1952 34575 224992047 2008-07-11T10:27:23Z 209.22.11.124 /* March-April */ M. Pileggi birth {{year nav|1952}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1952''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCship}} == Events of 1952 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 8]] - [[West Germany]] has 8 million [[refugees]] inside its borders. *[[January 14]] - ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' premieres on [[NBC]]. *[[January 16]] - Heir to the throne of Egypt & Sudan H.R.H. Prince Ahmed Fuad Farouk is born, later to become H.M. [[Fuad II]] the last King of Egypt & Sudan, Nubia, Kordofan and Darfur. *[[January 24]] **Sudden heavy snowfall in [[Algeria]]. **[[Vincent Massey]] sworn in as first [[Canada]]-born [[Governor-General of Canada]]. ===February=== [[Image:3Queens.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3 Queens in mourning- [[Queen Elizabeth II]], her grandmother [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] and mother [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] at the funeral of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]].]] *[[February 2]] - A [[tropical storm]] forms just north of [[Cuba]] moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern [[Florida]] the next day. It is the earliest reported landfall from a tropical storm, and the earliest formation of a tropical storm on record in the [[Atlantic basin]]. *[[February 6]] **[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] becomes [[Queen regnant|Queen]] upon the death of her father [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]]. She is simultaneously [[Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II|proclaimed]] [[Monarchy in Canada|Queen of Canada]] at [[Rideau Hall]], [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]]. ** In the [[United States]], a [[mechanical heart]] is used for the first time in a human patient. *[[February 7]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] [[Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II|is proclaimed]] [[British monarchy|Queen of the United Kingdom]] at [[St. James's Palace]], [[London]], [[England]]. *[[February 14]] to [[February 25]] - [[Winter Olympics]] in [[Oslo]]. *[[February 15]] - Funeral of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] takes place at [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St. George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]]. *[[February 20]] - [[Emmett Ashford]] becomes the first [[African-American]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in organized [[baseball]] by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the [[Southwestern International League]]. *[[February 21]] - [[Winston Churchill]] scraps [[United Kingdom|UK]] compulsory national [[Identity Cards]]. *[[February 21]] - In [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]) police open fire on a procession of students, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which leads to the recognition of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "[[International Mother Language Day]]" by [[UNESCO]]. *[[February 26]] - [[United Kingdom]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] announces that his nation has an [[atomic bomb]]. ===March=== *[[March 10]] - General [[Fulgencio Batista]] re-takes power in [[Cuba]]. *[[March 15]] to [[March 16]] - 73 inches (1,870mm) of [[rain]] falls in [[Cilaos]], [[Réunion]], the most [[rainfall]] ever in one day. *[[March 20]] - The [[United States Senate]] ratifies a [[peace treaty]] with [[Japan]]. *[[March 21]] - The last two [[Capital punishment|executions]] in [[the Netherlands]] take place. *[[March 21]] - Dr. [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is elected Prime Minister of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]]. *[[March 21]] - Tornadoes ravage the lower [[Mississippi River Valley]], leaving 208 dead, through [[March 22]]. *[[March 27]] - Failed [[assassination]] attempt against [[Konrad Adenauer]]. *[[March 29]] - [[U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] announces