1952

Jan 12 - French supply lines to Hoa Binh cut

Feb 7 - Elizabeth II crowned Queen

Feb 22 - French withdraw from Hoa Binh

Apr 11 - Nationalist Chinese forces capture Nanri.

May 3 - 1st flight to Geographic North Pole

Jun 19 - U.S. Army Special Forces created

Sep 2 - 1st open heart surgery performed

Oct 3 - Great Britain detonates 1st atomic weapon

Oct 11 - French attacked in Fa Si Pan mountains

Oct 14 - UN headquarters in New York completed

Oct 29 - French start Operation LORRAINE

Nov 1 -- U.S. detonates 1st hydrogen bomb

Nov 4 - Eisenhower elected President