Historical Events in October 1952

Oct 6 Agatha Christie's play "The Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)

Oct 7 First "Bandstand" broadcast in Philadelphia on WFIL-TV (Dick Clark joins in 1955 as a substitute-host)

Oct 7 Yankees tie their own record of 4 consecutive World Series wins
Oct 8 Chinese offensive in Korea
Oct 8 Harrow and Wealdstone, northwest London, 112 people killed in Britain's worst peace-time rail crash.
Oct 12 Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons
Oct 12 KBTV (now KUSA) TV channel 9 in Denver, CO (ABC) begins broadcasting
Oct 14 UN General Assembly first meets at its new headquarters in New York
Oct 14 "Buttrio Square" opens at New Century Theater NYC for 7 performances
Oct 15 Arthur Laurent's "Time of the Cuckoo" premieres in NYC

Oct 15 "Charlotte's Web" by E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams is published by Harper & Brothers

Oct 16 Pakistan's 1st Test starts, v India at Delhi
Oct 16 Woolworth's at Powell & Market (San Francisco) opens
Oct 18 Date of the first Mad Magazine issue
Oct 18 "Buttrio Square" closes at New Century Theater NYC after 7 performances
Oct 18 Vinoo Mankad takes 13 Pakistan wkts to win 1st India-Pak clash
Oct 18 14th College Football Crab Bowl Classic: Maryland beats Navy 38-7 in College Park
Oct 19 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betty Jameson Golf Tournament
Oct 19 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 could survive
Oct 20 Emergency crisis proclaimed in Kenya
Oct 21 Dutch government refuses New-Guinea (West-Irian)

Oct 23 "Limelight" premieres directed, written, produced and starring Charlie Chaplin and Claire Bloom with appearance by Buster Keaton

Oct 24 Arab Liberation Movement becomes only political party in Syria
Oct 25 First Dutch edition of children's magazine "Donald Duck"
Oct 25 French president inaugurates Donzère-Mondragonstuw Dam
Oct 25 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's 1st Test century 124* v India
Oct 26 Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
Oct 27 "My Darlin' Aida" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 89 performances
Oct 28 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open

Oct 30 Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas