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1.11 November events

• November 1 - Nuclear testing: Operation Ivy - The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb, codenamed "Mike" ["m" for megaton], at Eniwetok island in the Bikini atoll located in the Pacific Ocean.
• November 4 - 8.25 Richter scale earthquake in Kamchatka
• November 4 - U.S. presidential election, 1952: Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democrat Adlai Stevenson (correctly predicted by UNIVAC computer).
• November 18 - Jomo Kenyatta is arrested in Kenya for alleged connection to Mau Mau uprising
• November 20 - Fireball crashes in a backyard in Havelock North, New Zealand
• November 20 - First official passenger flight over the North Pole from Los Angeles to Copenhagen
• November 21 - Show trial in Czechoslovakia sentences 11 ex-communist officials to death - all of them Jews.
• November 25 - Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London; as of 2004, it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a play in history.
• November 29 - Korean War: Newly-elected US President Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.

1.12 December events

• December 1 - The New York Daily News carries a front page story announcing that Christine Jorgensen, a transsexual woman in Denmark became the recipient of the first successful sexual reassignment operation.
• December 4 - Great Smog of 1952: A "killer fog" descends on London (" Smog" for "smoke" and "fog" becomes a word).
• December 14 - First successful surgical separation of siamese twins in Mount Sinai hospital , Ohio.
• December 25 - Shooting incident in West Berlin - one West German soldier is killed
• December 26 - Joseph Ivor Linton, first Israeli Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, presents his credentials to the Japanese Emperor.

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1952Summary of notable events in 1952 . Events January events January 8 West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. January 24 Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. January 24 Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. 1952 Summer OlympicsThe Games of the XV Olympiad were held in 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. Helsinki had been elected as the host city over rival bids from Amsterdam and five American cities. Helsinki had been earlier given the 1940 Summer Olympics but they were canceled due to 1952 Winter OlympicsThe VI Olympic Winter Games were held in 1952 in Oslo, Norway. Medal winners Alpine skiing Bobsleigh Figure skating Ice hockey Nordic skiing Speed skating Demonstration sports: Bandy Medal count Top medal-collecting nations 1952 Winter Olympics. 1952 in musicSee also 1951 in music, other events of 1952, 1953 in music, 1950s in music and the list of 'years in music' Events Pierre Schaeffer publishes his A la recherche d'une musique concrete (The Search for a Concrete Music an explanation of his experimental ap 1952 in televisionSee also 1951 in television, other events of 1952, 1953 in television and the list of 'years in television'. Events February 15 The funeral of King George VI is televised in the UK. September 6 Cable TV debuts in Canada as the CBC in Montreal, Quebec airs 1952 in filmSee also 1951 in film 1952 1953 in film 1950s in film years in film film Events February 20 The film The African Queen opens (Capitol Theater in New York City). September 30 The Cinerama widescreen system, invented by Fred Waller, debuts with the film Thi 1952 in literature 1952 in sports 1952 Olympics 1952 Governor General's Awards 1952 in Canada 1952 in archaeology 1952 in aviation 1952 in architecture 1952 in science