While in Washington Churchill allows US bases on British soil
While in Washington Churchill allows US bases on British soil
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1952 in Great Britain
Explore 101 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1952.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1952
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January
Demonstrations
Anti-British riots follow after British forces seize the police HQ at Ismailia
Siege of Ismailia
Anti-British riots follow after British forces seize the police HQ at Ismailia
Suez Canal
Anti-British riots follow British forces seize the police HQ at Ismailia
Demonstrations
The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations
Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations
The Shepheard Hotel is burnt down killing 17 people during anti-British demonstrations
High Commissioner
Appointed High Commissioner of Malaya, committed to defeating the communist insurgents
February
Council of Accession
Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II
Death of Bowes-Lyon
Death of George VI, her husband
Death of Elizabeth II
Death of George VI, hears of death in a tree-tops hut in the Aberdare Forest, Kenya
Death of George VI
Death of George VI, only 56
Head of State Begins
Elizabeth II becomes monarch and head of state for Montserrat
Succession
Attends the Accession Council which proclaims Queen Elizabeth II
Succession
Succeeds as Queen of Great Britain, Succeeds George II after his death. Both Houses of Parliament take the oath of allegiance to Elizabeth II
By-election
Healey wins the Leeds South East by-election and enters the House of Commons.
Parliamentary Entry
Healey enters Parliament after winning the Leeds South East by-election for Labour.
Birth of Jean-Jacques Burnel
Birth of Jean-Jacques Burnel, later bassist, vocalist and founding member of The Stranglers.
Identity Cards
Identity cards are abolished
Election
Healey is elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Leeds South East at a by-election with a majority of 7000 votes.
Health of Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
Churchill has a small arterial spasm
March
Secretary General of NATO
Appointed the 1st Secretary General of NATO
Secretary General of NATO
Appointed the 1st Secretary General of NATO
Trial
Please "guilty", in spite of the fact that he felt no remorse or guilt for having committed acts of homosexuality, Turing is convicted and given a choice between imprisonment and probation, which would be conditional on his agreement to undergo hormonal treatment designed to reduce libido, accepts treatment via injections of stilboestrol, a synthetic oestrogen
April
Birth of Gary Moore
Birth of Gary Moore
August
Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis
Publishes The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Birth of Joe Strummer
Birth of Joe Strummer, born John Mellor
September
Visit to Of King Faisal of Iraq
Visit of King Faisal of Iraq
Education
John Lennon starts at Quarry Bank High School. John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, and Stuart Sutcliffe
Education
John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, and Stuart Sutcliffe
Education
John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, and Stuart Sutcliffe
Liverpool College of Art
John Lennon starts at Liverpool College of Art where he meets Cynthia Powell, his future wife, and Stuart Sutcliffe
October
1st Nuclear Explosion
The 1st British nuclear bomb is exploded
Nuclear Power
The first British nuclear bomb is exploded
Nuclear Power
Britain explodes its first atomic bomb off Australia and becomes the third member of the nuclear club
Operation Hurricane
Great Britain conducts Operation Hurricane, becoming the third state to test a nuclear weapon.
Claerwen Dam
Opens the Claerwen Dam
Bevanite Criticism
Labour conference criticises the Bevanite group as a party within a party.
Hurricane
Britain tests its atom bomb in the Monte Bello Islands off nth-west Australia
November
Privatization
The Bill for the denationalzation of steel is introduced into the House of Commons
Other events (month unknown)
BAFTA
Winner of a BAFTA for best actress for her part in A Streetcar Named Desire
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