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The Headlines and Key Facts of 1952 On the National Scene 1952 Agatha Christie publishes They Do It with Mirrors They Do It With Mirrors is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the... Read more 1952 Ford Mainline is First Produced The Ford Mainline was a car available from 1952 to 1956. It was the base model below the Customline and the Fairlane. There were two major versions... Read more 1952 Ford Crestline is First Produced The Ford line of cars was again refreshed for 1952, although remaining similar to the all- new 1949 Fords. This time, curved one-piece windshield... Read more 1952 Ford Country Sedan is First Produced The Ford Country Sedan was a full-size station wagon built by the Ford Motor Company from 1952 until 1974. It was based on the Ford full-size car... Read more 1952 The Mau Mau Uprising Begins By 1950, mounting frustration over land distribution and political inequality in Kenya had led to the formation of the Mau Mau movement of civil... Read more 1952 The American Cancer Society Founds "Reach to Recovery" to Promote Breast Cancer Treatment and Advocacy Although doctors have been fighting breast cancer for centuries, it was not until the 20th century that movements to increase breast cancer... Read more 1952 Coretta Scott Meets Martin Luther King Jr. I always believed that there was a purpose for my life, and that I had to seek that purpose, and that if I discovered that purpose, then I believed... Read more 1952 OXO, the First Video Game Using a Graphical Display OXO (also known as Noughts and Crosses) is a tic-tac-toe computer game made for the EDSAC computer in 1952. It was written by Alexander S. Douglas... Read more 1952 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader published The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis. Written in 1950, it was published in 1952 as the third book of The... Read more 1952 "Othello" Is Released Othello is a 1952 drama film based on the Shakespearean play, made by Mercury Productions Inc. and Les Films Marceau and distributed by United... Read more 1952 Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo open first black legal firm in South Africa By 1952 Mandela and Tambo had opened the first black legal firm in the country, and Mandela was both Transvaal president of the ANC and deputy... Read more 1952 Malcolm Little changes surname to "X" In 1952, after his release from prison, Little visited Elijah Muhammad in Chicago, Illinois. Then, like many members of the Nation of Islam, he... Read more 1952 Lotus Cars is Founded Lotus Cars is a British manufacturer of sports and racing cars based at Hethel, Norfolk, England. The company designs and builds race and... Read more 1952 Kellogg's Sugar Smacks Introduced Honey Smacks is a sweetened puffed wheat breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's. In a 2008 comparison of the nutritional value of 27 cereals, U.S.... Read more 1952 Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Introduced Frosted Flakes is a cereal first introduced by Kellogg's. consisting of corn flakes "frosted" or coated with sugar. The "Frosted Flakes" name is... Read more 1952 'Invisible Man' is Published Invisible Man is a remarkable first novel that gives 38-year-old Ralph Ellison a claim to being the best of U.S. Negro writers.*It makes him, for... Read more 1952 Ford Ranch Wagon is First Produced The Ford Ranch Wagon was a station wagon built by Ford Motor Company from 1952 to 1977. The Ranch Wagon was a full-size model, except in 1963 and... Read more News Throughout the Year Jan 3 1952 Robert Byrd Elected as a Member of the United States House of Representatives for West Virginia's 6th Congressional District Prior to his time in the Senate, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1952-1958, and also served in the West Virginia... Read more Jan 10 1952 "The Greatest Show On Earth" Is Released The Greatest Show on Earth is a 1952 drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The film was produced, directed, and narrated... Read more Jan 22 1952 American Airlines Flight 6780 Crashes Flight 6780 originated at Buffalo, New York, for Newark, New Jersey, with stops scheduled at Rochester, New York, and Syracuse, New York. The first... Read more Jan 23 1952 "Cry, The Beloved Country" Is Released Cry, the Beloved Country is a 1951 drama film directed by Zoltan