Mar 20 Indonesian army offensive against Darul Islam on Java

Mar 14 Earthquake at Euskirchen, Germany

Mar 14 During Korean War, US/UN forces recapture Seoul

Mar 13 Israel demands DM 6.2 billion compensation from Germany

Mar 31 US tanks exceed 38º of latitude in Korea

Mar 07 International Olympic committee allows Russia to participate in 1952 Olympics

Mar 08 International Table Tennis Federation bans Egypt (for refusing to play Israel)

Mar 02 National Defence publish first Canadian casualty list from Korea; six soldiers killed

Mar 26 USAF flag approved

Mar 17 Government of Drees takes power

Mar 07 Ezzard Charles wins 15-round heavyweight decision against Jersey Joe Walcott

Mar 07 Pulitzer prize awarded to Conrad Richter (The Town)

Mar 10 FBI director J Edgar Hoover declines post of baseball commissioner

Mar 15 In Teheran, Iran Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company; founded by Lord Strathcona and first developed by Canadian drillers.

Mar 06 Belgium extends conscription to 24 months

Mar 19 Herman Wouk's "Caine Mutiny", published

Mar 23 Wages in France increase 11%

Mar 13 2nd Dutch government of Drees forms

Mar 29 23rd Academy Awards "All About Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday win

Mar 29 "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances

Mar 27 Frank Sinatra recorded "I'm a Fool to Want You"

Mar 21 2,900,000 US soldiers in Korea

Mar 15 Persia nationalizes Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

Mar 12 Communist troops driven out of Seoul

Mar 29 Julius & Ethel Rosenberg convicted of espionage

Mar 29 23rd Academy Awards: "All About Eve", Jose Ferrer & Judy Holliday win

Aug 06 Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria

Aug 26 Canadian railways adopt the Uniform Code of Operating Rules for train operation purposes.

Aug 07 Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket reaches 1,992 kph

Aug 17 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica

Sep 02 Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea

Sep 11 Florence Chadwick becomes first woman to swim the English Channel from England to France. It takes 16 hours,19 minutes

Sep 01 US, Australia &New Zealand sign ANZUS treaty

Sep 16 Betsy Rawls wins the US Women's Open Golf title

Sep 03 The soap opera Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS-TV.

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