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| 1952 |
| | | In his first book of Structures, for two pianos, Pierre Boulez provides a classic of serial music | |
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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 |
| | | Kwame Nkrumah, recently released from gaol, becomes prime minister of the British colony of the Gold Coast | |
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| 1952 |
| | | The Queen’s Head pub in Mortlake closes | |
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| 1952 |
| | | A group of officers led by Gamal Abdel Nasser depose Egypt's king, Farouk, and send him into exile | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Albanian missionary Mother Teresa opens the Nirmal Hriday, or Kalighat Home for Dying Destitutes, in Calcutta | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Eva Perón dies of cancer and achieves the status of a popular saint in Argentina | |
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| 1952 |
| | | Ahmed Ben Bella forms the Front de Libération National (FLN) to fight for Algerian independence | |
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| 1952 |
| | | King Adbullah's grandson Hussein (who was with him when he was assassinated in 1951) becomes king of Jordan | |
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