1952 in History (Part 3)

Events in History

Events 201 - 231 of 231

Nov 20 Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.

Nov 21 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
Nov 22 As' Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year
Nov 25 George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
Nov 26 1st 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!"

Nov 29 US President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war

Dec 1 The New York Daily News reports the first successful sexual reassignment operation
Dec 3 Marcos Perez Jiménez elected president of Venezuela
Dec 4 Killer fogs begin in London, England; the term "Smog" is coined
Dec 4 Walter P. Reuther chosen chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the US
Dec 5 -8] worst smog in London ever, 4-8,000 die

Dec 6 Czech government tells Israeli ambassador that he is persona non grata
Dec 8 1st TV acknowledgement of pregnancy (I Love Lucy)
Dec 8 French troops shoot on demonstrators at Casablanca, 50 die
Dec 8 Isaak Ben-Zwi elected president of Israel
Dec 10 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
Dec 13 NFL Dallas Texans (former Boston Yanks) play last game, losing to the Lions in Detroit, finish with record of 1-11
Dec 14 UN Troops kill 82 North Korean POWs during a prison camp riot in Pongam-do, South Korea
Dec 15 Christine Jorgenson is the first known American to undergo a sex-change operation

Dec 15 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Orientales Ecclesias

Dec 19 Queen Juliana unveals statue "Docker"
Dec 21 Broadway Tunnel opens in San Francisco
Dec 22 French government of Pinay, resigns
Dec 23 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
Dec 29 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
Dec 30 Tuskegee Inst reports 1952 as 1st yr in 71 with no lynchings in US

Birthdays 201 - 220 of 220

Nov 17 Cyril Ramaphosa, South African activist and politician, President of South Africa (2018-), born in Soweto, South Africa
Nov 18 Peter Beattie, Australian politician
Nov 20 John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player, born in Petrolia, Ontario
Nov 25 John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
Nov 27 James D. Wetherbee, American Naval officer and astronaut (STS 32, 52, 63, 86), born in Flushing, New York
Nov 27 Sheila Copps, Canadian politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (1993-97), born in Hamilton, Ontario
Nov 30 Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist
Dec 2 Carol Shea-Porter, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire), born in NYC, New York
Dec 3 Benny Hinn, American televangelist
Dec 4 Ronald M. Sega, American professor of systems engineering and astronaut (STS 60, 76), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 6 Craig Newmark, American entrepreneur and founder of the website Craigslist, born in Morristown, New Jersey
Dec 7 Susan Collins, American politician (U.S. Senator from Maine), born in Caribou, Maine
Dec 8 Khaw Boon Wan, Singapore Health Minister
Dec 12 Herb Dhaliwal, Canadian politician, born in Chiheru, Punjab, India
Dec 15 Julie Taymor, American director
Dec 17 Hans Alders, Dutch minister of environment (PvdA)
Dec 23 William Kristol, American political commentator, born in NYC, New York
Dec 27 Jay Hill, Canadian politician
Dec 28 Arun Jaitley, Indian Politician
Dec 30 Larry Bartlett, photographic printer