WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1952
Find out what all happened January to November 1952

A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, United Kingdom, killing 34 people. (15. August 1952)

Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech". (23. September 1952)

The European Coal and Steel Community is established. (23. July 1952)

The Battle of Nanri Island takes place. (11. April 1952)

The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority. (29. February 1952)

A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board. (6. September 1952)

Korean War: United Nations and South Korean forces launch Operation Showdown against Chinese strongholds at the Iron Triangle. The resulting Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952. (14. October 1952)

United Nations gives Eritrea to Ethiopia. (15. September 1952)

Elizabeth II becomes queen regnant of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya. (6. February 1952)

The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power. (3. October 1952)

The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines. (21. June 1952)

The keel is laid for the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus. (14. June 1952)

NBC's long-running morning news program Today debuts, with host Dave Garroway. (14. January 1952)

Hugo Ballivián's government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of agrarian reform, universal suffrage and the nationalisation of tin mines (9. April 1952)

Slánský trials – a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia. (20. November 1952)

Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends as American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle". (25. November 1952)

The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published. (1. September 1952)

Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated. (21. April 1952)

The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England. (19. September 1952)

Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president". (10. March 1952)