WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1952
Find out what all happened August to December 1952

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

The United States bars Charlie Chaplin from re-entering the country after a trip to England. (19. September 1952)

The first regular UK Singles Chart published by the New Musical Express. (14. November 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)

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)

Great Smog of 1952: A cold fog descends upon London, combining with air pollution and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow. (5. December 1952)

Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. (11. August 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)

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

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

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

Richard Nixon makes his "Checkers speech". (23. September 1952)

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

A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns in Moses Lake, Washington killing 87. (20. December 1952)

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

Greek Field Marshal Alexander Papagos becomes the 152nd Prime Minister of Greece. (19. November 1952)

The United States government establishes the National Security Agency, or NSA. (4. November 1952)

The New York Daily News reports the news of Christine Jorgensen, the first notable case of sexual reassignment surgery. (1. December 1952)

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