117 notable events from 1952 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 2.
- Great Smog of London
Dec 5, 1952–Dec 9, 1952 · United Kingdom · Science & concept
- Operation Gladio
Jan 1, 1952 · Italy · Terrorism
- Mau Mau rebellion
1952–1960 · Kenya · War & armed conflict
- Egyptian revolution of 1952
Jul 23, 1952 · Egypt · War & armed conflict
- 1952 Washington, D.C. UFO incident
Jul 19, 1952 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Death and state funeral of George VI
Feb 15, 1952 · United Kingdom · Death & funeral
- Bolivian National Revolution
Apr 11, 1952 · Bolivia · War & armed conflict
- Bloody May Day (1952)
May 1, 1952 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Shiratori case
Jan 21, 1952 · Japan · Terrorism
- Dominici affair
Aug 5, 1952 · France · Murder & homicide
- 1952 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake
Nov 4, 1952 · Russian Federation · Earthquake
- 1952 Cuban coup d'état
Mar 10, 1952 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- Arakawa floodway dismemberment murder case
May 10, 1952 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Kau Kobayashi
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1960 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- University of Tokyo Popolo incident
Feb 20, 1952 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Slánský trial
Nov 27, 1952 · Crime & justice
- Night of the Murdered Poets
May 8, 1952–Jul 18, 1952 · Russian Federation · Murder & homicide
- Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash
Oct 8, 1952 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Tokachi earthquake
Mar 4, 1952 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1952 Farnborough Airshow crash
Sep 6, 1952 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Japan Air Lines Flight 301
Apr 9, 1952 · Japan · Aviation accident
- Catalina affair
Jun 16, 1952 · Latvia · Aviation accident
- Three-anti and Five-anti Campaigns
Jan 1, 1952 · China · War & armed conflict
- Shizuoka Prefecture Ueno Village ostracism incident
May 6, 1952 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Cairo fire
Jan 26, 1952 · Egypt · Riot & unrest
- Pan Am Flight 202
Apr 29, 1952 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Stanisław Modzelewski
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1967 · Poland · Murder & homicide
- Sugō incident
Jun 2, 1952 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1952 Yoshino earthquake
Jul 18, 1952 · Japan · Earthquake
- Christa Lehmann
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1954 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Suita Incident
Jun 24, 1952 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- Anjette Lyles
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1958 · Murder & homicide
- Knowsley Hall shootings
Oct 9, 1952 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Disappearance of Connie Smith
Jul 16, 1952 · United States · Disappearance
- Attempted assassination of Konrad Adenauer
Mar 27, 1952 · Germany · Bombing & explosion
- Ome train accident
Feb 19, 1952 · Japan · Rail accident
- No.5 Kaiyomaru disaster
Sep 24, 1952 · Japan · Maritime disaster
- National Airlines Flight 101
Feb 11, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- American Airlines Flight 6780
Jan 22, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- Osu incident
Jul 7, 1952 · Japan · Riot & unrest
- 1952 Kern County earthquake
Jul 21, 1952 · United States · Earthquake
- BOAC Flight 115
Oct 26, 1952 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Pan Am Flight 526A
Apr 11, 1952 · Puerto Rico · Aviation accident
- Nuclear Accident in Chalk River
Dec 12, 1952 · Canada · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1952 Habomai Islands RB-29 shootdown incident
Oct 7, 1952 · Japan · War & armed conflict
- Hope Bay incident
Feb 1, 1952–Feb 4, 1952 · Falkland Islands (Malvinas) · Maritime disaster
- Assassination of Waruhiu
