WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO DECEMBER 1952
Find out what all happened February to December 1952

Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech". (23. September 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 Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people. (8. October 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 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)

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

Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece. (19. 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)

The Night of the Murdered Poets: 13 prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. (12. August 1952)

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

King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad. (26. July 1952)

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

Governor Evelyn Baring declares a state of emergency in Kenya and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising, including Jomo Kenyatta, the future first President of Kenya. (20. October 1952)

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

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

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