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1952 Historical Event(s)
January 7, 1952
– President Harry S. Truman announces that the United States has developed the hydrogen bomb.
January 27, 1952
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Dragon in Chinese astrology.
April 15, 1952
– The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress
June 13, 1952
– Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter.
June 21, 1952
– The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
September 8, 1952
– The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
September 23, 1952
– Richard Nixon makes his “Checkers speech”.
October 8, 1952
– The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
November 29, 1952
– Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
December 20, 1952
– United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87.
Who Were Born On 1952?
January 25, 1952
– Sara Mandiano, French singer and songwriter
April 11, 1952
– Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter
April 27, 1952
– Ari Vatanen, Finnish rally driver
May 2, 1952
– Christine Baranski, American actress
May 14, 1952
– Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
July 8, 1952
– Jack Lambert, American football player
August 3, 1952
– Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine footballer
September 22, 1952
– Bob Goodlatte, American politician
October 16, 1952
– Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
November 2, 1952
– Jim Cummings, American voice actor