Historical Events in April 1952

Apr 6 16th US Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Sam Snead wins his second green jacket by 4 strokes over Jack Burke Jr

Apr 8 US President Harry Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike
Apr 9 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
Apr 11 The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
Apr 12 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government
Apr 15 Franklin National Bank issues 1st bank credit card
Apr 15 Stanley Cup Final, Olympia Stadium, Detroit, MI: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 3-0 for a 4-0 series sweep
Apr 15 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Apr 15 The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress prototype
Apr 16 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
Apr 21 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53
Apr 21 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route)
Apr 21 Secretaries' Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated
Apr 22 1st atomic explosion on network news, Nob, Nevada
Apr 22 Eugene Ionesco's "Les Chaises" premieres in NYC

Apr 23 Bob Cain of Browns & Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter

Apr 23 New York Giant Hoyt Wilhelm wins his 1st game in relief & hits his only HR
Apr 23 Crude oil pipeline from Kirkuk, Iraq to Banias, Syria completed
Apr 25 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat NY Knicks, 4 games to 3
Apr 25 American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter
Apr 25 German state of Bathe-Wurttemberg forms
Apr 26 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
Apr 26 US minesweeper Hobson rams aircraft carrier Wasp, kills 176
Apr 27 "4 Saints in 3 Acts" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
Apr 28 St Louis Browns lend 2 black minor leaguers to Hankyu Braves of Japan
Apr 28 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect

Apr 28 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Commander of NATO