Catalina Affair: Swedish DC-3 Shot Down by Soviet MiG-15, June 13, 1952
Date: June 13, 1952
Date: June 13, 1952
Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane at the North Pole. Date: May 3, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1952Helsinki Summer Olympics Opening July…
Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba. Date: March 10, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1952Japan Air Lines Flight 301 Crashes into Mount Mihara, Killing 37, April 9, 1952Alan Freed Presents First…
The US Senate ratifies the Security Treaty between the United States and Japan. Date: March 20, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1952King Farouk Abdicates in Favor of Fuad, July 26, 1952Guatemala Passes Decree…
Nuclear weapons testing: The United States successfully detonates Ivy Mike, the first thermonuclear device, at the Eniwetok atoll. The explosion had a yield of ten megatons TNT equivalent. Date: November 1, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 1 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)…
First flight of Britain's Handley Page Victor strategic bomber. Date: December 24, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1952Secretary’s Day First Celebrated, April 21, 1952Pan Am Flight 526A Ditches Near San Juan, 52 Killed,…
The Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India, holds its first sitting. Date: May 13, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1952Pan Am Flight 526A Ditches Near San Juan, 52 Killed,…