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1952

1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar).

Events

January events

  • 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 events

  • 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
  • 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 events

  • March 10 - General Fulgencio Batista takes power in Cuba - again
  • March 15 to 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 events

  • 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).
  • April 29 - Japan regains official independence. This ends the period of Occupied Japan and marks the birth of Modern Japan.
  • April 29 - Two Soviet fighters fire on French passenger plane over Germany
  • April 29 - Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty comes into force.

    May events

  • May 1 - East Germany threatens to form its own army.
  • May 2 - First passenger jet flight route between London and Johannesburg
  • 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 events

  • June 1 - Catholic church bans books of André Gide.
  • June 5 - Remains of a Viking ship found near Boston.
  • June 14 - The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
  • June 15 - The Diary of Anne Frank published.
  • June 21 - USA launches the first nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
  • June 29 - Finnish Armi Kuusela wins the title of Miss Universe.
  • June 30 - Marshall Aid ends.

    July events

  • 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 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 events


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