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  • Havana, Cuba
    Mar, 1952
    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    Fulgencio Batista, Seized Power on The island, Proclaimed himself President

    Havana, Cuba
    Mar, 1952

    In March 1952, a Cuban general and politician, Fulgencio Batista, seized power on the island, proclaimed himself president and deposed the discredited president Carlos Prío Socarrás of the Partido Auténtico. Batista canceled the planned presidential elections, and described his new system as "disciplined democracy." Although Batista gained some popular support, many Cubans saw it as the establishment of a one-man dictatorship. Many opponents of the Batista regime took to armed rebellion in an attempt to oust the government, sparking the Cuban Revolution.




  • San Fernando Valley, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1952
    Ronald Reagan

    Second Marriage

    San Fernando Valley, California, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 4, 1952

    Reagan and Nancy Davis were engaged at Chasen's restaurant in Los Angeles and were married on March 4, 1952, at the Little Brown Church in the Valley (North Hollywood, now Studio City) San Fernando Valley.




  • Hill Eerie (near Chorwon), North Korea
    Friday Mar 21, 1952
    Korean War

    The Battle of Hill Eerie

    Hill Eerie (near Chorwon), North Korea
    Friday Mar 21, 1952

    The Battle of Hill Eerie refers to several Korean War engagements between the United Nations Command (UN) forces and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) in 1952 at Hill Eerie, a military outpost about 10 miles (16 km) west of Ch'orwon. It was taken several times by both sides; each sabotaging the others' position.




  • Brussels, Belgium
    Monday Mar 24, 1952
    NATO Establishment

    Establishing The post of Secretary General of NATO

    Brussels, Belgium
    Monday Mar 24, 1952

    In 1952 the post of Secretary General of NATO was established as the organization's chief civilian. That year also saw the first major NATO maritime exercises, Exercise Mainbrace and the accession of Greece and Turkey to the organization.




  • England
    Monday Mar 31, 1952
    Alan Turing

    The Trial

    England
    Monday Mar 31, 1952

    Turing was later convinced by the advice of his brother and his own solicitor, and he entered a plea of guilty. The case, Regina v. Turing and Murray, was brought to trial on 31 March 1952. Turing was convicted and given a choice between imprisonment and probation. His probation would be conditional on his agreement to undergo hormonal physical changes designed to reduce libido. He accepted the option of injections of what was then called stilboestrol (now known as diethylstilbestrol or DES), a synthetic oestrogen; this feminization of his body was continued for the course of one year.




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