Date in year · 1952 · The 1950s
On June 13, 1952, catalina affair: A Swedish Douglas DC-3 is shot down by a Soviet MiG-15 fighter. Simon Cowell, Louka Katseli, Gerald Early would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · June 13, 1952
The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets shot down two Swedish aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea.
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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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1952 Cold War–era diplomatic crisis
The Catalina affair was a military confrontation and Cold War-era diplomatic crisis in June 1952, in which Soviet Air Force fighter jets shot down two Swedish aircraft over international waters in the Baltic Sea.
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