- In 1952: The average American income was $3,515, the average price of a home, $16,800, and bread was $.16 a loaf. In 2016 dollars, that would be $31,919, $152,561, and $1.45, respectively.
- In 1952: Mad Magazine made its debut in May as a 32-page comic book.
- In 1952: Gary Cooper won Best Actor for High Noon.
- In 1952: Norman Vincent Peale published The Power
of Positive Thinking. It sold more than 20 million copies in 41 languages. - In 1952: Clarence Birdseye marketed the world`s first frozen peas.
- In 1952: The first pregnant woman was depicted on television, on the I Love Lucy Show. Before then, TV would not even show married people
sleeping in the same bed. - In 1952: Telephone area codes first began in the United States.
- In 1952: Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Goldblum, Patrick Swayze, and Liam Neeson were born. George VI, King of Britain, Eva Perón, and Curly Howard (Three Stooges) died.
- In 1952: The House Un-American Activities Committee turned down leftist Charlie Chaplin`s request to enter the United States. Chaplin vowed to never return to the United States, but eventually visited again in 1972.
- In 1952: The worlds first passenger jet The Comet was produced in UK signaling the start of faster and cheaper air travel.
- In 1952: The popular Mr. Potato Head toy was first sold. It was the first toy to be advertised on television.
- In 1952: George Lerner, the creator of Mr. Potato Head, thought that his invention would help make vegetables more appetizing and fun for children.
- In 1952: On December 4th thick smog in London, England , caused 4,000 fatalities.
- In 1952: The United Kingdom tested its first atomic bomb in October, becoming the world's third nuclear power.
- In 1952: Albert Einstein refused an invitation to become President of Israel.
- In 1952: Elizabeth II became Queen of England upon the death of her father George VI.
- In 1952: Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s upholding of a New York state law, communist teachers were banned from teaching in NY public schools.
- In 1952: First KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) franchise opened.
