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August 11, 1952
On August 11, 1952, hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. Simon Cowell, Louka Katseli, Gerald Early would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 11, 1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. A member of the Hashemite dynasty, he is regarded as a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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The year in brief
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
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On August 11, 1952
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1952 Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. King of Jordan from 1952 to 1999
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. A member of the Hashemite dynasty, he is regarded as a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.
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Other moments from 1952
- April 11 Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.
- April 11 Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.
- April 15 First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
- April 21 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
- April 28 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
- April 28 The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
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