America - 1952AD
In 1952AD:
Vice-presidential candidate Richard Nixon made his Checkers speech.
The U.S. tested the first hydrogen bomb in the Pacific.
Chuck Yaeger set a new air speed record of 1,650 mph in the X-1A research plane.
The first automatic pinsetter was installed in a bowling alley in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Gordon Bunshaft designed the Lever House, an early International Style building.
American sculptor Isamu Noguchi designed two bridges for the Peace Park at Hiroshima.
Opera singer Maria Callas debuted at London's Covent Garden.
Dancer Gene Kelly starred in the film
Singin' in the Rain
.
Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly starred in the Western film
High Noon
.
American writer E.B. White published the children's book
Charlotte's Web
.
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