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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I looked up my year (1952) on Wikipedia.
Many major events in that twelve months, including the death of King George VI (from lung cancer - he been a heavy smoker); and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The one nearest me though was a tragedy by force of Nature:
Lymouth Flood: 38 deaths, many other people injured, extensive property destruction.
The steep road down to the village was cut by the floods, but the water-ballast cliff-lift joining the cliff-top to Lynmouth escaped harm, and was used in the rescue and recovery operations.
An odd one in September:
English-borm comedy actor Charlie Chaplin travelled to London with his family for the premiere of his film, Limelight. The President of the USA, a Mr. Hoover, ordered that he be barred from re-entry to the States until investigated and approved by the FBI.
[Was his comedy not to J.E.H.'s taste, then? Or had it something to do with His Nibs thinking Chaplin had Communist sympathies? The film was heavily boycotted in the USA, and became a commercial failure at the time, but finally won Chaplin an Oscar 45 years later.]
Many major events in that twelve months, including the death of King George VI (from lung cancer - he been a heavy smoker); and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
The one nearest me though was a tragedy by force of Nature:
Lymouth Flood: 38 deaths, many other people injured, extensive property destruction.
The steep road down to the village was cut by the floods, but the water-ballast cliff-lift joining the cliff-top to Lynmouth escaped harm, and was used in the rescue and recovery operations.
An odd one in September:
English-borm comedy actor Charlie Chaplin travelled to London with his family for the premiere of his film, Limelight. The President of the USA, a Mr. Hoover, ordered that he be barred from re-entry to the States until investigated and approved by the FBI.
[Was his comedy not to J.E.H.'s taste, then? Or had it something to do with His Nibs thinking Chaplin had Communist sympathies? The film was heavily boycotted in the USA, and became a commercial failure at the time, but finally won Chaplin an Oscar 45 years later.]
@ArishMell No idea what your actual date is, but another one I found on a nearby date was
On August 13, 1952, four years before Elvis Presley would make “Hound Dog” his longest running no. 1 hit, the song is recorded for the very first time by the rhythm-and-blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton in Los Angeles, California. Since Presley's version ran 11 weeks at the top of the pop music charts, it's often been mistakenly assumed to be his original.