1952 in Colombia

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See also:	Other events of 1952 Timeline of Colombian history

Events of 1952 in Colombia .

Incumbents

• President:
  • Laureano Gómez Castro (1950–1953).
  • Roberto Urdaneta Arbeláez (Acting; 1950–1953).
• Vice President: N/A. ^{[n 1]}

Events

Ongoing

• La Violencia.

January

• 12–27 January – Vuelta a Colombia 1952 is held, José Beyaert wins.

March

• 30 March – The football club Millonarios defeats Real Madrid 4–2 at Santiago Bernabéu Stadium in Madrid, Spain. ^[1]

July

• 12 July – Ambush of El Turpial

September

• 6 September – Incendios del 6 de septiembre de 1952 en Bogotá

November

• 22 November – Colombia officially recognizes Venezuelan sovereignty over Los Monjes Archipelago. ^[2]

December

• 9 December – The president assembles a National Constituent Assembly to reform the constitution. ^[3]

Uncertain

• The first Conference of the Popular National Liberation Movement (Conferencia del Movimiento Popular de Liberación Nacional) is held in Viotá. ^[4]

Births

• 25 March – Antanas Mockus, mathematician and politician.
• 4 July – Álvaro Uribe, 31st President of Colombia.
• 13 September – Ernesto Díaz, footballer (d. 2002).
• 9 November – Ricardo Cardona, boxer (d. 2015).
• 18 November – León Zuleta, LGBT rights activist, writer, and professor (d. 1993).
• 28 November – Alicia Barney, artist.

Deaths

• 22 November – Antonio María Ferro Bermúdez, poet (b.1875).

Notes

1. The Office of the Vice President was officially abolished by the 1905 National Constituent Assembly on 28 March 1905, and it was only reinstituted after the ratification of the new 1991 Constitution and filled in the following presidential elections in 1994.

References

1. "Un día como hoy Millonarios derrotó a Real Madrid con doblete de Di Stéfano". lafm. 30 March 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
2. Franco, Nicolás Salom (2003). Dos colosos frente al mar (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. p. 164. ISBN   978-958-683-604-3.
3. Tiempo, Redacción El (13 November 1999). "SIGLO XX EN EL TIEMPO. AÑO 1952". El Tiempo (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
4. Guerrilla y población civil: trayectoria de las FARC 1949-2013 [Guerilla and Civilian Population: The Trajectory of the FARC 1949-2013](PDF) (in Spanish) (3rd ed.). Bogotá: National University of Colombia and the National Center for Historic Memory. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 March 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

External links

• Media related to 1952 in Colombia at Wikimedia Commons