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| 1952 |
| | | Gene Kelly dances a famous routine with an umbrella in the film Singin' in the Rain | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Ernest Hemingway publishes The Old Man and the Sea, about an epic struggle between an aged Cuban fisherman and a gigantic marlin | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Grace Kelly has her first starring role in High Noon, with Gary Cooper | |
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| 1952 |
| | | In his novel East of Eden John Steinbeck develops the biblical theme of Cain and Abel in a family saga set in California | |
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| 1952 |
| | | US clergyman Norman Vincent Peale has a best-seller in The Power of Positive Thinking | |
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| 1952 |
| | | US composer John Cage's 4'33" consists of precisely that number of minutes and seconds of silence | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower wins the US presidential election with Richard Nixon as his vice-president | |
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| 1952 |
| | | The Modern Jazz Quartet, led by pianist John Lewis, plays in the sophisticated style that becomes known as 'cool jazz' | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Saul Bellow publishes The Adventures of Augie March, a novel about the experiences of a young Chicago Jew | |
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| 1953 |
| | | Elia Kazan directs Marlon Brando in the film On the Waterfront | |
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