Timeline January 1952

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• 1903 – 1952 Curly Howard (1903-1952) American comedian, the most popular of the Three Stooges.
• 1952 Australian Open 1952 Men: Ken McGregor · Women: Thelma Long
• 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 – 1955 Early Solo Exhibitions in Japan Staged several solo exhibitions of her paintings in Matsumoto and Tokyo throughout the early 1950s, showing abstract natural forms in watercolour, gouache and oil paint. Began covering surfaces — walls, floors, canvases — with the polka dots that would become her trademark.
• 1952 – 1963 Marriage to Xavier Cugat Married Xavier Cugat in 1952. Together they became one of the most visible couples in American entertainment, performing on television variety shows and in nightclubs. She appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show six times and was featured, with blonde-dyed hair, on the cover of The Best of Cugat.
• 1952 – 1956 New York University Studied music education at New York University, earning a bachelor's degree in 1956. Earned the nickname The Newark Flash while playing in the city's jazz scene.
• 1952 – 1957 Scoala Speciala de Muzica, Bucharest Moved to Bucharest at thirteen to study piano, violin, conducting, acting and voice at the Scoala Speciala de Muzica, a school for musically gifted children.
• 1952 – 2026 Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani (1952-2026) Died 12 July 2026, aged 74 Emir of Qatar from 1995 to 2013, whose liberal reforms and gas exports transformed the country into the wealthiest per capita in the Gulf.
• 1952 – 1957 State Planning Agency Worked for the state planning agency after graduation, developing expertise in economic management that would define his career.
• 1952 – 1955 The Advertiser Began his career as a copy boy at The Advertiser in Adelaide and was eventually promoted to staff cartoonist at the age of 20. Found inspiration in the work of English cartoonist Ronald Searle and Mad magazine.
• 1952 Curly Howard dies in San Gabriel Curly Howard dies aged 48.
• 1952 Cairo Fire (Black Saturday) Riots destroy central Cairo's colonial-era buildings On 26 January 1952, rioters burned hundreds of buildings in central Cairo associated with foreign and upper-class interests, including hotels, cinemas and department stores. The unrest followed anger at British troops and the monarchy. It preceded the Free Officers' coup by six months and exposed the instability of Farouk's government.