1952

19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1890s - 1900s - 1910s - 1920s - 1930s - 1940s - 1950s - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - 2000s

1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957

Births

• March 11 - Douglas Adams, science-fiction author
• May 21 - Mr. T, American actor, is born Laurence Tureaud, in Chicago

Deaths

Events

• April 29 - Australia, New Zealand, United States security treaty comes into force.
• The Summer Olympic Games are held in Helsinki.

Nobel Prizes

• Physics - Felix Bloch, - [Edward Mills Purcell]?
• Chemistry - [Archer John Porter Martin]?, [Richard Laurence Millington Synge]?
• Medicine - [Selman Abraham Waksman]?
• Literature - [François Mauriac]?
• Peace - Albert Schweitzer