1952

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From top to bottom, left to right: the death of George VI occurs and Elizabeth II becomes queen of the United Kingdom; the Ivy Mike nuclear test succeeds at Enewetak Atoll; the 1952 Summer Olympics are held in Helsinki, Finland; the 1952 Egyptian Revolution establishes a republic; the Reparations Agreement between Israel and the Federal Republic of Germany is signed; the Great Smog of London causes widespread illness; the Catalina affair heightens Cold War tensions; the Bolivian National Revolution brings major reforms; and the 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake kills thousands in Sakhalin.
1952 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 1952
MCMLII
Ab urbe condita 2705
Armenian calendar 1401
ԹՎ ՌՆԱ
Assyrian calendar 6702
Baháʼí calendar 108–109
Balinese saka calendar 1873–1874
Bengali calendar 1358–1359
Berber calendar 2902
British Regnal year 16  Geo. 6   1  Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar 2496
Burmese calendar 1314
Byzantine calendar 7460–7461
Chinese calendar 辛卯年 (Metal  Rabbit)
4649 or 4442
     to 
壬辰年 (Water  Dragon)
4650 or 4443
Coptic calendar 1668–1669
Discordian calendar 3118
Ethiopian calendar 1944–1945
Hebrew calendar 5712–5713
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 2008–2009
 - Shaka Samvat 1873–1874
 - Kali Yuga 5052–5053
Holocene calendar 11952
Igbo calendar 952–953
Iranian calendar 1330–1331
Islamic calendar 1371–1372
Japanese calendar Shōwa 27
(昭和27年)
Javanese calendar 1883–1884
Juche calendar 41
Julian calendar Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar 4285
Minguo calendar ROC 41
民國41年
Nanakshahi calendar 484
Thai solar calendar 2495
Tibetan calendar ལྕགས་མོ་ཡོས་ལོ་
(female Iron-Hare)
2078 or 1697 or 925
     to 
ཆུ་ཕོ་འབྲུག་ལོ་
(male Water-Dragon)
2079 or 1698 or 926

1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.

Contents

Events

January–February

March–April

May–June

July–August

September–October

November–December

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The explosion of the first hydrogen bomb.

Date unknown

Births

Births
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January

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Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Esperanza Aguirre Esperanza Aguirre 32 (3941742274) (cropped).jpg
Esperanza Aguirre
Sammo Hung SammoHung.jpg
Sammo Hung
Marek Belka Marek Belka NBP.jpg
Marek Belka
Asma Jahangir Asma Jahangir (33308430296).jpg
Asma Jahangir
Moein (singer) Moein Live in Toronto 2023.jpg
Moein (singer)

February

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Park Geun Hye
Jenny Shipley Jenny Shipley 2013 (crop).jpg
Jenny Shipley
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Lee Hsien Loong
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Sushma Swaraj
Tomislav Nikolic Tomislav Nikolic, official portrait.jpg
Tomislav Nikolić

March

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Harvey Weinstein

April

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Annette O'Toole
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Rosemarie Ackermann
Steven Seagal Steven Seagal at Russia Expo.jpg
Steven Seagal
Jean-Paul Gaultier Jean-Paul Gaultier.jpg
Jean-Paul Gaultier

May

David Byrne David Byrne San Diego.jpg
David Byrne
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Mr. T
Anne-Marie David Anne-Marie David 2015 1094.jpg
Anne-Marie David

June

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Bronisław Komorowski
Liam Neeson Liam Neeson Deauville 2012 2.jpg
Liam Neeson
George Papandreou Papandreou handover cropped.jpg
George Papandreou
John Goodman John Goodman by Gage Skidmore.jpg
John Goodman

July

Dan Aykroyd Dan Aykroyd cropped.jpg
Dan Aykroyd
Alvaro Uribe Alvaro Uribe (cropped).jpg
Álvaro Uribe
Ahmed Nazif Ahmed Nazif IGF.JPG
Ahmed Nazif
Liz Mitchell Liz Mitchell 20090619-DSCF5457.jpg
Liz Mitchell
David Hasselhoff Hoff 3.jpg
David Hasselhoff

August

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Moya Brennan
Zoran Dindic Zoran Djindjic Cropped.jpg
Zoran Đinđić
Hun Sen Hun Sen (2018) cropped (2).jpg
Hun Sen
Patrick Swayze Patrick Swayze 2006.jpg
Patrick Swayze
Joe Strummer 11scenestrummer09.jpg
Joe Strummer
Michael Jeter Michael Jeter at the 44th Emmy Awards cropped.jpg
Michael Jeter
Paul Reubens Paul Reubens by Gage Skidmore.jpg
Paul Reubens

September

Rishi Kapoor Rishi Kapoor headshot.jpg
Rishi Kapoor
Neil Peart NeilPeart (cropped).JPG
Neil Peart
Nile Rodgers Nile rodgers-1547297980.jpg
Nile Rodgers
Manuel Zelaya Zelaya en Brasil Agosto 2009.jpg
Manuel Zelaya
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Christopher Reeve

October

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Imran Khan
Vladimir Putin Vladimir Putin (2017-07-08).jpg
Vladimir Putin
Veronica Castro Veronica Castro en compania en la 4a Entrega del Premio Iberoamericano de Cine (cropped).jpg
Verónica Castro
Jeff Goldblum Jeff Goldblum by Gage Skidmore 3.jpg
Jeff Goldblum
Roberto Benigni Roberto Benigni-5274.jpg
Roberto Benigni

November

Roseanne Barr Roseanne Barr Utah Pride Festival 2011.jpg
Roseanne Barr
Randy Savage WWF Champion Randy Savage running.jpg
Randy Savage

December

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Michael Dorn
Allan Simonsen Allan Simonsen 20121027.JPG
Allan Simonsen

Deaths

January

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Curly Howard
Sveinn Bjornsson Sveinn Bjornsson.jpg
Sveinn Björnsson

February

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King George VI
Knut Hamsun Hamsun bldsa HA0341.jpg
Knut Hamsun

March

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Charles Scott Sherrington
Alexandra Kollontai Aleksandra Kollontai.jpg
Alexandra Kollontai

April

Ferenc Molnar Ferenc Molnar 1941.jpg
Ferenc Molnár

May

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Maria Montessori

June

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John Dewey
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Felix Calonder

July

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Eva Perón

August

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Hiranuma Kiichirō

September

Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg Kaarlo Juho Stahlberg.jpg
Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg

October

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Hattie McDaniel
Billy Hughes Billy Hughes 1919.jpg
Billy Hughes

November

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Harold Innis
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Chaim Weizmann

December

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Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
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Karen Horney

Nobel Prizes

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