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| 1 | 1952 | - 1952—1952:
Contraceptive pill invented
- 1952—1952:
Britain explodes her first atomic bomb, in Australia
- 1952—1952:
Radioactive carbon used for dating prehistoric objects
- 1952—1952:
Bonn Convention: Britain, France and USA end their occupation of West Germany
- 6 Feb 1952—6 Feb 1952:
King George VI dies
- 21 Feb 1952—21 Feb 1952:
Identity Cards abolished in Britain
- 2 May 1952—2 May 1952:
First commercial jet airliner service launched, by BOACComet between London
and Johannesburg
- 5 Jul 1952—5 Jul 1952:
Last tram runs in London (Woolwich to New Cross)
- 16 Aug 1952—16 Aug 1952:
Lynmouth (North Devon) flood disaster
- 6 Sep 1952—6 Sep 1952:
DH110 crashes at Farnborough Air Show, 26 killed
- 3 Oct 1952—3 Oct 1952:
End of tea rationing in Britain
- 1 Nov 1952—1 Nov 1952:
The first H-bomb ever ('Mike') was exploded by the USA - the mushroom cloud
was 8 miles across and 27 miles high. The canopy was 100 miles wide. Radioactive mud fell
out of the sky followed by heavy rain. 80 million tons of earth was vaporised.
- 25 Nov 1952—25 Nov 1952:
Agatha Christie's 'The Mousetrap' opens in London
- 4 Dec 1952—4 Dec 1952:
Great smog hits London
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| 2 | 1953 | - 31 Jan 1953—31 Jan 1953:
Said to be the biggest civil catastrophe in Britain in the 20th century -
severe storm and high tides caused the loss of hundreds of lives - - effects travelled from the
west coast of Scotland round to the south-east coast of England [The Netherlands were even
worse affected with over a thousand deaths]
- 5 Feb 1953—5 Feb 1953:
Sweet rationing ends in Britain
- 5 Mar 1953—5 Mar 1953:
Death of Stalin
- 26 Mar 1953—26 Mar 1953:
Jonas Salk announces his polio vaccine
- 24 Apr 1953—24 Apr 1953:
Winston Churchill knighted
- 25 Apr 1953—25 Apr 1953:
Francis Crick and James D Watson publish the double helix structure of DNA
- 2 Jun 1953—2 Jun 1953:
Coronation of Elizabeth II
- 26 Sep 1953—26 Sep 1953:
Sugar rationing ends in Britain (after nearly 14 years)
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