1952

1952 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar	1952; MCMLII
Ab urbe condita	2705
Armenian calendar	1401; ԹՎ ՌՆԱ
Assyrian calendar	6702
Bahá'í calendar	108–109
Balinese saka calendar	1873–1874
Bengali calendar	1359
Berber calendar	2902
British Regnal year	16 Geo. 6 – 1 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2496
Burmese calendar	1314
Byzantine calendar	7460–7461
Chinese calendar	辛卯年 (Metal Rabbit); 4648 or 4588; — to —; 壬辰年 (Water Dragon); 4649 or 4589
Coptic calendar	1668–1669
Discordian calendar	3118
Ethiopian calendar	1944–1945
Hebrew calendar	5712–5713
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2008–2009
- Shaka Samvat	1873–1874
- Kali Yuga	5052–5053
Holocene calendar	11952
Igbo calendar	952–953
Iranian calendar	1330–1331
Islamic calendar	1371–1372
Japanese calendar	Shōwa 27; (昭和２７年)
Javanese calendar	1883–1884
Juche calendar	41
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4285
Minguo calendar	ROC 41; 民國41年
Nanakshahi calendar	484
Thai solar calendar	2495
Tibetan calendar	阴金兔年; (female Iron-Rabbit); 2078 or 1697 or 925; — to —; 阳水龙年; (male Water-Dragon); 2079 or 1698 or 926

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s
Years:	1949 1950 1951 – 1952 – 1953 1954 1955

1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.

Events

January 8 – West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders.
January 24 – Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria.
January 24 – Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada.
Unknown date – Pakistan's first test match.
Unknown date – The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India

Births

January 18 - Michael Angelis, English actor (d. 2020)
January 20 - Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter and musician (Kiss)
February 13 - Erik Yakovici, Croatian politician and Christian Democrat
February 14 - Oktawjan Józefowicz, Polish politician and Minister of Health
February 23 - Brad Whitford, American guitarist (Aerosmith)
March 10 - Mike O'Donnell, English musician and composer
March 11 – Douglas Adams
March 26 – Luka Oztürk, Croatian politician and Croatian judge
April 4 – Gary Moore, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) (d. 2011)
April 16 - Dušan Pavél, Bosnian politicians and rugby union
May 11 - Leart Enzo, Macedonian folk music
May 13 – Wang Xiaobo, Chinese writer
June 28 - John Patrick Lowrie, American voice actor
June 30 - Dilfel Tadeo, Bulgarian musician and folk music
July 1 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor in TV series and movies
July 3 - Levin Ante, Croatian-Serbian politician and judge
July 6 - Grant Goodeve, American voice over artist
July 16 - Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police)
August 7 - Gary Schwartz, American voice actor
September 12 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer (Rush) (d. 2020)
October 1 - Ivan-Milan Kiraly, Croatian musician
October 22 - Dennis "Fly" Amero, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans)
October 31 - Aron Xavier, Croatian politician and judge
November 3 – Jim Cummings, American actor
November 16 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese game designer
December 1 - Ellen McLain, American voice actress
December 11 - Susan Seidelman, American director

Deaths

January 18 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian
February 6 – King George VI of the United Kingdom
February 19 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859)
February 22 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland
March 7 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru
March 22 – Uncle Dave Macon, country music performer
March 31 – Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1877)
April 3 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish union activist
April 21 – Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950
May 6 – Maria Montessori Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. 1870)
May 8 – Walter Fox, American movie producer
May 21 – John Garfield, actor
June 17 – Krystyna Skarbek, SOE agent
July 26 – Eva Perón, Argentine wife of Juan Perón
September 29 – George Santayana, writer
September 30 – Viscount Waldorf Astor, British businessman and politician
October 28 – Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia
November 9 – Chaim Weizmann, chemist, first President of Israel (b. 1874)
November 18 – Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895)
November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet
December 12 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist
December 28 – Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician (b. 1897)

Movies released

New books

Adventures in Two Worlds – A.J. Cronin
Arrow in the Blue – Arthur Koestler
A Buyer's Market – Anthony Powell
Charlotte's Web – E.B. White
East of Eden – John Steinbeck
La Formica Argentina – Italo Calvino
Foundation and Empire – Isaac Asimov
Giant – Edna Ferber
Go Tell it On The Mountain – James Baldwin
The Gown of Glory – Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Heaven and Earth – Carlo Coccioli
The Hidden Flower – Pearl S. Buck
The Houses in Between – Howard Spring
Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison
Island of Desire – Edith Templeton
Judgment Night – C. L. Moore
A Many-splendoured Thing – Han Suyin
Martha Quest – Doris Lessing
The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway
The Power of Positive Thinking – Norman Vincent Peale
The Rolling Stones – Robert A. Heinlein
The Saracen Blade – Frank Yerby
The Silver Chalice – Thomas B. Costain
The Small Miracle – Paul Gallico
Steamboat Gothic – Frances Parkinson Keyes
Vermeer – Lawrence Gowing
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C. S. Lewis

Hit Songs

"All Of Me" – Johnnie Ray
"Anytime" – Eddie Fisher
"Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn
"Be My Life's Companion" – The Mills Brothers
"Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" – Rosemary Clooney
"Christmas Roses" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
"Day Of Jubilo" – Guy Mitchell
"Delicado" – Percy Faith & his Orchestra
"The Glow-Worm" – The Mills Brothers
"A Guy Is A Guy" – Doris Day
"Half As Much" – Rosemary Clooney
"Heart And Soul" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts
"Here In My Heart" – Al Martino
"High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" – Frankie Laine
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Karen Chandler
"I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" – Jimmy Boyd
"I Went To Your Wedding" – Patti Page
"I'll Walk Alone" – Don Cornell
"I'm Confessin'" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
"I'm Just A Poor Bachelor" – Frankie Laine
"I'm Yours" – Eddie Fisher
"Kiss Of Fire" – Georgia Gibbs
"A Kiss To Build A Dream On" – Louis Armstrong
"Lady Of Spain" – Eddie Fisher
"Lover" – Peggy Lee
"Maybe" – Perry Como & Eddie Fisher
"My Favorite Song" – Georgia Gibbs
"Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" – Guy Mitchell
"Please, Mr. Sun" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads
"Ramblin' Man" – Frankie Laine
"Rock Of Gibraltar" – Frankie Laine
"Settin' The Woods On Fire" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford
"A Sinner Am I" – Johnnie Ray
"Slow Poke" – Arthur Godfrey
"So Madly In Love" – Georgia Gibbs
"Somewhere Along The Way" – Nat King Cole
"Sugarbush" – Doris Day & Frankie Laine
"Tell Me Why" – Eddie Fisher
"Temptation" – Mario Lanza
"Tenderly" – Rosemary Clooney
"Tiger Rag" – Les Paul and Mary Ford
"Till I Waltz Again With You" – Teresa Brewer
"Tonight You Belong To Me" – Frankie Laine
"Unforgettable" – Nat King Cole
"Walkin' My Baby Back Home" – Johnnie Ray
"Wheel Of Fortune" – Kay Starr
"When I Fall In Love" – Doris Day
"When You're In Love" – Frankie Laine
"Why Don't You Believe Me" – Joni James
"Winter Wonderland" – Perry Como
"Wish You Were Here" – Eddie Fisher
"You Belong to Me" – Jo Stafford
"You'll Never Be Mine" – Guy Mitchell