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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 8, 1952
– Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom.
February 26, 1952
– Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
March 15, 1952
– In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24 hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
April 9, 1952
– Hugo Ballivian’s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines
April 28, 1952
– Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
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.
June 26, 1952
– The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties.
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 1, 1952
– The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgenson, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery.
Who Were Born On 1952?
February 9, 1952
– Danny White, American football player
March 4, 1952
– Ronn Moss, American actor
May 14, 1952
– Donald R. McMonagle, American astronaut
July 2, 1952
– Johnny Colla, American guitarist and saxophonist (Huey Lewis and the News)
July 6, 1952
– Grant Goodeve, American actor
October 1, 1952
– Jacques Martin, Canadian ice hockey coach and executive
October 5, 1952
– Gigi Sabani, Italian TV host (d. 2007)
October 16, 1952
– Boogie Mosson, American musician (P Funk)
November 2, 1952
– Jim Cummings, American voice actor
December 15, 1952
– Rudi Protrudi, American musician (The Fuzztones)