The temperature on July 1, 1952 was between 13.0 °C and 29.3 °C and averaged 23.2 °C. There was 14.3 hours of sunshine (86%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
April 21 » Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
August 15 » A flash flood drenches the town of Lynmouth, England, killing 34 people.
September 1 » The Old Man and the Sea, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Ernest Hemingway, is first published.
October 14 » Korean War: The Battle of Triangle Hill is the biggest and bloodiest battle of 1952.
October 20 » The Governor of Kenya declares a state of emergency and begins arresting hundreds of suspected leaders of the Mau Mau Uprising.
December 5 » Beginning of the Great Smog in London. A cold fog combines with air pollution and brings the city to a standstill for four days. Later, a Ministry of Health report estimates 4,000 fatalities as a result of it.
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