WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1952
Find out what all happened January to December 1952

The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War. (28. April 1952)

The Pan-Malayan Labour Party is founded in Malaya, as a union of statewise labour parties. (26. June 1952)

Guatemala passes Decree 900, ordering the redistribution of uncultivated land. (27. June 1952)

The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. (13. May 1952)

Operation Ivy: The United States successfully detonates the first large hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["M" for megaton], in the Eniwetok atoll, located in the Marshall Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. The explosion had a yield of 10 megatons. (1. November 1952)

Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history. (25. November 1952)

The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States. (3. July 1952)

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

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

The Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). (21. February 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)

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

U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike. (8. April 1952)

The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress (15. April 1952)

The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan. (20. March 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)

Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. (13. June 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)

The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free". (21. February 1952)