29 events found for 1952
General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the…
King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad.
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
The Night of the Murdered Poets: Thirteen prominent Jewish intellectuals are murdered in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union.
A flash flood devastates the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
American experimental composer John Cage's 4’33” premieres at Maverick Concert Hall, played by American pianist David…
A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on…
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
