Page 2: Historical Events In 1952

Jan 24   Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base   

Jan 24   Vincent Massey 1887-1967 sworn in as Governor General; inaugural Canadian-born; serves from February 28, 1952 to September 15, 1959   

Jan 25   Sveinn Bjornsson, Danish 1st pres of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70.   

Jan 25   Test debut of Richie Benaud, v West Indies at the SCG   

Jan 25   Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs West Indies at the SCG.   

Jan 26   Louis van Deyssel, Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87.   

Jan 31   Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries   

Jan 31   Dutch Lutheran Church reunites after 1½ centuries   

Feb 01   General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.   

Feb 01   The United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) is formed   

Feb 02   Charles De Roche, actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72   

Feb 04   1st black executive of a major TV station (Jackie Robinson-WNBC NY)   

Feb 05   Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies.   

Feb 06   Britain's King George VI dies and is succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II   

Feb 06   George VI, King of Britain (1936-52), dies at 56.   

Feb 06   In this year, England formally adopts in place of King George VI stamp series with Queen Elizabeth II   

Feb 08   "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV   

Feb 09   Norman Douglas, essayist/novelist, dies.   

Feb 13   Alfred Einstein, German/US musicologist, dies at 71   

Feb 13   Rocky Marciano defeated Lee Savold for his 39th straight win   

Feb 14   6th Olympic winter games open at Oslo, Norway.   

Feb 14   6th Winter Olympics games opens in Oslo, Norway.   

Feb 15   King George VI is buried in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle.   

Feb 16   Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, 77, retires; Pirates retire his #33   

Feb 16   Ian Craig makes New South Wales cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (New South Wales record)   

Feb 16   Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun, Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920), dies.   

Feb 18   4th Emmy Awards Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca win   

Feb 18   4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca claims   

Feb 19   French offensive at Hanoi.   

Feb 19   Knut Hamsun, writer, dies at 92   

Feb 20   "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in New York NY.   

Feb 20   "African Queen" opens at Capitol Theater in NYC.   

Feb 21   Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement)   

Feb 21   Dick Button performs inaugural figure skating triple jump in competition   

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Jan 02   Ricky van shelton: Grit va, country singer (wild-eyed dream)   

Jan 02   Wendy phillips: Bkln ny, actress (executive suite, promised land)   

Jan 02   Graeme strachan: Australian rock singer (skyhooks)   

Jan 03   Jim ross: American wrestling announcer   

Jan 07   Giuliano ferrara: Giuliano ferrara   

Jan 08   Lauri walters: Sf calif, actress (8 is enough, harrad experiment)   

Jan 08   Norm jarvis: Prince albert sask, golfer (1984 chilliwack)   

Jan 08   Vladimir feltsman: Russian-american pianist   

Jan 04   Constantly permeke: Flemish painter (boerin),    

Jan 05   Nawab of pataudi: Cricket (play polo 3 tests for eng 3 for ind),    

Jan 08   Antonia maury: Discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars),   

Jan 11   Jean jm de lattre de tassigny: Gen (n-africa/indo-china),    

Jan 14   Artur kapp: Estonian composer (b. 1878)   

Jan 15   Ned hanlon: Premier of queensland (b. 1887)   

Jan 17   Walter o "spike" briggs: Owner (det tigers),    

Jan 18   Curly howard: American actor and comedian (b. 1903)