1952

Allied military occupation of Japan ends
George VI dies; his daughter becomes Queen Elizabeth II
Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President

Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President
John F. Kennedy elected to Senate
Atomic Energy Commission announces "satisfactory" experiments in hydrogen-weapons research
US Supreme Court bans segregation on interstate railways
1st "Don't Walk" signs in New York City
"Cinerama" introduced
1st "panty raid" on a US college campus
Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea
Ralph Ellison's The Invisible Man
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl published in US
1st automotive air conditioning
"Mr. Potato Head"
1st 3-D movie - "Bwana Devil"
Film - "High Noon"
TV show - "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "Abbott and Costello", "Dragnet", "Kukla, Fran and Ollie", "I've Got a Secret", "Dragnet"
Jimmy Conners and Bill Walton born
Eva Peron and George Santayana die