The temperature on February 9, 1952 was between -1.1 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 1.1 °C. There was 2.2 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. There was 5.4 hours of sunshine (57%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 10 » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba.
April 8 » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills in an attempt to prevent the 1952 steel strike.
April 28 » The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
April 28 » The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
May 3 » Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole.
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
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