WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO SEPTEMBER 1952
Find out what all happened May to September 1952

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Strange occurrences, including a monster sighting, take place in Flatwoods, West Virginia. (12. September 1952)

Catalina affair: a Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. (13. June 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 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 U.S. non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico adopts a constitution. (25. 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)

Gaj Singh is crowned Maharaja of Jodhpur. (12. May 1952)

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

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

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

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

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