1952 Calendar
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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.
- February 21, 1952 – The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to “set the people free”.
- February 29, 1952 – The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.
- April 11, 1952 – The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
- May 7, 1952 – The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer.
- September 8, 1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- September 19, 1952 – The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England.
- November 14, 1952 – The first regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
- November 20, 1952 – Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
Who Were Born On 1952?
- January 2, 1952 – Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and writer
- February 25, 1952 – Jerry Chamberlain, American musician
- March 1, 1952 – Jerri Nielsen, American physician (d. 2009)
- March 18, 1952 – Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
- April 25, 1952 – Vladislav Tretiak, Soviet ice hockey player
- July 10, 1952 – Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
- October 16, 1952 – Ron Taylor, American actor (d. 2002)
- October 27, 1952 – Roberto Benigni, Italian director and actor
- November 5, 1952 – Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer