Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1952. This year saw 198 significant events. 36 notable figures were born. 4 notable figures passed away.
The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich are a set of 24 musical pieces for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952.
The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India.
First TV detector van begins operating in the UK to identify users of unlicensed television sets
Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, lawyer, and politician who was the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.
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
4th Emmy Awards: First time awards are presented on a nationwide basis; "The Red Skelton Show," Sid Caesar, and Imogene Coca win
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon.
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (19) marries for the 2nd time to English actor Michael Wilding (39); divorce in 1957
Actress Gene Tierney (31) divorces fashion designer Oleg Cassini (39) after almost 11 years of marriage
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer, political leader, and dictator who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power in the 1930s until his overthrow…
The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of 1951. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye. An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting…
20,000 people attempt to attend the first-ever rock & roll concert when Alan Freed presents "The Moondog Coronation Ball" at the old 12,000-seat Cleveland Arena; performers include Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers, Tiny Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders, The Dominoes, and Varetta Dillard
"Singin' in the Rain," a musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
American actor Clark Gable (50) and socialite Sylvia Ashley (47) divorce
Mr. Potato Head is an American toy produced by Hasbro since 1952. It consists of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach; typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat,…
The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated in 1960.
British actress Joan Collins (19) weds Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed (33); separate in 1954, divorce in 1956
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.
First nationally televised sporting event, Jersey Joe Walcott defeats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American singer and actress Judy Garland (29) weds American producer Sidney Luft (36) in Hollister, California; divorce in 1965
Actress Agnes Moorehead (51) divorces actor Jack G. Lee (50) after 22 years of marriage
American Western film "High Noon" is released, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Thomas Mitchell
UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden (55) weds UK prime minister's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (32) in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London
Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico
"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
American "Rock Around The Clock" rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds second wife Barbara Cupchak
The first human birth is televised to the public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo marries first wife Élodie Constantin (divorced 1968)
"Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
The Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was adopted on 1 January 1952.
Belgian Pholien government resigns
Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
Jean Anouilh's play "La valse des toréadors" (The Waltz of the Toreadors) premieres at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.
University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student, Gene Mitchell Gray, as a graduate student in chemistry
New Dutch bible translation finished
US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
The 1952 NFL draft was held on January 17, 1952, at Hotel Statler in New York. Selections made by New York Yanks were assigned to the new Dallas Texans. This was the sixth year that the first overall...
The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League (NFL) for one season in 1952.
British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
The NBA's first superstar George Mikan scores a career high 61 points leading the Minneapolis Lakers to a 91-81 double-overtime victory over the Rochester Royals
Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage.
At least 20 people have been killed and 100s injured during riots in Cairo against the British
American mathematician D.H. Lehmer and computer programmer R. M. Robinson verify 2^521-1 and 2^607-1 as Mersenne-prime numbers, using U.S. National Bureau of Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC) at the Institute for Numerical Analysis at the University of California, Los Angeles
Detroit Tigers Harry Heilmann & Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The RCA Victor Show is a 1950s American television program broadcast on NBC that eventually became The Dennis Day Show. It began on November 23, 1951, and ended on August 2, 1954.
Giant slalom event for women debuts at the Winter Olympics at Oslo Games; American skier Andrea Mead-Lawrence wins gold ahead of Dagmar Rom of Austria and German Annemarie Buchner
Giant slalom event for men debuts at the Winter Olympics at Oslo Games; Stein Erikson of Norway wins gold ahead of Austrians Christian Pravda and Toni Spiß
Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
Montreal Canadiens center Elmer Lach picks up his 354th career assist in a 3-2 loss at the NY Rangers to become NHL's all-time assists leader; passes Bill Cowley's mark
The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the Dominion of Pakistan.
German husband and wife team Ria and Paul Falk win the mixed pairs gold medal at the Oslo Winter Olympics; defeat American siblings, Karol and Peter Kennedy
Following his Nordic combined gold medal in St. Moritz (1948), Heikki Hasu takes his 2nd Olympic gold as part of Finland’s 4 x 10k cross country relay team at the Olso Winter Games
Canada wins 6th Olympic ice hockey title courtesy of a final round 3-3 tie with the US at the Oslo Winter Games; Canadian center Billy Gibson top scores with 19 points
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (Norwegian: De 6. olympiske vinterleker; Nynorsk: Dei 6.
Netherlands-Indonesian Unity conference
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing.
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état and the 23 July Revolution, was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt.
Puerto Rico (abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the...
Antoine Pinay forms French government
Heinz Neuhaus (14 April 1926 – 6 April 1998) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of Germany and Europe in the 1950s.
Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean
mm rain in Cilaos, Island of Reunion (world record)
1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
-22] Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44
NY Rangers blow 6-2 lead, lose 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Bill Mosienko scores fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds
Apartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart (ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation...
6th Tony Awards: "The Fourposter" (play) and "The King & I" (musical) win
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against U.S. Steel (USS) and nine other steelmakers.
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
The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
Archaeologist Albert Ruz discovers the tomb of Pakal, the greatest ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling).
Hasbro, Inc. (a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry,...
First scheduled jet airliner passenger service begins with a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Comet from London to Johannesburg, carrying 36 passengers [1]
First airplane lands at the geographic North Pole
"Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (also known as "Vitameatavegamin") episode of "I Love Lucy" premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers
Charlton Playground named in Bronx
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers, St.
Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
Booklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in their 1st inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 19-1
European Defense Community forms
Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio; the park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
,000 metalworkers go on strike in US
Romanian communist leader Petru Groza chosen as President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
Chicago White Sox outfielder Sam Mele is only 6th MLB player to record 6 RBI's in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win over the A's in Philadelphia
USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
Soviet fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Dakota DC-3 reconnaissance plane east of Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea, kills entire crew of 8
Soviet Fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Catalina as it participates in search for missing Dakota DC-3, crew survives
2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
I've Got a Secret is an American panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television.
US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
Dutch General Election: social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
USS Oriskany becomes 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn
The Guiding Light (known since 1975 as Guiding Light) is an American television soap opera. Between 1952 and 1956, it was the only soap opera to play on both radio and television.
English architect Michael Ventris says he has solved one of the 20th century's greatest linguistic riddles, by deciphering Linear B in BBC interview. Is an ancient form of Greek on clay tablets from Minoan palace of Knossos. [1]
Netherlands' Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
American ocean liner SS United States departs New York Harbor on her maiden crossing of Atlantic Ocean; completes voyage in record time of 82 hours 40 minutes [1]
Canadian Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
Last tram ride in London
On her maiden voyage, American ocean liner SS United States crosses Atlantic Ocean in record time of 82 hours 40 minutes, arrives at Bishop Rock off Cornwall, England; she continues to hold the coveted maritime Blue Riband [1]
American ocean liner SS United States crosses Atlantic Ocean, returning to New York in a westward record time of 84 hours and 12 minutes [1]
First transatlantic helicopter flight begins
KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting
Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II.
The Republic of Egypt was a state created in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty came to an end.
°F (44°C) recorded in Louisville, Georgia (state record)
The government of Puerto Rico encompasses the local administrative structure of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
Swedish race walker John Mikaelsson wins back-to-back gold medals in the 10,ooo m event at the Helsinki Olympics, having won the corresponding race in London in 1948
First non-stop transpacific flight by a jet
General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
Parliament of Jordan forces King Talal bin Abdullah (43) to abdicate due to concerns about his mental health; Hussein bin Talal (16) is proclaimed as new King of Jordan
Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton records the song "Hound Dog," written a day earlier especially for her by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California
19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316 attendees)
The word "fallout," referring to radioactive particles carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion, is first used in The New York Times
The penal colony of Cayenne (French: Bagne de Cayenne), commonly known as Devil's Island (Île du Diable), was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially...
Arab League security pact goes into effect
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers, St.
Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Luxemburger Abkommen, "Luxembourg Agreement", or Wiedergutmachungsabkommen, "Wiedergutmachung Agreement"; Hebrew:...
New York premiere of history-based film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima"
Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney
Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
General Carlos Ibáñez is elected president of Chile
Canadian TV begins in Montreal
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union (EU) and one of its seven institutions.
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958.
UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens.
KPTV (channel 12) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.
MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before crowd of 8,822; team relocates to Milwaukee before start of next season
Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998), nicknamed "Prince Hal" and "Hurricane Hal," was an American professional baseball player.
Yankees clinch fourth consecutive and 19th American League pennant, beating Athletics 5-2
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial makes his only Major League pitching appearance, throwing one pitch to Chicago Cubs' Frank Baumholtz
"Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
UHF television broadcasting is the use of ultra high frequency (UHF) radio for over-the-air transmission of television signals.
First British nuclear test during Operation Hurricane at Monte Bello Island, Australia, UK becomes the world's third nuclear power
19th Congress of the Communist Party meets in Moscow
people are killed in Britain's worst peacetime rail crash at Harrow and Wealdstone, northwest of London
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
KUSA (channel 9) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD (channel 20).
Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo" premieres in New York City
The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world.
Mad (stylized in all caps) is an American humor magazine which was launched in 1952 and currently published by DC Comics, a unit of the DC Entertainment subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Alain Bombard departs from the Canary Islands on his solitary journey across the Atlantic Ocean with almost no provisions and only a sextant for navigation to test his theory that a shipwrecked person can survive
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising or Kenya Emergency, was an armed conflict in the British Colony of Kenya between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA) and the...
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
Arab Liberation Movement becomes the only political party in Syria
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet.
The first thermonuclear bomb is detonated at Marshall Islands
Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America
Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "About our Fatherland" premieres
Robert Clayton Shantz is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher.
KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
The UK singles chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales,...
Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe
Henry John “Hank” Sauer (March 17, 1917 – August 24, 2001) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout.
The Educational Television and Radio Center (ETRC), a precursor to PBS funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation's Fund for Adult Education, is founded in Washington, D.C.
Harry Gladwin Byrd (February 3, 1925 – May 14, 1985) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore...
William George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor union administrator for 57 years.
The first 3D feature film "Bwana Devil," directed by Arch Oboler, premieres in Los Angeles, advertised as "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!"
KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
KGMB (channel 5) is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of CBS.
18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
First TV broadcast in Hawaii
Walter P. Reuther chosen chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the US
Great Smog of London (England): Killer fog creeps in, as still winds and cold temperatures cause pollution fueled by coal smoke to stagnate; lasting 4 days, over 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions [1] [2]
Czech government tells Israeli ambassador that he is persona non grata
KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
First TV acknowledgment of a pregnancy in the "I Love Lucy" episode "Lucy is Enceinte," which incorporates Lucy's real-life pregnancy into the storyline
Great Smog of London (England): Wind resumes, lifting city's worst smog after 4 days; over 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions; clean air legislation enacted in its wake [1] [2]
Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
NFL Dallas Texans (former NY Yanks) play final game, losing 41-6 to the Lions in Detroit; finish with record of 1-11
The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1952–53 season, playing five Tests.
Christine Jorgenson is the first known American to undergo a sex-change operation
Ellis W. Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president
KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California.
French government of Pinay, resigns
Alain Bombard arrives in Barbados after 65 days at sea proving his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive with almost no provisions, despite having lost 25 kg (65 lbs) in weight
1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
Danny Nardico stops former world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta in 7 rounds in a light heavyweight non-title bout in Coral Gables, Florida; LaMotta is knocked down for the only time in his career, his corner stopping fight after the round
Ben Crenshaw is born
Chesley Sullenberger, American pilot and diplomat, known for american pilot and diplomat, was born on 1952-01-23.
Park Geun-hye is born
Gordon Brown is born
Douglas Adams, English writer and humorist, known for english writer and humorist, was born on 1952-03-11.
Kurt Russell, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-03-17. Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor.
Pat Bradley is born
Steven Seagal, American actor, martial artist, and filmmaker, known for american actor, martial artist, and filmmaker, was born on 1952-04-10.
Joy Harjo, American musician, known for american poet laureate, was born on 1952-05-09. Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author.
Anatoly Karpov, Russian athlete, known for russian chess grandmaster, was born on 1952-05-23.
Suze Orman, American financial advisor, known for american financial advisor, was born on 1952-06-05. Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host.
Mike Weaver is born
Roberto Durán, Panamanian athlete, known for panamanian boxer, was born on 1952-06-16. Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001.
Nils Lofgren, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1952-06-21. Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Richard Hadlee, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1952-07-03. Sir Richard John Hadlee is a New Zealand former cricketer.
Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1952-07-06. Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor.
Anjelica Huston, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1952-07-08. Anjelica Huston ( HEW-stən; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director and model.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is born
Marcel Dionne, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1952-08-03. Marcel Elphège Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Juan Manuel Santos is born
Patrick Swayze, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-08-18. Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer.
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1952-08-27.
Michael Keaton, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-09-05. Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor.
Chrissie Hynde, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1952-09-07. Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter and musician.
Mark Hamill, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-09-25. Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor.
Michelle Bachelet is born
Sting, English musician, known for british musician, was born on 1952-10-02. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor.
Dave Winfield, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1952-10-03. David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.
Bob Geldof, Irish musician, known for irish singer-songwriter and political activist, was born on 1952-10-05. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist.
John Mellencamp singer-songwriter, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1952-10-07. John J.
Sally Little is born
Roscoe Tanner, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1952-10-15. Leonard Roscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player.
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1952-11-15.
Kathryn Bigelow, American film director, known for american film director, was born on 1952-11-27. Kathryn Ann Bigelow is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Christopher Reeve, American actor and activist, known for american actor and activist, was born on 1952-09-25.
Fuzzy Zoeller professional golfer, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1952-11-11. Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller Jr.
George VI dies
D. S. Senanayake dies
Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator, known for italian physician and educator, died on 1952-05-06.
Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman and british chemist, known for israeli statesman and british chemist, died on 1952-11-09.
The 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 by Dmitri Shostakovich are a set of 24 musical pieces for solo piano, one in each of the major and minor keys of the chromatic scale.
Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC. The program debuted on January 14, 1952.
The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India.
First TV detector van begins operating in the UK to identify users of unlicensed television sets
Queen Elizabeth II succeeds King George VI to the British throne and is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, including Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist, lawyer, and politician who was the first Prime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964.
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
4th Emmy Awards: First time awards are presented on a nationwide basis; "The Red Skelton Show," Sid Caesar, and Imogene Coca win
Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon.
English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor (19) marries for the 2nd time to English actor Michael Wilding (39); divorce in 1957
Actress Gene Tierney (31) divorces fashion designer Oleg Cassini (39) after almost 11 years of marriage
Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was a Cuban military officer, political leader, and dictator who played a dominant role in Cuban politics from his initial rise to power in the 1930s until his overthrow…
The 24th Academy Awards were held on March 20, 1952, honoring the films of 1951. The ceremony was hosted by Danny Kaye. An American in Paris and A Place in the Sun each received six Oscars, splitting…
20,000 people attempt to attend the first-ever rock & roll concert when Alan Freed presents "The Moondog Coronation Ball" at the old 12,000-seat Cleveland Arena; performers include Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers, Tiny Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders, The Dominoes, and Varetta Dillard
"Singin' in the Rain," a musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen and starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC
American actor Clark Gable (50) and socialite Sylvia Ashley (47) divorce
Mr. Potato Head is an American toy produced by Hasbro since 1952. It consists of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach; typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat,…
The first planar monolithic integrated circuit (IC) chip was demonstrated in 1960.
British actress Joan Collins (19) weds Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed (33); separate in 1954, divorce in 1956
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.
First nationally televised sporting event, Jersey Joe Walcott defeats Ezzard Charles in 15 rounds for the heavyweight boxing title at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
American singer and actress Judy Garland (29) weds American producer Sidney Luft (36) in Hollister, California; divorce in 1965
Actress Agnes Moorehead (51) divorces actor Jack G. Lee (50) after 22 years of marriage
American Western film "High Noon" is released, directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Thomas Mitchell
UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden (55) weds UK prime minister's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (32) in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London
Latin actress Maria Felix (38) weds actor and singer Jorge Negreta (40) in Mexico
"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
American "Rock Around The Clock" rock 'n' roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds second wife Barbara Cupchak
The first human birth is televised to the public on KOA-TV Denver, Colorado
Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo marries first wife Élodie Constantin (divorced 1968)
"Dragnet" with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945, during...
Darius Milhaud's orchestral composition "West Point Suite", marking the US Military Academy's sesquicentennial, premieres at Carnegie Hall, NYC
The Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was adopted on 1 January 1952.
Belgian Pholien government resigns
Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
Jean Anouilh's play "La valse des toréadors" (The Waltz of the Toreadors) premieres at the Comédie des Champs-Elysées in Paris
Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.
University of Tennessee admits its 1st black student, Gene Mitchell Gray, as a graduate student in chemistry
New Dutch bible translation finished
US Standard Board clears Stan Musial to get an $85,000 salary
The 1952 NFL draft was held on January 17, 1952, at Hotel Statler in New York. Selections made by New York Yanks were assigned to the new Dallas Texans. This was the sixth year that the first overall...
The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League (NFL) for one season in 1952.
British army occupies Ismailiya, Suez Canal Zone
The NBA's first superstar George Mikan scores a career high 61 points leading the Minneapolis Lakers to a 91-81 double-overtime victory over the Rochester Royals
Port Martin, or Port-Martin, is an abandoned French research base at Cape Margerie on the coast of Adélie Land, Antarctica, as well as the name of the adjacent anchorage.
At least 20 people have been killed and 100s injured during riots in Cairo against the British
American mathematician D.H. Lehmer and computer programmer R. M. Robinson verify 2^521-1 and 2^607-1 as Mersenne-prime numbers, using U.S. National Bureau of Standards Western Automatic Computer (SWAC) at the Institute for Numerical Analysis at the University of California, Los Angeles
Detroit Tigers Harry Heilmann & Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
The RCA Victor Show is a 1950s American television program broadcast on NBC that eventually became The Dennis Day Show. It began on November 23, 1951, and ended on August 2, 1954.
Giant slalom event for women debuts at the Winter Olympics at Oslo Games; American skier Andrea Mead-Lawrence wins gold ahead of Dagmar Rom of Austria and German Annemarie Buchner
Giant slalom event for men debuts at the Winter Olympics at Oslo Games; Stein Erikson of Norway wins gold ahead of Austrians Christian Pravda and Toni Spiß
Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
Montreal Canadiens center Elmer Lach picks up his 354th career assist in a 3-2 loss at the NY Rangers to become NHL's all-time assists leader; passes Bill Cowley's mark
The Bengali language movement was a political movement in East Bengal in 1952, advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as a co-lingua franca of the Dominion of Pakistan.
German husband and wife team Ria and Paul Falk win the mixed pairs gold medal at the Oslo Winter Olympics; defeat American siblings, Karol and Peter Kennedy
Following his Nordic combined gold medal in St. Moritz (1948), Heikki Hasu takes his 2nd Olympic gold as part of Finland’s 4 x 10k cross country relay team at the Olso Winter Games
Canada wins 6th Olympic ice hockey title courtesy of a final round 3-3 tie with the US at the Oslo Winter Games; Canadian center Billy Gibson top scores with 19 points
The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games (Norwegian: De 6. olympiske vinterleker; Nynorsk: Dei 6.
Netherlands-Indonesian Unity conference
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing.
The Egyptian revolution of 1952, also known as the 1952 coup d'état and the 23 July Revolution, was a period of profound political, economic, and societal change in Egypt.
Puerto Rico (abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a self-governing Caribbean archipelago and island organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States under the...
Antoine Pinay forms French government
Heinz Neuhaus (14 April 1926 – 6 April 1998) was a German boxer who was heavyweight champion of Germany and Europe in the 1950s.
Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean
mm rain in Cilaos, Island of Reunion (world record)
1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)
-22] Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths
Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44
NY Rangers blow 6-2 lead, lose 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Bill Mosienko scores fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds
Apartheid ( ə-PART-(h)yte, especially South African English: ə-PART-(h)ayt, Afrikaans: [aˈpart (ɦ)əit] ; transl. "separateness", lit. 'aparthood') was a system of institutionalised racial segregation...
6th Tony Awards: "The Fourposter" (play) and "The King & I" (musical) win
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th AAU wrestling title
The 1952 steel strike was a strike by the United Steelworkers of America (USWA) against U.S. Steel (USS) and nine other steelmakers.
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
The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
Archaeologist Albert Ruz discovers the tomb of Pakal, the greatest ruler of the Maya city of Palenque
BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
Bowling is a target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a ball toward pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling).
Hasbro, Inc. (a syllabic abbreviation of its original name, Hassenfeld Brothers) is an American multinational toy manufacturing and entertainment holding company founded on December 6, 1923 by Henry,...
First scheduled jet airliner passenger service begins with a British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) Comet from London to Johannesburg, carrying 36 passengers [1]
First airplane lands at the geographic North Pole
"Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (also known as "Vitameatavegamin") episode of "I Love Lucy" premieres, garnering 68% of US television viewers
Charlton Playground named in Bronx
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers, St.
