BAFTA
Wins the BAFTA Award for Best British Actor for The Sound Barrier
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1952 in Great Britain — Page 2
Explore 101 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1952.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1952
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Bevanism
Becomes the central figure of the Labour left.
Blue Ribbon Club
Helps establish the Blue Ribbon Club, a Conservative student group whose emblem links the United States, Commonwealth and Europe.
Called to the Bar
Is called to the Bar by the Middle Temple and begins a professional legal career.
Charlton First Team Introduction
Ayre becomes part of Charlton Athletic's senior attacking squad and develops a reputation for finding scoring positions.
Debut
Makes international debut against India
Digital Morphogenesis Modelling
Uses numerical and computational thinking to explore non-linear biological pattern formation and the onset of instability.
Down Among the Z Men
Sellers plays Major Bloodnok in the Goon-related comedy Down Among the Z Men.
Economy of Great Britain
Proposes the "Robot" scheme to float the pound & allow exchange rates "to take the strain"
Flotation of Sterling
Sterling is floated by Rab Butler prior to his 1952 Buget
Flotation of Sterling
Sterling is floated by Rab Butler prior to his 1952 Buget
Foreign Affairs Spokesman
Healey builds a parliamentary reputation through speeches on defence, Europe and international security.
Gaitskellite Politics
Becomes associated with the Labour revisionist wing around Hugh Gaitskell.
Hemlock and After
Publication of "Hemlock & After"
Hitler, A Study in Tyranny
Publication of "Hitler, A Study in Tyranny"
House of Windsor
Elizabeth II officially declares her "Will and Pleasure that I and My children shall be styled and known as the House and Family of Windsor, and that my descendants who marry and their descendants, shall bear the name of Windsor"
Housing
Sets a target of 260,000 houses for 1953 & 300,000 houses for 1954. Announces 1,000 more houses are being built per week than under the Labour Government
Hunted
Directs Hunted
In Place of Fear
Publishes In Place of Fear.
In Place of Fear
Publishes In Place of Fear, setting out his socialist politics.
Ivanhoe
Stars as Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert in the 1952 film Ivanhoe, dying in a duel with Robert Taylor while professing his love for Jewish maiden Rebecca, played by Elizabeth Taylor
Keep Left Influence
Influences Labour left activists and MPs.
Labour National Executive Committee
Wins election to Labour's National Executive Committee as a constituency representative.
Leeds United Youth Progression
Jack Charlton enters the Leeds United set-up and starts the association with the club that will define his entire senior playing career.
Limelight
Directs, "Limelight"
London Municipal Society Directorship
Begins serving as a director of the London Municipal Society while continuing his parliamentary career.
Lord President
Appointed Lord President of the Council
Maiden Speech
Healey begins his parliamentary career as a Labour specialist on defence and foreign affairs.
Marriage to Pamela Wilson
Marries Margaret Pamela Wilson; the couple later have two daughters.
Member of Parliament
Healey is elected Member of Parliament for Leeds South East.
Men at Arms
Publication of "Men at Arms"
Morphogens
Uses the term morphogens for interacting chemical substances whose reaction and diffusion can organise developing biological form.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing partition chromatography, a technique that greatly improved the separation and analysis of chemical mixtures.
Nobel Prize
Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing partition chromatography and establishing a powerful new method for separating chemical substances.
Old Men Forget
Publication of "Old Men Forget", an autobiography
Old Men Forget", an autobiography
Publication of "Old Men Forget", an autobiography
Other Minds
Publication of "Other Minds"
Oxford University Dramatic Society
Under the auspices of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Smith began her career as Viola in Twelfth Night at the Oxford Playhouse
Peerage
Becomes, in the Scottish Peerage, Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick and Baron of Renfrew, Lord of the Isles, and Prince and Great Steward of Scotland
Peerage
The Duke of Cornwall is now the heir apparent to the throne. Charles mother assumes the throne, becoming Queen Elizabeth II, Charles immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall under a charter of King Edward III, which gave that title to the Sovereigns eldest son, and is then referred to as His Royal Highnes
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