that he will not seek reelection. ===April=== *[[April 4]] - In [[Hague]] tribunal, [[Israel]] demands [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|reparation]]s worth 3 billion dollars from [[Germany]]. *c. [[April 4]] - During a severe storm in the [[West Ice]], east of [[Greenland]], five Norwegian [[seal hunting]] vessels with a crew of 78 seal hunters perish without a trace in what is known as the [[West Ice accidents]]. *[[April 8]] - Hours before the [[1952 steel strike]] is to begin, President [[Harry S. Truman]] nationalizes all steel mills in the [[United States]]—creating a dispute which led to landmark legal ruling in ''[[Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer]].'' *[[April 9]] - [[Hugo Ballivián]]'s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of [[agrarian reform]], [[universal suffrage]] and the [[nationalisation]] of tin mines. *[[April 11]] - [[Battle of Nanri island]] took place. *[[April 15]] - The [[B-52 Stratofortress]] flies for the first time. *[[April 18]] **[[Bolivia]] National Revolution: universal vote enables indigenous and women to vote, [[nationalization]] of mines and agrarian reform. **[[West Germany]] and [[Japan]] form [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]]. *[[April 23]] - [[Nuclear test]] in [[Nevada]] desert. *[[April 28]] **The [[Treaty of San Francisco]] goes into effect, formally ending the [[Military occupation|occupation]] of [[Japan]]. **[[Treaty of Taipei]] (Treaty of Peace between [[Japan]] and the Republic of China). *[[April 29]] - [[Lever House]] officially opens in [[New York City]], heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the [[United States]]. ===May=== *[[May 1]] - [[East Germany]] threatens to form its own army. *[[May 2]] - First passenger jet flight route between [[London]] and [[Johannesburg]]. *[[May 3]] - [[U.S.]] [[lieutenant colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William P. Benedict]] land a plane at the [[geographic North Pole]]. *[[May 6]] - [[Farouk of Egypt]] had himself announced as a descendant of [[prophet]] [[Muhammad]]. *[[May 13]] - [[Pandit Nehru]] forms his first government. *[[May 15]] - [[Diplomatic relations]] established between the governments of [[Israel]] and [[Japan]] at the level of [[Legations]]. *[[May 18]] - [[Ann Davison]] became the first woman to single-handedly sail the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. ===June=== *[[June 1]] - [[Roman Catholic church]] bans books of [[André Gide]]. *[[June 1]] - Navigation opens on the [[Volga-Don Canal]], connecting the [[Caspian Sea]] basin with that of the [[Black Sea]]. *[[June 5]] - Remains of a [[Viking]] ship found near [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. *[[June 14]] - The [[keel]] is laid for the [[U.S.]] nuclear submarine [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'']]. *[[June 15]] - The Diary of [[Anne Frank]] published. *[[June 21]] - Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, was converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]]. *[[June 29]] - [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Armi Kuusela]] wins the title of [[Miss Universe]]. *[[June 30]] - [[Marshall Aid]] ends. ===July=== [[Image:EGKS.png|thumb|200px|[[France]], [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and the [[Netherlands]] form the [[European Coal and Steel community]], the foundation organisation which would become the [[European Union]].]] <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 13]] - [[East Germany]] announced formation of its [[National People's Army]]. *[[July 19]] to [[August 3]] - The [[Summer Olympic Games]] are held in [[Helsinki]]. *[[July 19]] to [[July 26]] - Washington D.C. "buzzed" by several [[UFO]]s tracked on multiple radars. Jets scrambled on several occasions and objects took evasive action only to return after the jets left the area.<ref name= DC_UFO_Flap>{{cite web |last = Gross| first=Patrick| authorlink= Patrick Gross | title=The Washington D.C UFO flap of 1952 | url= http://www.ufologie.net/htm/usa1952.htm |format= |doi= |date=2005-06-09 | accessdate= 2007-10-13}}</ref> *[[July 21]] - A magnitude 7.5 [[earthquake]] ([[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) strikes [[Tehachapi, California]], destroying unreinforced brick buildings. *[[July 23]] **Establishment of the [[European Coal and Steel community]]. **General [[Mohammed Naguib]] leads [[Free Officers Movement|The Free Officers]] (formed by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] - the real power behind the coup) in the [[Coup|overthrow]] of King [[Farouk of Egypt]]. *[[July 25]] - [[Puerto Rico]] becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the [[United States]]. *[[July 26]] - [[Military coup]] in [[Egypt]] ousts King [[Farouk]]. ===August=== *[[August 11]] - [[Jordan]]ian army forces [[king Talal]] to resign due to mental illness - his successor is his son [[Hussein of Jordan]]. *[[August 13]] - [[Japan]] joins [[IMF]]. *[[August 14]] **[[West Germany]] joins the [[IMF]] and the [[World Bank]]. *[[August 16]] - [[Lynmouth]] in North [[Devon]] [[England]] is devastated by [[flood]]s, death toll of 34. *[[August 26]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] passenger jet flies twice over [[Atlantic Ocean]] in the same day. *[[August 27]] - [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|Reparation]] negotiations between [[West Germany]] and [[Israel]] end in [[Luxembourg]] - Germany will pay 3 billion [[Deutsche Mark]]s. *[[August 29]] - Premiere of [[John Cage]]'s ''4' 33"'' in [[Woodstock, New York]]. *[[August 30]] - Last [[Finland|Finnish]] [[war reparations]] to [[Soviet Union]]. *[[August 31]] - Closure of the [[Grenzlandring]] racetrack in [[Wegberg]], [[Germany]]. ===September=== *[[September 2]] - Dr. [[C. Walton Lillehei]] and Dr. [[F. John Lewis]] perform first open-[[heart surgery]] at the [[University of Minnesota]]. *[[September 4]] - [[September 9]] - Thick [[smog]] in [[London, England]] causes 4,000 fatalities. *[[September 6]] - [[TV]] debuts in [[Canada]] as the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]] airs. *[[September 8]] - CBC [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]] debuts. *[[September 18]] - [[Soviet Union]] vetoes [[Japan]]'s application for membership in the [[United Nations]]. ===October=== *[[October 8]] **[[Negotiation (process)|Negotiations]] for a [[ceasefire]] in [[Korea]] are postponed. **Three-train crash in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] railway station in [[England]] - 112 dead. *[[October 12]] - [[Gamma Sigma Sigma]] National Service Sorority was founded in [[New York City]] at [[Beekman Tower|Panhellenic Tower]]. *[[October 14]] - [[United Nations]] begins work in the new [[United Nations building]] in [[New York City]]. *[[October 17]] - [[Indonesia]]n troops led by [[Nasution]] surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the [[People's Representative Council]]; [[Sukarno]] avoids confrontation. *[[October 19]] **[[Alain Bombard]] begins to sail from [[Canary Islands]] to [[Barbados]] in 65 days; he reaches them [[December 23]]. **[[John Bamford]], aged 15, rescues victims of a house fire and becomes the youngest person to have been awarded the [[George Cross]]. *[[October 20]] - [[Martial law]] in [[Kenya]] due to [[Mau Mau]] uprising. ===November=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 1]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: [[Operation Ivy]] - The [[United States]] successfully [[detonate]]s the first [[hydrogen bomb]], codenamed "Mike", at [[Eniwetok]] Atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]] in the central [[Pacific Ocean]], with a [[nuclear weapon yield|yield]] of 10.4 [[megaton]]s. *[[November 4]] **8.25 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] in [[Kamchatka Peninsula|Kamchatka]]. **[[United States presidential election, 1952]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] defeats [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Adlai Stevenson]] (correctly predicted by the [[UNIVAC I|UNIVAC]] computer). **The US [[National Security Agency]] is founded. *[[November 18]] - [[Jomo Kenyatta]] is arrested in [[Kenya]] for alleged connection to [[Mau Mau]] uprising *[[November 20]] **[[Slánský trials]] - series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. **Fireball crashes in a backyard in [[Havelock North]], [[New Zealand]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. **First official passenger flight over the [[North Pole]] from [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to [[Copenhagen]]. *[[November 21]] - [[Show trial]] in [[Czechoslovakia]] sentences 11 ex-[[communist]] officials to death - all of them [[Jew]]s. *[[November 25]] - [[Agatha Christie]]'s murder-mystery play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in [[London]]; as of 2007 , it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a [[Play (theatre)|play]] in history. *[[November 29]] - [[Korean War]]: [[U.S. President]]-elect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] fulfills a [[political campaign]] promise by traveling to [[Korea]] to find out what can be done to end the conflict. ===December=== *[[December 1]] - The [[New York Daily News]] carries a front page story announcing that [[Christine Jorgensen]], a [[transsexual]] woman in [[Denmark]] became the recipient of the first successful [[sexual reassignment surgery|sexual reassignment]] operation. *[[December 4]] - [[Great Smog of 1952]]: A "killer fog" descends on [[London]] (In the process coining the word "[[Smog]]", for "smoke" and "fog"). *[[December 14]] - First successful surgical separation of [[Siamese twins]] in [[Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland|Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[Ohio]]. *[[December 20]] - Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen. *[[December 25]] - Shooting incident in [[West Berlin]] - one [[West German]] soldier is killed. *[[December 26]] - [[Joseph Ivor Linton]], first [[Israeli]] [[Minister Plenipotentiary]] in [[Japan]], presents his [[credentials]] to the [[Japanese Emperor]]. ===Undated=== *Nearly 58,000 cases of [[polio]] are reported in the [[U.S.]]– 3,145 died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling [[paralysis]].<ref name= Zamula>{{cite journal |author= Zamula, Evelyn|title=A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients | url= http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON00006.html |journal= FDA Consumer|volume=25 |issue=5 |pages= |year=1991}}</ref> *[[Charles Chaplin]] is expelled from the [[U.S.]]. *[[Wernher von Braun]] publishes his ideas for a manned flight to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in ''The Mars Project''. *[[Nordic Council]] agrees free transport of people, goods and services throughout the [[Nordic Countries]]. *[[National Prohibition Foundation]] incorporated in [[Indiana]]. *[[American Embassy School]] of New Delhi founded. *[[Fallskärmsjägarna]] - Swedish paratrooper training school (FJS) created. *[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] - Professional Wrestling Promotion was founded by [[Vince McMahon, Sr.|Vince McMahon Sr.]] ===Ongoing=== *[[Cold War]] *[[First Indochina War]] *[[Marshall Plan]] ===Fictional=== The following are references to year 1952 in fiction: (unknown). ==Births== ===January-February=== {{Year in other calendars}} <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 1]] - [[Jury Zacharanka]], Belarusian politician abducted and probably killed in [[1999]] *[[January 3]] - [[Jim Ross]], American wrestling announcer *[[January 12]] - [[Charles Faulkner]] - [[life coach]], [[motivational speaker]], [[Trader (finance)|trader]] and author *January 12 - [[Walter Mosley]], American author *[[January 14]] - [[Maureen Dowd]], American writer *[[January 15]] - [[Boris Blank (musician)]], Swiss musician *[[January 17]] - [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor ([[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]) *[[January 21]] **[[Marco Camenisch]], Swiss environmental activist **[[Louis Menand]], American writer and critic *[[January 22]] - [[Ace Vergel]], [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[actor]], [[cardiac arrest]]. (d. [[2007]]) **Teddy Gentry, vocals and bass guitar for [[Alabama]] *[[January 25]] **[[Edward Fialkowski]], political activist **[[Sara Mandiano]], French singer and songwriter *[[February 1]] - [[Stan Kasten]], baseball executive, currently President of the [[Washington Nationals]] *[[February 3]] - [[Dermot Morgan]], Irish actor and comedian (d. [[1998]]) *[[February 14]] - [[Nancy Keenan]], current president of [[NARAL]] *[[February 22]] - [[William Frist]], heart surgeon and U.S. Senator *[[February 25]] **[[Jerry Chamberlain]], American musician **[[Joey Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. [[2000]]) *[[February 29]] - [[Gary The Retard]], member of ''[[The Wack Pack]]'' from radio's ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' *[[February 29]] - [[Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush]], American television's first primetime weather anchor ===March-April=== *[[March 1]] **[[Steven Barnes]], American author **[[Martin O'Neill]], Northern Irish footballer and football manager *[[March 2]] - [[Laraine Newman]], American comedian *[[March 4]] - [[Scott Hicks]], Australian movie director *[[March 4]] **[[Ronn Moss]], American actor **[[Umberto Tozzi]], Italian singer *[[March 7]] - [[Viv Richards]], West Indian cricket captain *[[March 11]] - [[Douglas Adams]], English author (d. [[2001]]) *[[March 12]] - [[Eliézer Niyitegeka]], Rwandan journalist, politician, and [[Rwandan Genocide|genocidaire]] *[[March 13]] - [[Wolfgang Rihm]], German composer *[[March 13]] - [[Agnes Rapai]], Hungarian writer *[[March 22]] - [[Bob Costas]], American sports announcer *[[March 22]] - [[Jay Dee Daugherty]], American drummer *[[March 23]] - [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], American author *[[March 25]] - [[Jung Chang]], Chinese-born author and historian *[[March 25]] - [[Antanas Mockus]], Colombian mathematician and politician *[[March 29]] - [[Teofilo Stevenson]], Cuban boxer *[[March 30]] - [[Peter Knights]], Australian footballer and coach *[[March 31]] - [[Vanessa del Rio]], American actress *[[April 1]] - [[Bernard Stiegler]], French philosopher *[[April 4]] - [[Rosemarie Ackermann]], German athlete *[[April 5]] - [[Mitch Pileggi]], American actor *[[April 6]] - [[Marilu Henner]], American actress, author *[[April 7]] - [[Nichita Danilov]], Romanian writer *[[April 11]] - [[Peter Windsor]], British sports reporter *[[April 12]] - [[Ralph Wiley]], American sports journalist (d. [[2004]]) *[[April 14]] - [[Mickey O'Sullivan]], Irish sportsman *[[April 16]] **[[Billy West (voice actor)|Billy West]], American voice actor **[[Bill Belichick]], American football coach *[[April 17]] - [[Željko Ražnatović]], Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (d. [[2000]]) *[[April 22]] - [[Marilyn Chambers]], American actress *[[April 25]] - [[Ketil Bjørnstad]], Norwegian pianist *[[April 28]] - [[Mary McDonnell]], American actress ===May-June=== *[[May 2]] **[[Campbell McComas]], Australian impersonator and broadcaster **[[Isla St Clair]], Scottish singer *[[May 3]] **[[Allan Wells]], Scottish athlete **[[Leonid Khachiyan]], Russian-born mathematician *[[May 4]] - [[Michael Barrymore]], British comedian and TV presenter *[[May 6]] - [[Michael O'Hare]], American actor *[[May 10]] - [[Thomas Paty Stamps]], American bankruptcy attorney and historian *[[May 11]] **[[Renaud Séchan]], French composer **[[Shohreh Aghdashloo]], Iranian actress **[[Mike Lupica]], American sports journalist *[[May 14]] **[[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]], Scottish-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist ([[Talking Heads]]) **[[Robert Zemeckis]], American director *[[May 16]] - [[James Herndon]], American media psychologist *[[May 18]] **[[George Strait]], American musician **[[Diane Duane]], American writer *[[May 19]] - [[Bert van Marwijk]], Dutch football manager *[[May 20]] - [[Roger Milla]], Cameroonian footballer *[[May 21]] - [[Mr. T]], American actor *[[May 26]] - [[David Meece]], American musician *[[May 28]] - [[Victoria Cunningham]], American