Johnny Longden becomes 2nd jockey to ride 4,000 winners
Booklyn Dodgers score 15 runs in their 1st inning to beat Cincinnati Reds 19-1
European Defense Community forms
Memphis Kiddie Park opens in Brooklyn, Ohio; the park's Little Dipper roller coaster would become the oldest operating steel roller coaster in North America.
2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
Charlie Grimm succeeds Tommy Holmes as manager of Boston Braves
,000 metalworkers go on strike in US
Romanian communist leader Petru Groza chosen as President of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly
Chicago White Sox outfielder Sam Mele is only 6th MLB player to record 6 RBI's in an inning (4th) during a 15-4 win over the A's in Philadelphia
USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
Soviet fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Dakota DC-3 reconnaissance plane east of Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea, kills entire crew of 8
Soviet Fighters shoots down Swedish Air Force Catalina as it participates in search for missing Dakota DC-3, crew survives
2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
I've Got a Secret is an American panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television.
US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
Dutch General Election: social democratic party wins elections 30% to help form a four-party coalition
USS Oriskany becomes 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn
The Guiding Light (known since 1975 as Guiding Light) is an American television soap opera. Between 1952 and 1956, it was the only soap opera to play on both radio and television.
English architect Michael Ventris says he has solved one of the 20th century's greatest linguistic riddles, by deciphering Linear B in BBC interview. Is an ancient form of Greek on clay tablets from Minoan palace of Knossos. [1]
Netherlands' Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
American ocean liner SS United States departs New York Harbor on her maiden crossing of Atlantic Ocean; completes voyage in record time of 82 hours 40 minutes [1]
Canadian Currency, Mint and Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
Last tram ride in London
On her maiden voyage, American ocean liner SS United States crosses Atlantic Ocean in record time of 82 hours 40 minutes, arrives at Bishop Rock off Cornwall, England; she continues to hold the coveted maritime Blue Riband [1]
American ocean liner SS United States crosses Atlantic Ocean, returning to New York in a westward record time of 84 hours and 12 minutes [1]
First transatlantic helicopter flight begins
KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, Colorado (IND) begins broadcasting
Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team.
Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
The history of Poland from 1945 to 1989 spans the period of Marxist–Leninist regime in Poland after the end of World War II.
The Republic of Egypt was a state created in 1953 under the rule of Mohammed Naguib following the Egyptian revolution of 1952 in which the Kingdom of Egypt's Muhammad Ali dynasty came to an end.
°F (44°C) recorded in Louisville, Georgia (state record)
The government of Puerto Rico encompasses the local administrative structure of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the U.S.
Swedish race walker John Mikaelsson wins back-to-back gold medals in the 10,ooo m event at the Helsinki Olympics, having won the corresponding race in London in 1948
First non-stop transpacific flight by a jet
General strike against overtime conscription in Belgium
Parliament of Jordan forces King Talal bin Abdullah (43) to abdicate due to concerns about his mental health; Hussein bin Talal (16) is proclaimed as new King of Jordan
Blues singer Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton records the song "Hound Dog," written a day earlier especially for her by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller at Radio Recorders Studio in Los Angeles, California
19th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Los Angeles 10, All-Stars 7 (88,316 attendees)
The word "fallout," referring to radioactive particles carried into the atmosphere after a nuclear explosion, is first used in The New York Times
The penal colony of Cayenne (French: Bagne de Cayenne), commonly known as Devil's Island (Île du Diable), was a French penal colony that operated for 100 years, from 1852 to 1952, and officially...
Arab League security pact goes into effect
Virgil Oliver "Fire" Trucks (April 26, 1917 – March 23, 2013) was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers, St.
Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
The Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Luxemburger Abkommen, "Luxembourg Agreement", or Wiedergutmachungsabkommen, "Wiedergutmachung Agreement"; Hebrew:...
New York premiere of history-based film "The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima"
Sutro Baths, San Francisco purchased by George Whitney
Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
General Carlos Ibáñez is elected president of Chile
Canadian TV begins in Montreal
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the two legislative bodies of the European Union (EU) and one of its seven institutions.
Adolfo Tomás Ruiz Cortines was a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 1952 to 1958.
UN turns over Eritrea to Ethiopia
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is an American federal observance that recognizes the adoption of the United States Constitution and those who have become U.S. citizens.
KPTV (channel 12) is a television station in Portland, Oregon, United States, affiliated with the Fox network.
MLB Boston Braves play what turns out to be their last home game at Braves Field in Boston, losing to the Brooklyn Dodgers 8–2 before crowd of 8,822; team relocates to Milwaukee before start of next season
Harold Newhouser (May 20, 1921 – November 10, 1998), nicknamed "Prince Hal" and "Hurricane Hal," was an American professional baseball player.
Yankees clinch fourth consecutive and 19th American League pennant, beating Athletics 5-2
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Stan Musial makes his only Major League pitching appearance, throwing one pitch to Chicago Cubs' Frank Baumholtz
"Lights Out" last airs on NBC-TV
UHF television broadcasting is the use of ultra high frequency (UHF) radio for over-the-air transmission of television signals.
First British nuclear test during Operation Hurricane at Monte Bello Island, Australia, UK becomes the world's third nuclear power
19th Congress of the Communist Party meets in Moscow
people are killed in Britain's worst peacetime rail crash at Harrow and Wealdstone, northwest of London
The headquarters of the United Nations (UN) is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City.
KUSA (channel 9) is a television station in Denver, Colorado, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Tegna Inc. alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KTVD (channel 20).
Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo" premieres in New York City
The India–Pakistan cricket rivalry is one of the most intense sports rivalries in the world.
Mad (stylized in all caps) is an American humor magazine which was launched in 1952 and currently published by DC Comics, a unit of the DC Entertainment subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
Alain Bombard departs from the Canary Islands on his solitary journey across the Atlantic Ocean with almost no provisions and only a sextant for navigation to test his theory that a shipwrecked person can survive
The Mau Mau rebellion (1952–1960), also known as the Mau Mau uprising or Kenya Emergency, was an armed conflict in the British Colony of Kenya between the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA) and the...
The West New Guinea dispute (1950–1962), also known as the West Irian dispute, was a diplomatic and political conflict between the Netherlands and Indonesia over the territory of Dutch New Guinea.
Arab Liberation Movement becomes the only political party in Syria
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by the Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet.
The first thermonuclear bomb is detonated at Marshall Islands
Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America
Dmitri Shostakovich's cantata "About our Fatherland" premieres
Robert Clayton Shantz is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher.
KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
The UK singles chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales,...
Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
Scandinavian Airlines opens a commercial route from Canada to Europe
Henry John “Hank” Sauer (March 17, 1917 – August 24, 2001) was an American professional baseball player, coach and scout.
The Educational Television and Radio Center (ETRC), a precursor to PBS funded by a grant from the Ford Foundation's Fund for Adult Education, is founded in Washington, D.C.
Harry Gladwin Byrd (February 3, 1925 – May 14, 1985) was an American Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore...
William George Meany (August 16, 1894 – January 10, 1980) was an American labor union administrator for 57 years.
The first 3D feature film "Bwana Devil," directed by Arch Oboler, premieres in Los Angeles, advertised as "The Miracle of the Age!!! A LION in your lap! A LOVER in your arms!"
KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
KGMB (channel 5) is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of CBS.
18th Heisman Trophy Award: Billy Vessels, Oklahoma (HB)
First TV broadcast in Hawaii
Walter P. Reuther chosen chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the US
Great Smog of London (England): Killer fog creeps in, as still winds and cold temperatures cause pollution fueled by coal smoke to stagnate; lasting 4 days, over 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions [1] [2]
Czech government tells Israeli ambassador that he is persona non grata
KKTV TV channel 11 in Colorado Spgs-Pueblo, CO (CBS) 1st broadcast
First TV acknowledgment of a pregnancy in the "I Love Lucy" episode "Lucy is Enceinte," which incorporates Lucy's real-life pregnancy into the storyline
Great Smog of London (England): Wind resumes, lifting city's worst smog after 4 days; over 8,000 deaths attributed to conditions; clean air legislation enacted in its wake [1] [2]
Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
NFL Dallas Texans (former NY Yanks) play final game, losing 41-6 to the Lions in Detroit; finish with record of 1-11
The Pakistan national cricket team toured India in the 1952–53 season, playing five Tests.
Christine Jorgenson is the first known American to undergo a sex-change operation
Ellis W. Ryan resigns as Cleveland Indians president
KHQ TV channel 6 in Spokane, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
The Broadway Tunnel (officially the Robert C. Levy Tunnel) is a roadway tunnel in San Francisco, California.
