Important Dates in British History - a timeline
Here are events from 1952 that have shaped Britain and its peoples and affected its history. If you feel we have left something out please don't hesitate to let us know.
More dates from British history
On this day:
Normans Invade Ireland - 1169, Great Exhibition opens - 1851, TUC meets to agree on a General Strike - 1926, Sutton Hoo Dig Begins - 1939, Betting Shops Legal - 1961, Last UK Concert by Beatles - 1966, Tony Blairs 'New Labour' sweeps to power - 1997, Millennium May Day Protests - 2000
Famous and historic events from 1952
Britain tests first Nuclear Bomb
Chaplin Returns to England
Churchill Announces British Atom Bomb
Elizabeth II becomes Queen
Farnborough Air Show Disaster
First British Record Chart Published
Harrow Rail crash
Lynmouth Floods Kill 34
NME Publishes First UK Singles Chart
Start of the Great Smog
The 'Mousetrap' opens
Famous Britons born in 1952
Albert Mansbridge
Alexei Sayle
Bill Beaumont
Clive Anderson
Dave Stewart
David Leadbetter
Douglas Adams
Eric Pickles
James Naughtie
Jenny Agutter
John Kettley
Johnny Francome
Liam Neeson
Mel Smith
Michael Barrymore
Oliver Knussen
Philip Green
Sharon Osbourne
Stephen Poliakoff
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