Major Events
- Jan 21 Jawaharlal Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
- Feb 6 Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms including Canada, Australia and New Zealand
- Feb 10 India holds its first general election, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru remains in power
- Mar 10 Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba
- May 7 The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey Dummer
- Nov 1 "Ivy Mike", the first thermonuclear weapon to utilize the H-bomb design of Edward Teller and Stanislaw Ulam, is detonated in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean
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1952 in Film & TV
- Jan 14 "Today Show" premieres with Dave Garroway & Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
- Feb 18 4th Emmy Awards: first time awards presented based on nationwide basis, "The Red Skelton Show", Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win
- Feb 20 "African Queen" film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn is released in the US
- Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh win
- Mar 27 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
- Apr 30 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
- Jul 24 "High Noon", American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann, starring Gary Cooper and Thomas Mitchell, is released
- Dec 2 First human birth televised to public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
Did You Know?
The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation
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Articles About 1952
England Cricket’s Class Divide Hit For Six
The game of cricket in England long reflected the class divisions of society. All would begin to change on this day with a new England captain taking the field.June 11Theatregoers Still Caught in The Mousetrap
It began in 1952 with a fresh-faced young actor called Richard Attenborough in the lead role. Since then, The Mousetrap has smashed all theatrical records.November 25The Day Murdoch Spoilt the Queen's Christmas
Queen Elizabeth II made the first live Christmas Day broadcast of her reign on December 25, 1952. Forty years later a pre-recorded message would be leaked.December 25
Famous Weddings in 1952
- Feb 12 American singer Tony Bennett (25) weds art student Patricia Beech, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan, New York; separate in 1965, divorce in 1971
- Feb 14 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller
- Feb 21 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (19) marries for the 2nd time to English actor Michael Wilding (39); divorce in 1957
Famous Divorces in 1952
- Feb 28 Actress Gene Tierney (31) divorces fashion designer Oleg Cassini (39) after almost 11 years of marriage
- Apr 21 American actor Clark Gable (50) and socialite Sylvia Ashley (47) divorce
- May 29 Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948.
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