1952
 
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  • Revolution in Egypt; King Farouk overthrown by Naguib
  • Mau Mau uprising in Kenya
  • George V1 of England dies; Elizabeth 11 becomes Queen
  • Dwight D. Eisenhower elected President of US (Richard Nixon becomes Vice-President)
  • First hydrogen bomb (US)
  • First British atomic bomb test (at Monte Bello Island, later tests at Woomera)
  • First jet airliner (de Havilland Comet)
  • First polio immunisation developed by Jonas Salk
  • First Mad magazine
  • Teabags introduced into Britain
  • Helsinki Olympics
  • Mr Potato Head becomes the first toy advertised on (US) TV
  • Scrabble craze (Scrabble was invented in 1931)
  • First atomic absorption spectrophotometer developed Alan Walsh (at the CSIRO)
  • First 2-stroke lawn mower with rotary blades invented by Mervyn Victor Richardson
  • Rate of inflation in Australia reaches 22%
  • First main-line diesel trains in Victoria and Queensland

  • "Kiss Me, Kate" plays in Australia

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Jonas Salk

First Mad magazine
de Havilland Comet

 

Korea
Casualties continue during cease fire talks
Ike for President
Eisenhower's campaign jingle.

 

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