Here’s what happened in 1952…

·          US explodes first thermonuclear bomb at Enewetak Island (Nov. 1).

·          President-elect Dwight Eisenhower follows through with his campaign promise to visit Korea (Dec. 2).

·          George VI of England dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).

·           Britain announces its development of atomic weapons (Oct.).

·          World Series
NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3)

·          President: Harry S. Truman

·          Vice President: Alben W. Barkley

·          U.S. Population: 157,552,740

·          Cost of a first-class stamp:   $0.03

·          Television's first magazine-format program, the Today Show, debuts on NBC with Dave Garroway hosting.

·          The Jackie Gleason Show ( The Honeymooners) debuts on CBS, beginning a two-decade run.

·          Jonas E. Salk (US) develops the first experimentally safe dead-virus polio vaccine.

·          The first plastic artificial heart valve is developed at Georgetown Medical Center.

·          First jetliner service inaugurated by BOAC between London and Johannesburg, South Africa (May 2).

·          Capt. Vincent H. McGovern and 1st Lt. Harold W. Moore make first transatlantic helicopter flight (July 15–31).

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