Oct 7, 1952 · Kenya · Murder & homicide
- KLM Flight 592
Mar 22, 1952 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Casablanca Uprisings of 1952
Dec 7, 1952–Dec 8, 1952 · Morocco · Riot & unrest
- John Francis Roche
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1954 · Murder & homicide
- Alavandar murder case
Aug 28, 1952 · Murder & homicide
- Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. case
Jul 22, 1952 · Crime & justice
- Great Fire of Tottori
Apr 17, 1952 · Japan · Fire
- Franz Josef Ludy
Jan 1, 1952–Jan 1, 1968 · Germany · Murder & homicide
- Rzepin train disaster
Feb 9, 1952 · Poland · Scandal & controversy
- 1952 Iranian Uprising
Jul 21, 1952 · Iran · Riot & unrest
- 1952 Mount Gannett C-124 crash
Nov 22, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- Special Warfare Department
Jan 1, 1952 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- 1952 Moses Lake C-124 crash
Dec 20, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Betty Shanks
Sep 19, 1952 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Human experimentation on infants at Nagoya Municipal Infant Home
Nov 1952 · Japan · Scandal & controversy
- Hirakata riot
1952 · Riot & unrest
- 1952 Aer Lingus C-47 accident
Jan 10, 1952 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Akebono incident
Jul 30, 1952 · Japan · Crime & justice
- 1952 Poznań Pe-2 crash
Jun 10, 1952 · Poland · Aviation accident
- Tore Hedin
Aug 22, 1952 · Attack (other)
- 1952 Kaneko B-29 crash
Feb 7, 1952 · Aviation accident
- Crime of the tobacconists of Seville
Jul 11, 1952 · Spain · Crime & justice
- Tatsuno Incident
1952 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Crisis del Archipiélago Los Monjes
Nov 29, 1952 · Venezuela · Crisis
- 1952 Bermuda air crash
Dec 6, 1952 · Bermuda · Aviation accident
- 17 October affair
Oct 17, 1952 · Indonesia · Scandal & controversy
- Iraqi Intifada
Nov 23, 1952 · Iraq · Riot & unrest
- 1952 Air France SNCASE Languedoc crash
Mar 3, 1952 · France · Aviation accident
- Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324
Jan 19, 1952 · Canada · Aviation accident
- 1952 Palmeiras de Goias Transportes Aéreos Nacional Douglas C-47 crash
Aug 12, 1952 · Brazil · Aviation accident
- Bébalem massacre
Apr 16, 1952 · Chad · Massacre
- Baumol powder health scandal
1952 · France · Crisis
- Puente de Toledo tram accident
May 28, 1952 · Spain · Accident
- Anchieta rail disaster
Mar 4, 1952 · Brazil · Rail accident
- Drovnino rail accident
Aug 6, 1952 · Russian Federation · Rail accident
- 1952 Daishōji earthquake
Mar 7, 1952 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1952 Tokachi earthquake
Mar 2, 1952 · Japan · Earthquake
- 1952 Leningrad mid-air collision
Oct 5, 1952 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1952 Yui B-29 crash
Aug 6, 1952 · Japan · Aviation accident
- 1952 Dallas mid-air collision
Jun 28, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1952 raid on Beit Jala
1952–1953 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- Operation Mars (Tunisia)
Jan 20, 1952–Feb 1, 1952 · Tunisia · War & armed conflict
- Valentine's Day massacre (Guadeloupe)
Feb 14, 1952 · Guadeloupe · Massacre
- Turén massacre
Sep 29, 1952 · Venezuela · Massacre
- 1952 Luqa Avro Lancaster crash
Dec 30, 1952 · Malta · Aviation accident
- Fires of September 6, 1952 in Bogotá
Sep 6, 1952 · Colombia · Terrorism
- Gibalta rail accident
Mar 31, 1952 · Portugal · Rail accident
- 1952 Tacoma C-54 crash
Nov 28, 1952 · United States · Aviation accident
- Taguchi case
Feb 3, 1952 · Japan · Incident
- Santa Teresa Church tragedy
Apr 9, 1952 · Venezuela · Stampede & crowd crush
- 1952 San Juan earthquake
Jun 11, 1952 · Argentina · Earthquake
- 1952 barrel incident
Jul 10, 1952 · Palestine · War & armed conflict
- 1952 Tula Airport collision
Mar 26, 1952 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Interlaken rail accident
Aug 11, 1952 · Switzerland · Rail accident