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1952 In The United Kingdom
Events from the year 1952 in the United Kingdom. This year sees a change of monarch. Incumbents * Monarch - George VI (until 6 February), Elizabeth II (starting 6 February) * Prime Minister – Winston Churchill (Conservative) *Parliament – 40th Events * 5 January – Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in the United States for an official visit and talks with President Harry S. Truman. * 10 January – An Aer Lingus Douglas DC-3 aircraft on a London–Dublin flight crashes in Wales due to vertical draft in the mountains of Snowdonia, killing twenty passengers and the three crew. * 16 January – Sooty, Harry Corbett's glove puppet bear, first appears on BBC Television. * 30 January – British troops remain in Korea, where they have spent the last eighteen months, after a breakdown of talks that were aimed at ending the Korean War. * 1 February – The first TV detector van is commissioned in the UK, as the beginning of a clampdown on the estimated 150,000 British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1952 In Northern Ireland
Events during the year 1952 in Northern Ireland. Incumbents * Governor of Northern Ireland, Governor - William Leveson-Gower, 4th Earl Granville, Earl Granville (until 1 December), John Loder, 2nd Baron Wakehurst, The Lord Wakehurst (from 1 December) * Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Prime Minister - Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Basil Brooke Events * August - Official opening of Binnian Tunnel (), feeding water to the Silent Valley Reservoir under the Mourne Mountains. * 12 November – Murder of Patricia Curran, 19-year-old daughter of Sir Lancelot Curran. Iain Hay Gordon was found guilty of her murder, but the sentence was overturned in 2000. Arts and literature * Daniel O'Neill (painter), Daniel O'Neill paints ''Birth''. Sport Football *Irish Football League, Irish League ::Winners: Glenavon F.C., Glenavon *Irish Cup ::Winners: Ards F.C., Ards 1 - 0 Glentoran F.C., Glentoran Births *8 January – Alex Maskey, first Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Belfast, Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |