Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo’s central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
Tag: 1952
1 November 1952
Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll.
15 April 1952
First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress’]
11 August 1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan’]
28 April 1952
The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War…
19 September 1952
The United States prevents Charlie Chaplin from entering the country after a trip to England. September 1952 marked Charlie Chaplin’s first visit to England in…
3 May 1952
The CBS network televises the Kentucky Derby for the first time. Thoroughbred Racing on CBS is the de facto title for a series of horse…