pacific_Ocean, with a yield of 10.4 Megatons. *November_4 - 8.25 Richter_scale Earthquake in Kamchatka *November_4 - U.S._presidential_election,_1952: Republican Dwight_D._Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai_Stevenson (correctly predicted by the UNIVAC computer). *November_18 - Jomo_Kenyatta is arrested in Kenya for alleged connection to Mau_Mau uprising *November_20 - Slánský_trials - series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. *November_20 - Fireball crashes in a backyard in Havelock_North, New_Zealand *November_20 - First official passenger flight over the North_Pole from Los Angeles to Copenhagen *November_21 - Show_trial in Czechoslovakia sentences 11 ex-Communist officials to death - all of them Jews. *November_25 - Agatha_Christie's murder-mystery play ''The_Mousetrap'' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London; As_of_2004, it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a Play in history. *November_29 - Korean_War: U.S._President-elect Dwight_D._Eisenhower fulfills a Political_campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict. ===December=== *December_1 - The New_York_Daily_News carries a front page story announcing that Christine_Jorgensen, a Transsexual woman in Denmark became the recipient of the first successful sexual reassignment operation. *December_4 - Great_Smog_of_1952: A "killer fog" descends on London ("Smog" for "smoke" and "fog" becomes a word). *December_14 - First successful surgical separation of Siamese_twins in Mount_Sinai_Hospital, Ohio. *December_20 - Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen *December_25 - Shooting incident in West_Berlin - one West_German soldier is killed *December_26 - Joseph_Ivor_Linton, first Israeli Minister_Plenipotentiary in Japan, presents his Credentials to the Japanese_Emperor. ===Undated events=== *3300 die of Polio in U.S.; 57,000 children are Paralyzed *National_Security_Agency founded *Cold_War over Germany's frontiers intensify *Charles_Chaplin expelled from U.S. *Cheez_Whiz introduced *Traffic_lights in New York City *Wernher_von_Braun talks about a manned flight to Mars. *Nordic_Council agrees free transport of people, goods and services throughout the Nordic_Countries. *National_Prohibition_Foundation incorporated. *World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWE) Founded . *American_Embassy_School of New Delhi Founded *Fallskärmsjägarna - Swedish paratrooper training school (FJS) created ==Births== ===January=== *January_17 - Ryuichi_Sakamoto, Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor (Yellow_Magic_Orchestra) ===February=== *February_1 - Stan_Kasten, baseball executive, currently President of the Washington_Nationals *February_3 - Dermot_Morgan, Irish actor and comedian (d. 1998) *February_22 - William_Frist, heart surgeon and U.S. Senator *February_25 - Joey_Dunlop, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. 2000) *February_29 - Gary_The_Retard, member of ''The_Wack_Pack'' from radio's ''The_Howard_Stern_Show'' ===March=== *March_1 - Steven_Barnes, American author *March_1 - Martin_O'Neill, Northern Irish footballer and football manager *March_2 - Laraine_Newman, American comedian *March_4 - Umberto_Tozzi, Italian singer *March_4 - Ronn_Moss, American actor *March_4 - Scott_Hicks, Australian movie director *March_7 - Viv_Richards, West Indian cricket captain *March_11 - Douglas_Adams, English author (d. 2001) *March_13 - Wolfgang_Rihm, German composer *March_22 - Bob_Costas, American sports announcer *March_23 - Kim_Stanley_Robinson, American author *March_25 - Jung_Chang, Chinese-born author and historian *March_25 - Antanas_Mockus, Colombian mathematician and politician *March_29 - Teofilo_Stevenson, Cuban boxer *March_30 - Peter_Knights, Australian footballer and coach ===April=== *April_1 - Bernard_Stiegler, French philosopher *April_4 - Rosemarie_Ackermann, German athlete *April_11 - Peter_Windsor, British sports reporter *April_12 - Ralph_Wiley, American sports journalist (d. 2004) *April_16 - Billy_West, American voice actor *April_17 - Željko_Ražnatović, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (d. 2000) *April_22 - Marilyn_Chambers, American actress *April_25 - Ketil_Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist *April_28 - Mary_McDonnell, American actress ===May=== *May_2 - Campbell_McComas, Australian impersonator and broadcaster *May_2 - Isla_St_Clair, Scottish singer *May_3 - Allan_Wells, Scottish athlete *May_3 - Leonid_Khachiyan, Russian-born mathematician *May_4 - Michael_Barrymore, British comedian and TV presenter *May_6 - Michael_O'Hare, American actor *May_10 - Thomas_Paty_Stamps, American bankruptcy attorney and historian *May_11 - Renaud_Séchan, French composer *May_11 - Mike_Lupica, American sports journalist *May_14 - David Byrne, Scottish-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist (Talking_Heads) *May_14 - Robert_Zemeckis, American director *May_16 - James_Herndon, American media psychologist *May_18 - George_Strait, American musician *May_18 - Diane_Duane, American writer *May_19 - Bert_van_Marwijk, Dutch football manager *May_20 - Roger_Milla, Cameroonian footballer *May_21 - Mr._T, American actor *May_28 - Victoria_Cunningham, American actress and Playmate ===June=== *June_7 - Orhan_Pamuk, Turkish writer, Nobel prize. *June_7 - Liam_Neeson, Northern Irish actor *June_9 - Yukihiro_Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer (Yellow_Magic_Orchestra) *June_16 - Georgios Papandreou, Greek politician *June_18 - Isabella_Rossellini, Italian actress *June_20 - John_Goodman, American actor *June_20 - Vikram_Seth, Indian novelist *June_21 - Jeremy_Coney, New_Zealand Cricket Captains *June_21 - Kôichi_Mashimo, Japanese anime director *June_22 - Graham_Greene_(actor), American actor *June_24 - Stephen_Pusey, British-born artist *June_25 - Tim_Finn, New Zealand singer-songwriter *June_28 - Pietro_Mennea, Italian athlete *June_28 - David Miner, Musician & Record producer *June_29 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player ===July=== *July_1 - Dan_Aykroyd, Canadian actor *July_9 - John_Tesh, American composer, musician, and television host *July_12 - Voja_Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer *July_31 - João_Barreiros, Portuguese author ===August=== *August_1 - Zoran_Djindjic, Prime_Minister_of_Serbia (d. 2003) *August_3 - Osvaldo_Ardiles, Argentine footballer *August_4 - James_Arbuthnot, British politician *August_5 - Louis_Walsh, Music producer and reality TV show judge *August_8 - Jostein_Gaarder, Norwegian author *August_8 - Robin_Quivers, American radio personality *August_9 - Vicki_Morgan, American model (d. 1983) *August_10 - Daniel_Hugh_Kelly, American actor *August_13 - Herb_Ritts, American photographer *August_14 - Carl_Lumbly, American actor *August_16 - Reginald_VelJohnson, American actor *August_19 - Jonathan_Frakes, American actor *August_21 - Joe_Strummer, British musician (The_Clash) (d. 2002) *August_24 - Linton_Kwesi_Johnson, Jamaican-born musician *August_28 - Wendelin_Wiedeking, German businessman *August_29 - Karen_Hesse, American children's writer ===September=== *September_4 - Joseph_Patrick_Kennedy_II, son of Robert_F_Kennedy and Ethel_Skakel_Kennedy and nephew of U.S president John_F_Kennedy and Edward_M_Kennedy *September_18 - Dee_Dee_Ramone, American bassist (The_Ramones) (d. 2002) *September_22 - Bob_Goodlatte, U.S. Congressman from Virginia *September_24 - Mark_Sandman, American musician and artist (Morphine) (d. 1999) *September_25 - Christopher_Reeve, American actor and activist (d. 2004) *September_29 - Max_Sandlin, American politician ===October=== *October_5 - Duncan_Regehr, Canadian actor *October_5 - Clive_Barker, British author *October_7 - Vladimir_Putin, Russian president *October_9 - Sharon_Osbourne, wife and manager of Ozzy_Osbourne *October_14 - Nikolai_Andrianov, Soviet gymnast *October_16 - Ron_Taylor, American actor (died 2002) *October_26 - Andrew_Motion, English poet *October_28 - Annie_Potts, American actress ===November=== *November_5 - Bill_Walton, American basketball player and commentator *November_6 - Michael_Cunningham, American writer *November_8 - Jan_Raas, Dutch professional cyclist *November_15 - Daniel_Barenboim, Israeli pianist and conductor *November_16 - Shigeru_Miyamoto, Japanese game designer *November_17 - Ties_Kruize, Dutch field hockey player *November_25 - Imran_Khan, Pakistani cricketer *November_28 - S._Epatha_Merkerson, American actress *November_30 - Keith_Giffen, American comic book writer and artist ===December=== *December_6 - Rick_Charlesworth, Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player and coach *December_9 - Michael_Dorn, American actor *December_14 - Vicki_Michelle, English actress *December_15 - Hwang_Woo-Suk, South_Korean Biomedical_scientist *December_16 - Joel_Garner, West Indian cricketer *December_28 - Arun_Jaitley, Indian politician *December_30 - June_Anderson, American soprano ==Deaths== ===January=== *January_18 - Curly_Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1903) ===February=== *February_6 - King George_VI_of_the_United_Kingdom (b. 1895) *February_19 - Knut_Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1859) *February_22 - Kaarlo_Juho_Ståhlberg, first President_of_Finland (b. 1863) ===March=== *March_5 - Charles_Scott_Sherrington, English physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857) *March_7 - Paramahansa_Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893) *March_22 - Uncle_Dave_Macon, American musician (b. 1870) *March_31 - Wallace_H._White,_Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1877) *March_31 - Walter_Schellenberg (b. 1910) ===April=== *April_3 - Miina_Sillanpää, Finnish politician (b. 1866) *April_21 - Sir Stafford_Cripps, British Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer (b. 1889) *April_23 - Julius_Freed, American inventor and banker (b. 1887) ===May=== *May_6 - Maria_Montessori, Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. 1870) *May_21 - John_Garfield, American actor (b. 1913) ===June=== *June_17 - Krystyna_Skarbek, Polish-born British agent in World War II (b. 1915) ===July=== *July_26 - Eva_Peron, Argentine wife of Juan_Peron (b. 1919) ===September=== *September_29 - George_Santayana, Spanish-born writer (b. 1863) *September_30 - Viscount Waldorf Astor, American-born businessman and politician (b. 1879) ===October=== *October_28 - Billy_Hughes, seventh Prime_Minister_of_Australia (b. 1862) ===November=== *November_9 - Chaim_Weizmann, first President_of_Israel (b. 1874) *November_18 - Paul_Eluard, French poet (b. 1895) *November_21 - William_D._Upshaw, American Temperance_movement leader (b. 1866) *November_26 - Sven_Hedin, Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b. 1865) ===December=== *December_12 - Bedrich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. 1879) *December_28 - Alexandrine_of_Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Queen consort of Christian_X_of_Denmark (b. 1879) *December_28 - Fletcher_Henderson, American musician (b. 1897) === Unknown date === *Ernst_Rüdin, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. 1874) ==Nobel prizes== *Physics - Felix_Bloch, Edward_Mills_Purcell *Chemistry - 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