1952 in the United States

Events from the year 1952 in the United States of America.

1952
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:

Incumbents

Federal government

Events

January

  • January 14 – The Today Show premieres on NBC, becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.

February

  • February 2 – Groundhog Day tropical storm forms just north of Cuba, moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern Florida the next day as a gale-force storm and transitions to a tropical storm over the Atlantic (only Atlantic tropical storm on record in February).
  • February 6 – A mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient.
  • February 20 – Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball, by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

November 1: Ivy Mike

October

November

November 4: Eisenhower elected in a landslide

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Date unknown

Deaths

See also

References

  1. Contiguous U.S. Precipitation – October
  2. Winston, Jay S.; ‘The Weather and Circulation of October 1952: The Driest Month on Record in the United States’; Monthly Weather Review; 80(10); pp. 190–194
  3. Zamula, Evelyn (June 1991). "A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients". FDA Consumer. Food and Drug Administration. 25 (5). Archived from the original on January 26, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  4. "The Top 40 Christmas Oldies Songs". Oldies.about.com. 1952-07-15. Archived from the original on 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2011-12-25.
  5. Remembering Meck Co. first Black female prosecutor and superior judge, Shirley Fulton
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  7. Shelby Jordan dead: College football Hall of Famer and NFL star dies at 70
  8. "Brian Gottfried". Retrieved April 17, 2021.
  9. Frank LeMaster, Former Eagles Pro Bowl LB, Dies at 71
  10. The Hamburg Express Magazine
  11. Jim Bolla, winningest coach in Lady Rebels history, dies
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  16. Read the obituary for Phil Saviano, whistleblower in clergy sexual abuse scandal
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  19. Rich Clifford, astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69
  20. "Harry Anderson, magician and star of 'Night Court,' dies at 65". NBC News. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
  21. McKinley, Jesse (2002-01-26). "Ron Taylor, 49, Voice of Blues and a Plant, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
  22. Boston Red Sox broadcaster, ex-player Jerry Remy dies at age 68
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