French government of Pinay, resigns
Alain Bombard arrives in Barbados after 65 days at sea proving his theory that a shipwrecked person could survive with almost no provisions, despite having lost 25 kg (65 lbs) in weight
1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US
Danny Nardico stops former world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta in 7 rounds in a light heavyweight non-title bout in Coral Gables, Florida; LaMotta is knocked down for the only time in his career, his corner stopping fight after the round
Ben Crenshaw is born
Chesley Sullenberger, American pilot and diplomat, known for american pilot and diplomat, was born on 1952-01-23.
Park Geun-hye is born
Gordon Brown is born
Douglas Adams, English writer and humorist, known for english writer and humorist, was born on 1952-03-11.
Kurt Russell, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-03-17. Kurt Vogel Russell is an American actor.
Pat Bradley is born
Steven Seagal, American actor, martial artist, and filmmaker, known for american actor, martial artist, and filmmaker, was born on 1952-04-10.
Joy Harjo, American musician, known for american poet laureate, was born on 1952-05-09. Joy Harjo is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author.
Anatoly Karpov, Russian athlete, known for russian chess grandmaster, was born on 1952-05-23.
Suze Orman, American financial advisor, known for american financial advisor, was born on 1952-06-05. Susan Lynn "Suze" Orman is an American financial advisor, author, and podcast host.
Mike Weaver is born
Roberto Durán, Panamanian athlete, known for panamanian boxer, was born on 1952-06-16. Roberto Carlos Durán Samaniego is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001.
Nils Lofgren, American musician, known for american rock musician, was born on 1952-06-21. Nils Hilmer Lofgren is an American rock musician, recording artist, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist.
Richard Hadlee, New Zealand athlete, known for new zealand cricketer, was born on 1952-07-03. Sir Richard John Hadlee is a New Zealand former cricketer.
Geoffrey Rush, Australian actor, known for australian actor, was born on 1952-07-06. Geoffrey Roy Rush is an Australian actor.
Anjelica Huston, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1952-07-08. Anjelica Huston ( HEW-stən; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director and model.
Evonne Goolagong Cawley is born
Marcel Dionne, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1952-08-03. Marcel Elphège Dionne is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre.
Juan Manuel Santos is born
Patrick Swayze, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-08-18. Patrick Wayne Swayze (August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer.
Paul Reubens, American actor and comedian, known for american actor and comedian, was born on 1952-08-27.
Michael Keaton, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-09-05. Michael John Douglas, known professionally as Michael Keaton, is an American actor.
Chrissie Hynde, American musician, known for american musician, was born on 1952-09-07. Christine Ellen Hynde is an American-British singer, songwriter and musician.
Mark Hamill, American actor, known for american actor, was born on 1952-09-25. Mark Richard Hamill is an American actor.
Michelle Bachelet is born
Sting, English musician, known for british musician, was born on 1952-10-02. Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, known as Sting, is an English musician and actor.
Dave Winfield, American athlete, known for american baseball player, was born on 1952-10-03. David Mark Winfield is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) right fielder.
Bob Geldof, Irish musician, known for irish singer-songwriter and political activist, was born on 1952-10-05. Robert Frederick Zenon Geldof is an Irish singer-songwriter and political activist.
John Mellencamp singer-songwriter, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1952-10-07. John J.
Sally Little is born
Roscoe Tanner, American athlete, known for american tennis player, was born on 1952-10-15. Leonard Roscoe Tanner is an American former professional tennis player.
Randy Savage, American professional wrestler, known for american professional wrestler, was born on 1952-11-15.
Kathryn Bigelow, American film director, known for american film director, was born on 1952-11-27. Kathryn Ann Bigelow is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
Christopher Reeve, American actor and activist, known for american actor and activist, was born on 1952-09-25.
Fuzzy Zoeller professional golfer, known for american professional golfer, was born on 1952-11-11. Frank Urban "Fuzzy" Zoeller Jr.
George VI dies
D. S. Senanayake dies
Maria Montessori, Italian physician and educator, known for italian physician and educator, died on 1952-05-06.
Chaim Weizmann, Israeli statesman and british chemist, known for israeli statesman and british chemist, died on 1952-11-09.