1952

Year 1952 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the.

January

 * - has 8 million  inside its borders.
 * Sudden heavy snowfall in.
 * sworn in as first -born.
 * sworn in as first -born.

February
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 * - A forms just north of  moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern  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.
 * becomes upon the death of her father .  She is simultaneously
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 * In the, a is used for the first time in a human patient.
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 * - Funeral of takes place at,.
 * - becomes the first   in organized  by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the.
 * - Event1- In, (present ) police opened fire on a procession of students, who demanded the establishment  as the official language, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which led to the recognition of Bengali as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "" by . Event2 -  scraps  compulsory national
 * -   announces that his nation has an.

March

 * - marries.
 * - General re-takes power in.
 * to - 73 inches (1,870mm) of  falls in, , the most  ever in one day.
 * - The ratifies a  with.
 * The last two in  take place.
 * Dr. is elected Prime Minister of the.
 * - Failed attempt against.
 * -  announces that he will not seek reelection.
 * -  announces that he will not seek reelection.

April

 * - In tribunal,  demands s worth 3 billion dollars from.
 * - Hours before the is to begin, President  nationalizes all steel mills in the —creating a dispute which led to landmark legal ruling in .
 * - took place.
 * - The flies for the first time
 * National Revolution: universal vote enables indigenous and women to vote, of mines and agrarian reform.
 * and form.
 * - in  desert.
 * The goes into effect, formally ending the  of.
 * (Treaty of Peace between and the Republic of China)
 * - officially opens in, heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the.
 * (Treaty of Peace between and the Republic of China)
 * - officially opens in, heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the.

May

 * - threatens to form its own army.
 * - First passenger jet flight route between and
 * - s  and  land a plane at the.
 * - had himself announced as a descendant of.
 * - forms his first government
 * - established between the governments of  and  at the level of.
 * - became the first woman to single-handedly sail the.

June

 * - bans books of.
 * - Remains of a ship found near.
 * - The is laid for the  nuclear submarine.
 * - The Diary of published.
 * - Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, was converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the.
 * -  wins the title of.
 * - ends.

July

 * - announces formation of its people's army.
 * to - The  are held in.
 * to - Washington D.C. "buzzed" by several s tracked on multiple radars. Jets scrambled on several occasions and objects took evasive action only to return after the jets left the area.
 * - A magnitude 7.5  strikes, destroying unreinforced brick buildings.
 * Establishment of the.
 * General leads  (formed by  - the real power behind the coup) in the  of King.
 * - becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the.
 * - in  ousts King.
 * - in  ousts King.

August

 * - ian army forces to resign due to mental illness - his successor is his son.
 * - joins.
 * joins the and the.
 * - in North   is devastated by s, death toll of 34.
 * - passenger jet flies twice over  in the same day.
 * - negotiations between  and  end in  - Germany will pay 3 billion s.
 * - Premiere of 's 4' 33" in.
 * - Last  to.
 * - Last  to.

September

 * - Dr. and Dr.  perform first open- at the.
 * - - Thick  in  causes 4,000 fatalities.
 * - debuts in  as the  in  airs.
 * - CBC debuts.
 * - vetoes 's application for membership in the.

October

 * for a in  are postponed.
 * Three-train crash in railway station in  - 112 dead.
 * - National Service Sorority was founded in  at
 * - begins work in the new  in
 * - n troops led by surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the ;  avoids confrontation
 * begins to sail from to  in 65 days; he reaches them
 * , aged 15, rescues victims of a house fire and becomes the youngest person to have been awarded the.
 * - in  due to  uprising.
 * , aged 15, rescues victims of a house fire and becomes the youngest person to have been awarded the.
 * - in  due to  uprising.

November

 * - : - The  successfully s the first, codenamed "Mike", at  Atoll in the  in the central , with a  of 10.4 s.
 * 8.25  in
 * defeats  (correctly predicted by the  computer).
 * The US is founded.
 * - is arrested in  for alleged connection to  uprising
 * - series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
 * Fireball crashes in a backyard in ,
 * First official passenger flight over the from  to
 * - in  sentences 11 ex- officials to death - all of them s.
 * - 's murder-mystery play  opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in ;, it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a in history.
 * - : -elect fulfills a  promise by traveling to  to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
 * - 's murder-mystery play  opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in ;, it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a in history.
 * - : -elect fulfills a  promise by traveling to  to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

December

 * - The carries a front page story announcing that, a  woman in  became the recipient of the first successful  operation.
 * - : A "killer fog" descends on (In the process coining the word "", for "smoke" and "fog").
 * - First successful surgical separation of in,.
 * - Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen
 * - Shooting incident in - one  soldier is killed.
 * -, first  in , presents his  to the.

Undated

 * Nearly 58,000 cases of are reported in the – 3,145 died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling.
 * is expelled from the.
 * s are installed in.
 * publishes his ideas for a manned flight to in The Mars Project.
 * agrees free transport of people, goods and services throughout the.
 * incorporated in.
 * of New Delhi founded.
 * - Swedish paratrooper training school (FJS) created.

Fictional
The following are references to year 1952 in fiction: (unknown).

