1952 facts for kids

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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

Events

Births

Deaths

Movies released

  • High Noon

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

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