March 12, 1952 — Eisenhower announces his candidacy for President of the USA
Eisenhower didn’t originally want to run for President. He’d been repeatedly urged to by Harry Truman over the previous years,...
May 10, 2018
1952
July 1, 1952 — “The Liberace Show” is first broadcast
Liberace was one of the first of a new breed of entertainer in post war America. He saw that television...
May 7, 2018
September 23, 1952 – Rocky Marciano becomes world Heavyweight Champion
Rocky Marciano had been a professional boxer for only a little over four years when he defeated Jersey Joe Walcott...
May 5, 2018
November 1, 1952 — Einsteinium is first created
Einsteinium is a completely artifical element (atomic number 99) with a very short half-life (a about 1 and a third...
May 4, 2018
November 1, 1952 — The first full test of a Hydrogen bomb is made
The bomb was code-named “Ivy Mike”. It was the first test of the Teller-Ulam bomb design, which produced yield estimated...
May 4, 2018
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