actress and Playmate *[[June 7]] **[[Hubert Auriol]], French racing driver **[[Orhan Pamuk]], Turkish writer, Nobel prize. **[[Liam Neeson]], Northern Irish actor *[[June 9]] - [[Yukihiro Takahashi]], Japanese musician and singer ([[Yellow Magic Orchestra]]) *[[June 16]] - [[George Andreas Papandreou|Georgios Papandreou]], Greek politician *[[June 17]] - [[Mike Milbury]], American ice hockey player, coach and executive *[[June 18]] - [[Isabella Rossellini]], Italian actress *[[June 20]] **[[John Goodman]], American actor **[[Vikram Seth]], Indian novelist *[[June 21]] **[[Jeremy Coney]], [[New Zealand]] [[cricket]] [[captains]] **[[Kôichi Mashimo]], Japanese anime director *[[June 22]] **[[Alastair Stewart]], British newsreader ** [[Graham Greene (actor)]], Canadian (First Nations) actor *[[June 24]] - [[Stephen Pusey]], British-born artist *[[June 25]] - [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter *[[June 27]] - [[Douglas Unger]], American novelist **[[Madan Kumar Bhandari]], Nepalese politician (d. [[1993]]) *[[June 28]] - [[Pietro Mennea]], Italian athlete *[[June 29]] - [[Joe Johnson (snooker player)|Joe Johnson]], English snooker player ===July-August=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[July 1]] - [[Dan Aykroyd]], Canadian actor *[[July 9]] - [[John Tesh]], American composer, musician, and television host *[[July 12]] - [[Philip Taylor Kramer]], Bass Guitar Player (d. [[1995]]) *[[July 12]] - [[Voja Antonić]], [[Serbs|Serbian]] inventor and writer *[[July 14]] - [[Franklin Graham]], American evangelist *[[July 19]] - [[Allen Collins]], American musician and band member of Lynyrd Skynyrd *[[July 20]] - [[Keiko Matsuzaka]], Japanese actress *[[July 24]] - [[Gus Van Sant]], American Film Director *[[July 27]] - [[Hannu-Pekka Hänninen]], Finnish sports commentator *[[July 31]] **[[Chris Ahrens]], American ice hockey player **[[João Barreiros]], Portuguese author *[[August 1]] - [[Zoran Djindjic]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (d. [[2003]]) *[[August 3]] - [[Osvaldo Ardiles]], Argentine footballer *[[August 4]] **[[James Arbuthnot]], British politician **[[Moya Brennan]], Irish singer *[[August 5]] - [[Louis Walsh]], music producer and reality TV show judge *[[August 7]] - [[Alexei Sayle]], English actor *[[August 8]] - [[Jostein Gaarder]], Norwegian author *[[August 8]] - [[Robin Quivers]], American radio personality *[[August 9]] - [[Vicki Morgan]], American model (d. [[1983]]) *[[August 10]] - [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]], American actor *[[August 13]] - [[Herb Ritts]], American photographer *[[August 14]] - [[Carl Lumbly]], American actor *[[August 16]] - [[Reginald VelJohnson]], American actor *[[August 19]] - [[Jonathan Frakes]], American actor *[[August 21]] - [[Joe Strummer]], British musician ([[The Clash]]) (d. [[2002]]) *[[August 24]] - [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], Jamaican-born musician *[[August 26]] - [[Bryon Baltimore]], Canadian ice hockey player *[[August 27]] - [[Paul Reubens]], American actor, writer and comedian *[[August 28]] - [[Wendelin Wiedeking]], German businessman *[[August 29]] - [[Karen Hesse]], American children's writer *[[August 29]] - [[Jimmy Connors]], tennis player ===September-October=== *[[September 12]] **[[Sergei Karaganov]], [[Russians|Russian]] political scientist **[[Neil Peart]], drummer for the band [[Rush (band)|Rush]] *[[September 16]] - [[Fatos Nano]], Albanian Prime Minister *[[September 18]] - [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American bassist ([[The Ramones]]) (d. [[2002]]) *[[September 22]] - [[Bob Goodlatte]], U.S. Congressman from Virginia *[[September 24]] **[[Mark Sandman]], American musician and artist ([[Morphine (band)|Morphine]]) (d. [[1999]]) **[[Joseph Patrick Kennedy II]], son of [[Robert F Kennedy]] and [[Ethel Skakel Kennedy]] and nephew of U.S president [[John F Kennedy]] and [[Edward M Kennedy]] *[[September 25]] - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor and activist (d. [[2004]]) *[[September 26]] - [[Predrag Miletić]], Serbian actor from [[Nis]] *[[September 27]] - [[Didier Dubois]], French mathematician *[[September 29]] - [[Max Sandlin]], American politician *[[September 30]] - [[Jack Wild]], English actor (d. [[2006]]) *[[October 5]] **[[Duncan Regehr]], Canadian actor **[[Clive Barker]], British author *[[October 7]] - [[Vladimir Putin]], Russian president *[[October 9]] - [[Sharon Osbourne]], wife and manager of [[Ozzy Osbourne]] *[[October 13]] - [[John Lone]], Hong Kong actor *[[October 14]] - [[Nikolai Andrianov]], Soviet gymnast *[[October 16]] - [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]], American actor (died [[2002]]) *[[October 19]] - [[Floyd Mayweather Sr.]], former [[boxing|professional boxer]] and trainer *[[October 22]] - [[Jeff Goldblum]], American actor *[[October 26]] - [[Andrew Motion]], English poet *[[October 28]] - [[Annie Potts]], American actress ===November-December=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[November 3]] - [[Roseanne Barr]], American actress and comedian *[[November 3]] - [[David Ho]], Taiwanese-American [[AIDS]] researcher *[[November 5]] - [[Bill Walton]], American basketball player and commentator *[[November 6]] - [[Michael Cunningham]], American writer *[[November 8]] - [[Jan Raas]], Dutch professional cyclist *[[November 13]] - [[Art Malik]], Pakistani-born British actor *[[November 16]] - [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], Japanese game designer *[[November 17]] - [[Ties Kruize]], Dutch field hockey player *[[November 25]] - [[Imran Khan]], Pakistani cricketer *[[November 28]] - [[S. Epatha Merkerson]], American actress *[[November 30]] - [[Keith Giffen]], American comic book writer and artist *[[December 6]] - [[Rick Charlesworth]], Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player and coach *[[December 9]] - [[Michael Dorn]], American actor *[[December 12]] - [[Herb Dhaliwal|Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal]], Canadian politician *[[December 15]] - [[Hwang Woo-Suk]], [[South Korean]] [[biomedical scientist]] *[[December 16]] - [[Joel Garner]], West Indian cricketer *[[December 27]] - [[Jay Hill]], Canadian politician *[[December 28]] - [[Arun Jaitley]], Indian politician *[[December 30]] - [[June Anderson]], American soprano ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 11]] - [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general, posthumous [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1889]]) *[[January 18]] - [[Curly Howard]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1903]]) *[[February 6]] - King [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1895]]) *[[February 19]] - [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1859]]) *[[February 22]] - [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]], first [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1863]]) *[[March 5]] - [[Charles Scott Sherrington]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1857]]) *[[March 7]] - [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], Indian guru (b. [[1893]]) *[[March 9]] - [[Alexandra Kollontai]], Russian revolutionary (b.[[1872]]) *[[March 22]] - [[Uncle Dave Macon]], American musician (b. [[1870]]) *[[March 31]] **[[Wallace H. White, Jr.]], U.S. Senator from Maine (b. [[1877]]) **[[Walter Schellenberg]] (b. [[1910]]) *[[April 3]] - [[Miina Sillanpää]], Finnish politician (b. [[1866]]) *[[April 5]] - [[Fala (dog)|Fala]], Scottish Terrior to President Roosevelt (b. [[1940]]) *[[April 5]] - [[Charles Collett]], [[Great Western Railway]] chief mechanical engineer (b. [[1871]]) *[[April 21]] - [[Sir Stafford Cripps]], British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. [[1889]]) *[[April 23]] - [[Julius Freed]], American inventor and banker (b. [[1887]]) *[[May 6]] - [[Maria Montessori]], Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. [[1870]]) *[[May 21]] - [[John Garfield]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) *[[June 1]] - [[John Dewey]], American philosopher (b. [[1859]]) *[[June 17]] - [[Krystyna Skarbek]], Polish-born British agent in World War II (b. [[1915]]) *[[June 