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1952 despite the war in Korea Americans considered themselves to be prospering with average worker earning $3,400 per year, a college teacher could expect to earn $5,100 per year . Three out of 5 families owned a car, 2 out of 3 families now had a telephone, 1 in 3 homes had a television. The average woman in America would be married by 20 years of age looking forward to raising a family but few continued with a career after children were born. Fast Food restaurants were growing in popularity, but the scourge of Polio hit many thousands of families ( 50,000 estimated ) . Many more cars in America were now fitted with automatic gearboxes and gas cost 25 cents per gallon. The worlds first passenger jet The Comet is produced in UK signaling the start of faster and cheaper air travel in later years.
World
- Big Bang Theory of the creation of the Universe first propounded
UK
- De Havilland 110 fighter aircraft breaks up over spectators at Farnborough Air Show killing 30
South Africa
- South African Police Arrest Nelson Mandella
India
- India holds it's first general elections
UK
- Britain announces it has Atomic Bomb
U.S.
- Live Atomic bomb Test from testing site in Yucca Flats, Nevada shown on Television
U.S.
- California has it's second largest earthquake rocking 100,000 sq miles
U.S.
- Following the U.S. Supreme Court upholding a New York state law communist teachers are banned from teaching in public schools
U.S.
- Charlie Chaplin refused entry back to the US after living in Hollywood for 20 years.
U.S.
- Rocky Marciano becomes world heavyweight champion after knocking out Jersey Joe Walcott
U.S.
- Vice Presidential Candidate Richard M. Nixon defends himself on Television over allegations of secret cash fund
UK
- The Last London Trams Decommissioned
Finland
- The Summer Olympics are held in July in Helsinki, Finland
Puerto Rico
- Puerto Rico becomes a Self Governing Commonwealth Of the United States
U.S.
- Steel Plants Placed Under Presidential Control after Steel Unions Threaten to Strike
Egypt
- Military coup d'etat in Egypt on July 23rd headed by Nasser
Norway
- The Winter Olympic Games are held in Oslo, Norway