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