WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1952
Find out what all happened January to July 1952

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO. (28. April 1952)

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

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

Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force. (28. April 1952)

The U.S. non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico adopts a constitution. (25. July 1952)

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

Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. (20. February 1952)

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

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

Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio. (21. March 1952)

King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. (26. July 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)

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 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)

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 Bengali Language Movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). (21. February 1952)

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