January-February

 * -, Belarusian politician abducted and probably killed in
 * -, American author
 * -, American writer
 * -, Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor
 * , Swiss environmental activist
 * , American writer and critic
 * -, political activist
 * -, baseball executive, currently President of the
 * -, Irish actor and comedian (d. )
 * -, current president of
 * -, heart surgeon and U.S. Senator
 * -, Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. )
 * -, member of ' from radio's '
 * -, American television's first primetime weather anchor
 * -, American television's first primetime weather anchor

March-April

 * , American author
 * , Northern Irish footballer and football manager
 * -, American comedian
 * -, Australian movie director
 * , American actor
 * , Italian singer
 * -, West Indian cricket captain
 * -, English author (d. )
 * -, Rwandan journalist, politician, and
 * -, German composer
 * -, American sports announcer
 * -, American author
 * -, Chinese-born author and historian
 * -, Colombian mathematician and politician
 * -, Cuban boxer
 * -, Australian footballer and coach
 * -, American actress
 * -, French philosopher
 * -, German athlete
 * -, Romanian writer
 * -, British sports reporter
 * -, American sports journalist (d. )
 * -, Irish sportsman
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian pianist
 * -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian pianist
 * -, American actress

May-June

 * , Australian impersonator and broadcaster
 * , Scottish singer
 * , Scottish athlete
 * , Russian-born mathematician
 * -, British comedian and TV presenter
 * -, American actor
 * -, American bankruptcy attorney and historian
 * , French composer
 * , Iranian actress
 * , American sports journalist
 * , Scottish-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist
 * , American director
 * -, American media psychologist
 * , American musician
 * , American writer
 * -, Dutch football manager
 * -, Cameroonian footballer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actress and Playmate
 * , Turkish writer, Nobel prize.
 * , Northern Irish actor
 * -, Japanese musician and singer
 * -, Greek politician
 * -, American ice hockey player, coach and executive
 * -, Italian actress
 * , American actor
 * , Indian novelist
 * , Japanese anime director
 * , British newsreader
 * , Canadian (First Nations) actor
 * -, British-born artist
 * -, New Zealand singer-songwriter
 * -, American novelist
 * -, Italian athlete
 * -, English snooker player
 * , Japanese anime director
 * , British newsreader
 * , Canadian (First Nations) actor
 * -, British-born artist
 * -, New Zealand singer-songwriter
 * -, American novelist
 * -, Italian athlete
 * -, English snooker player
 * -, Italian athlete
 * -, English snooker player

July-August

 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, American composer, musician, and television host
 * -, inventor and writer
 * -, American evangelist
 * -, American musician and band member of Lynyrd Skynyrd
 * -, Japanese actress
 * -, Finnish sports commentator
 * , American ice hockey player
 * , Portuguese author
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * , British politician
 * , Irish singer
 * -, music producer and reality TV show judge
 * -, English actor
 * -, Norwegian author
 * -, American radio personality
 * -, American model (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, American photographer
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * -, Jamaican-born musician
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, German businessman
 * -, American children's writer
 * -, German businessman
 * -, American children's writer

September-October

 * -, political scientist
 * -, American bassist (d. )
 * -, U.S. Congressman from Virginia
 * , American musician and artist (d. )
 * , son of and  and nephew of U.S president  and
 * -, American actor and activist (d. )
 * -, Serbian actor from
 * -, French mathematician
 * -, American politician
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * , Canadian actor
 * , British author
 * -, Russian president
 * -, wife and manager of
 * -, Hong Kong actor
 * -, Soviet gymnast
 * -, American actor (died )
 * -, former and trainer
 * -, American actor
 * -, English poet
 * -, American actress
 * -, English poet
 * -, American actress

November-December

 * -, American actress and comedian
 * -, Taiwanese-American researcher
 * -, American basketball player and commentator
 * -, American writer
 * -, Dutch professional cyclist
 * -, Pakistani-born British actor
 * -, Japanese game designer
 * -, Dutch field hockey player
 * -, Pakistani cricketer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American comic book writer and artist
 * -, Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player and coach
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian politician
 * -, English actress
 * -, West Indian cricketer
 * -, Canadian politician
 * -, Indian politician
 * -, American soprano
 * -, American soprano

January - June

 * -, French general, posthumous (b. )
 * -, American actor and comedian (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Norwegian author, laureate (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, English physiologist, laureate (b. )
 * -, Indian guru (b. )
 * -, Russian revolutionary (b.)
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * , U.S. Senator from Maine (b. )
 * (b. )
 * -, Finnish politician (b. )
 * -, Scottish Terrior to President Roosevelt (b. )
 * -, British (b. )
 * -, American inventor and banker (b. )
 * -, Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Polish-born British agent in World War II (b. )
 * -, German baritone (b. )
 * -, German baritone (b. )

July - December

 * -, Argentine wife of (b. )
 * -, Spanish-born writer (b. )
 * -, American-born businessman and politician (b. )
 * -, Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. )
 * -, seventh (b. )
 * -, Canadian communications scholar (b. )
 * -, first (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * -, American leader (b. )
 * -, Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b. )
 * -, Czech orientalist and linguist (b. )
 * -, Queen consort of (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )