WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO OCTOBER 1952
Find out what all happened May to October 1952

The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed. (22. August 1952)

The women of Greece are given the right to vote. (28. May 1952)

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

The world's first ever jet airliner, the De Havilland Comet 1 makes its maiden flight, from London to Johannesburg. (2. May 1952)

The SS United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS Queen Mary. (3. July 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)

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. (6. September 1952)

General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt. (23. July 1952)

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

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

The U.S. non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico adopts a constitution. (25. July 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 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki, Finland. (19. July 1952)

Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. (13. June 1952)

The concept of the integrated circuit, the basis for all modern computers, is first published by Geoffrey W.A. Dummer. (7. May 1952)

The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world. (7. July 1952)

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

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