Timeline December 1952

Events in December 1952 5

• 1948 – 1952 Children's Radio Choir Joined a children's radio choir at the age of nine, becoming one of its leading soloists by eleven.
• 1952 1952: Alberto Ascari Ferrari Ascari dominated the season for Ferrari, winning six consecutive races in a year when all championship rounds used Formula Two regulations.
• 1952 Christine Jorgensen's transition becomes public American ex-GI's sex reassignment surgery makes headlines The New York Daily News broke the story on 1 December 1952 that former US Army soldier George Jorgensen had undergone sex reassignment surgery in Denmark and become Christine Jorgensen. The coverage made her the first widely publicized transgender person in the United States. It sparked national debate and made transgender identity visible in mainstream media for the first time.
• 1952 The Great Smog Clean Air Act A severe air pollution event that led to environmental regulation.
• 1952 Brigitte Bardot marries Roger Vadim She marries the aspiring director at 18. They divorced in 1957 but kept working together.