Events in the year 1952 in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

Incumbents

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

Francisco Craveiro Lopes Francisco Higino Craveiro Lopes (; 12 April 1894 – 2 September 1964) was a Portuguese Air Force officer and politician who served as the 12th president of Portugal from 1951 to 1958. Early life and career Born in Lisbon, he was a son of ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

António de Oliveira Salazar António de Oliveira Salazar (, , ; 28 April 1889 – 27 July 1970) was a Portuguese dictator who served as President of the Council of Ministers from 1932 to 1968. Having come to power under the ("National Dictatorship"), he reframed the r ...

Events

*31 March – Gibalta rail accident *1 July – The Portuguese Air Force founded

Arts and entertainment

Sports

*14 to 25 February – Portugal had one participant at the 1952 Winter Olympics, where Duarte Silva competed in downhill skiing. It was the first time that Portugal participated in the Winter Olympic Games.

Births

20 February Events Pre-1600 *1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated. * 1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...

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João Calvão da Silva João Calvão da Silva (20 February 1952 – 20 March 2018) was a Portuguese politician. Calvão de Silva attended the University of Coimbra, graduating in 1975. He began teaching at his alma mater in 2003. Elected to the Assembly of the Repub ...

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4 June Events Pre-1600 * 1411 – King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the people of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon as they had been doing for centuries. * 1561 – The steeple of St Paul's, the medieval cathe ...

- Adelino Teixeira, football coach and former footballer

Deaths

*6 September –

José Vicente de Freitas José Vicente de Freitas, 2nd Baron of Freitas GCTE (; 22 January 1869 – 6 September 1952) was a Portuguese military officer and politician. De Freitas was born in Calheta, Madeira. He fought in Flanders during Portuguese participation ...

, military officer and politician (born in

1869 Events January–March * January 3 – Abdur Rahman Khan is defeated at Tinah Khan, and exiled from Afghanistan. * January 5 – Scotland's oldest professional Soccer, football team, Kilmarnock F.C., is founded. * January 20 & ...

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References

{{Years in Portugal 1950s in Portugal

Years of the 20th century in Portugal