1952

Centuries: Year in Review 20th Century (19th century - 20th century - 21st century)

Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s - 1950s - 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 - 1952 - 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

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Births

• March 11 - Douglas Adams, science-fiction author
• May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, is born Laurence Tureaud, in Chicago

Deaths

Events

• April 29 - Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty comes into force.
• The Summer Olympic Games are held in Helsinki.
• Eisenhower is elected president of the United States.
• Queen Elizabeth II comes to the throne in the United Kingdom.
• The first hydrogen bomb is exploded.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Felix Bloch, - Edward Mills Purcell
• Chemistry - Archer John Porter Martin, Richard Laurence Millington Synge
• Medicine - Selman Abraham Waksman
• Literature - François Mauriac
• Peace - Albert Schweitzer