1952

This is the first in a series of posts that will outline some of the significant events that took place around the world in a particular year. As my premiere selection, I have chosen the year of my birth - 1952.
On February 6, Queen Elizabeth II succeeds her father King George VI on the throne of England.
July 26 - Evita Perron dies in Argentina.
July/August - The 15th Olympic Games are held in Helsinki, Finland.
This is the year that first commercial jetliner, the DeHavilland Comet, entered service, and construction began on the first nuclear submarine, the USS Nautilus.
John Hemmingway published "The Old Man and the Sea" and Gene Kelly starred in "Singin' in the Rain".
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