Sep 23 Rocky Marciano KOs heavyweight champ Jersey Joe Walcott in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

Sep 25 The birth of Christopher Reeve, US actor; 'Superman' in the recent films

Sep 11 West German Chancellor Adenauer signs a reparation pact for Jews

Sep 08 Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published

Sep 06 The first regular Canadian television broadcasts begin in Montreal.

Jun 21 Wilfred 'Wop' May pilot, World War I air ace, died on this day.. May was being pursued by German ace Manfred von Richthofen when the Red Baron was shot down.

Jun 29 First aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany

Jun 12 In British Columbia. W. A. C. Bennett 1900-1979 invited to form a Social Credit minority government after BC provincial election; start of 20 years of power for the Socreds.

Jun 16 Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.

Jun 19 1 RAR in action in Jamestown Line, Korea

Jun 14 Keel laid for first nuclear powered sub the Nautilus

Jun 01 East Germany closes its links with West

Jun 30 "The Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV

Jun 19 "I've Got A Secret" debuted on CBS with Garry Moore as host

Jun 05 Jersey Joe Walcott beats Ezzard Charles for heavyweight boxing title

Jun 16 Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl is published in the United States.

Jun 18 The birth of Isabella Rosselini, Italian born film actress

Dec 02 The First human birth televised to public (Denver, CO)

Dec 03 First TV broadcast in Hawaii

Dec 16 Lord Mountbatten appointed as chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean

Dec 04 Killer fogs begin in London England. "Smog" becomes a word

Dec 10 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel

Dec 30 Tuskegee Institute reports 1952 as first yr in 71 with no lynchings in US

Dec 22 The Canadian government announces plans to build the National Library of Canada in Ottawa

Dec 29 First transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)

Aug 11 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan

Aug 28 First guided missile launched from ship during Korean Conflict

Aug 22 CBC tele-cine projectionist inserts a slide upside down; Canada's first known TV gaffe.

Aug 15 9" of rain fall creates a 20' wave in Lynmouth, England killing 34

Aug 26 Fluoridation of SF water begins

Aug 03 15th Olympic games close in Helsinki Finland

Oct 31 US detonate first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific

Oct 01 The first ultra high frequency (UHF) television station, Portland Or

Oct 03 First video recording on magnetic tape, LA, Ca

Oct 05 After an 11-year run on ABC radio, Inner Sanctum, the legendary mystery series, was heard for the final time. We’ ll never know if they oiled that squeaky door...

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