19]] - [[Heinrich Schlusnus]], German baritone (b. [[1888]]) ===July - December=== *[[July 26]] - [[Eva Perón]], [[President of Argentina|Spiritual Leader of the Argentine Nation]], prominent political leader, and First Lady to and partner in power of President [[Juan Perón]] (b. 1919) *[[September 29]] - [[George Santayana]], Spanish-born writer (b. [[1863]]) *[[September 30]] - [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Viscount Waldorf Astor]], American-born businessman and politician (b. [[1879]]) *[[October 22]] - [[Ernst Rüdin]], Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. [[1874]]) *[[October 28]] - [[Billy Hughes]], seventh [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1862]]) *[[November 3]] - [[Louis Verneuil]], French playwright, screenwriter (b. [[1893]]) *[[November 8]] - [[Harold Innis]], Canadian communications scholar (b. [[1894]]) *[[November 9]] - [[Chaim Weizmann]], first [[President of Israel]] (b. [[1874]]) *[[November 18]] - [[Paul Eluard]], French poet (b. [[1895]]) *[[November 20]] - [[Benedetto Croce]], Italian critic, philosopher, and politician (b. [[1866]]) *[[November 21]] - [[William D. Upshaw]], American [[temperance movement]] leader (b. [[1866]]) *[[November 26]] - [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b. [[1865]]) *[[December 12]] - [[Bedrich Hrozny|Bedrich Hrozný]], Czech orientalist and linguist (b. [[1879]]) *[[December 19]] - [[Pehr G. Holmes]], American Politician *[[December 28]] - [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Queen consort of [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1879]]) *[[December 28]] - [[Fletcher Henderson]], American musician (b. [[1897]]) ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Felix Bloch]], [[Edward Mills Purcell]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Archer John Porter Martin]], [[Richard Laurence Millington Synge]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Selman Abraham Waksman]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[François Mauriac]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Albert Schweitzer]] ==Ship events== * [[List of ship commissionings in 1952]] * [[List of ship decommissionings in 1952]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== [[Category:1952| ]] [[af:1952]] [[am:1952 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1952]] [[an:1952]] [[frp:1952]] [[ast:1952]] [[gn:1952]] [[av:1952]] [[az:1952]] [[bn:১৯৫২]] [[zh-min-nan:1952 nî]] [[map-bms:1952]] [[be:1952]] [[be-x-old:1952]] [[bh:१९५२]] [[bs:1952]] [[br:1952]] [[bg:1952]] [[ca:1952]] [[cv:1952]] [[cs:1952]] [[co:1952]] [[cy:1952]] [[da:1952]] [[de:1952]] [[et:1952]] [[el:1952]] [[es:1952]] [[eo:1952]] [[eu:1952]] [[fa:۱۹۵۲ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1952]] [[hif:1952]] [[fr:1952]] [[fy:1952]] [[ga:1952]] [[gan:1952年]] [[gv:1952]] [[gd:1952]] [[gl:1952]] [[ko:1952년]] [[hy:1952]] [[hi:1952]] [[hr:1952.]] [[io:1952]] [[ilo:1952]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৫২]] [[id:1952]] [[ia:1952]] [[ie:1952]] [[os:1952]] [[is:1952]] [[it:1952]] [[he:1952]] [[jv:1952]] [[pam:1952]] [[kn:೧೯೫೨]] [[ka:1952]] [[csb:1952]] [[kk:1952]] [[kw:1952]] [[sw:1952]] [[ht:1952 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1952]] [[la:1952]] [[lb:1952]] [[lt:1952 m.]] [[lij:1952]] [[lmo:1952]] [[hu:1952]] [[mk:1952]] [[mi:1952]] [[mr:इ.स. १९५२]] [[ms:1952]] [[nah:1952]] [[nl:1952]] [[new:ई सं १९५२]] [[ja:1952年]] [[nap:1952]] [[no:1952]] [[nn:1952]] [[nrm:1952]] [[nov:1952]] [[oc:1952]] [[uz:1952]] [[pa:1952]] [[pi:१९५२]] [[nds:1952]] [[pl:1952]] [[pt:1952]] [[ty:1952]] [[ksh:Joohr 1952]] [[ro:1952]] [[ru:1952 год]] [[se:1952]] [[stq:1952]] [[sq:1952]] [[scn:1952]] [[simple:1952]] [[sk:1952]] [[sl:1952]] [[sr:1952]] [[sh:1952]] [[su:1952]] [[fi:1952]] [[sv:1952]] [[tl:1952]] [[ta:1952]] [[tt:1952]] [[te:1952]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2495]] [[vi:1952]] [[tg:1952]] [[tr:1952]] [[tk:1952]] [[uk:1952]] [[ur:1952ء]] [[vec:1952]] [[wa:1952]] [[vls:1952]] [[yo:1952]] [[zh-yue:1952年]] [[cbk-zam:1952]] [[bat-smg:1952]] [[zh:1952年]]