1952 Calendar
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1952 Historical Event(s)
- January 27, 1952 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 15, 1952 – King George VI is buried in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle.
- April 28, 1952 – Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
- May 13, 1952 – The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting.
- June 14, 1952 – The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus.
- July 3, 1952 – The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
- July 23, 1952 – General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
- October 3, 1952 – The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world’s third nuclear power.
- November 4, 1952 – The United States government establishes the National Security Agency.
- November 19, 1952 – Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Who Were Born On 1952?
- January 9, 1952 – Michael Capuano, American politician, United States Congressman from Massachusetts
- January 31, 1952 – Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)
- March 16, 1952 – Scott Simon, American journalist and radio personality
- June 6, 1952 – Jean Hamel, Canadian hockey player
- July 1, 1952 – Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
- July 28, 1952 – Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
- August 4, 1952 – Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician
- August 31, 1952 – Herbert Reul, German politician
- November 16, 1952 – Robin McKinley, American novelist
- November 24, 1952 – Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)