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July 19, 1952
On July 19, 1952, opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Simon Cowell, Louka Katseli, Gerald Early would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · July 19, 1952
Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
Around 1952
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 July 19, 1952
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1952 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Multi-sport event in Helsinki, Finland
The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
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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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