The temperature on December 3, 1952 was between 0.4 °C and 4.5 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 1.9 mm of rain during 1.7 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (11%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
February 6 » Elizabeth II becomes Queen of the United Kingdom and her other Realms and Territories and Head of the Commonwealth upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a tree house at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
July 3 » The SSUnited States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMSQueen Mary.
July 19 » Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
August 11 » Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
October 3 » The United Kingdom successfully tests a nuclear weapon to become the world's third nuclear power.
October 8 » The Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash kills 112 people.
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