Korda. Based on the novel of the same name by Alan Paton, it stars Canada Lee and... Read more Feb 1952 Agatha Christie publishes Mrs McGinty's Dead Poirot, disillusioned by the “senseless cruel brutality” of modern crime, pays no attention to the sad case of Mrs. McGinty, an old woman... Read more Feb 1952 "The Marrying Kind" Is Released The Marrying Kind (1952) is a film directed by George Cukor, starring Aldo Ray and Judy Holliday. Other cast members include John Alexander,... Read more Feb 6 1952 A Local Puerto Rican Constitution Is Approved A local constitution was approved by a Constitutional Convention on February 6, 1952, ratified by the U.S. Congress, approved by President Truman... Read more Feb 14 1952 to Feb 25 1952 VI Olympic Winter Games Held in Oslo, Norway The 1952 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1952 in Oslo,... Read more Feb 20 1952 "The African Queen" Is Released The African Queen is an American 1951 drama film adapted from the 1935 novel by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced... Read more Mar 4 1952 Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis Get Married During her career as an actress, Nancy Davis dated actors in Hollywood; she later called Clark Gable, whom she dated briefly, the nicest of the... Read more Mar 10 1952 Joseph Stalin Drafts The 'Stalin Note' In a 1952 exchange of notes between the Soviet Union and the Western occupation powers, Stalin proposed new negotiations for a peace treaty in... Read more Mar 20 1952 24th Academy Awards The 24th Academy Awards is an event that honored the Greatest Films of 1951. The single film which came out with the largest number of honors... Read more Mar 26 1952 Kansas Beats St. John's in Final Four The 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of... Read more Mar 27 1952 "Singin' In The Rain" Is Released Singin' in the Rain is a 1952 comedy musical film starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds and directed by Kelly and Stanley... Read more Apr 3 1952 to Apr 6 1952 Sam Snead wins the 16th Masters Tournament Battling strong winds the final two days, Sam Snead won his second Masters title, this one by four strokes over Jack Burke. Ben Hogan hosted the... Read more Apr 15 1952 Detroit Red Wings win Stanley Cup The 1952 Stanley Cup Final NHL championship series was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the Montreal Canadiens in the first of the four... Read more Apr 28 1952 Pan Am's Clipper Good Hope Crashes, Killing 50 Flight 202 originated at Buenos Aires, destination New York, with en route stops scheduled at Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Port... Read more May 9 1952 "Forbidden Games" Forbidden Games (French: Jeux interdits), is a 1952 French language film directed by René Clément and based on François Boyer's novel, Jeux... Read more Jun 26 1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men is released Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered... Read more Jun 28 1952 Ronald Reagan Appears as Grover Cleveland Alexander in "The Winning Team" In 1908, in rural Nebraska, telephone linemen Grover Cleveland Alexander is saving to buy a farm, so that he and sweetheart Aimee Arrants can... Read more Jun 28 1952 American Airlines Flight 910 Collides with a Single Engine Temco Swift American Flight 910 took off from San Francisco at 23:05 for a flight to Dallas. At 06:56 the following morning, a Temco Swift airplane (N3858K, cn... Read more Jul 19 1952 to Aug 3 1952 Games of the XV Olympiad Held in Helsinki, Finland The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland in... Read more Jul 21 1952 "The Quiet Man" Is Released The Quiet Man is a 1952 American romantic drama film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen and Barry... Read more Jul 30 1952 Nelson Mandela was arrested and convicted of contravening the Suppression of Communism Act In 1949, the Programme of Action was written by the ANCYL and adopted by the ANC which advocated boycotts, strikes, civil disobedience and... Read more Aug 6 1952 "The Big Sky" Is Released The Big Sky is a 1952 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, based on the novel of the same name. The cast includes Kirk Douglas, Arthur Hunnicutt,... Read more Aug 7 1952 Malcolm X is paroled and released from prison On February 27, Little began serving his sentence at the Massachusetts State Prison in Charlestown.