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1952 Calendar
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1952 Historical Event(s)
- January 26, 1952 – Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo’s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
- January 27, 1952 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 8, 1952 – Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
- April 15, 1952 – The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress
- August 15, 1952 – A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
- September 6, 1952 – Canada’s first television station, CBFT-TV, opens in Montreal.
- September 8, 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- September 12, 1952 – Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia.
- September 23, 1952 – Richard Nixon makes his “Checkers speech”.
- November 14, 1952 – The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
Who Were Born On 1952?
- February 6, 1952 – Viktor Giacobbo, Swiss writer, comedian, moderator and actor
- April 15, 1952 – Kym Gyngell, Australian comedian
- April 29, 1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player
- June 11, 1952 – Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist and guitarist (38 Special, Van Zant)
- June 25, 1952 – Alan Green, Northern Irish BBC Sport broadcaster and commentator
- August 10, 1952 – Diane Venora, American actress
- August 29, 1952 – Karen Hesse, American children’s writer
- October 14, 1952 – Harry Anderson, American actor
- November 8, 1952 – Jerry Remy, American baseball player, color commentator
- December 7, 1952 – Georges Corraface, Greek actor, president of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival