1952 some important and other events!
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
16 January – Sooty, Harry Corbett's glove puppet bear, first appears on BBC Television.
1 February – The first TV detector van is commissioned
6 February – George VI dies at Sandringham House aged 56.
8 February – Queen Elizabeth II proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
21 February – Compulsory identity cards, issued during World War II, abandoned.
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3 May – Newcastle United win the FA Cup.
1 June – A one shilling charge is introduced for prescription drugs dispensed under the National Health Service.
19 July–3 August – Great Britain and Northern Ireland compete at the Olympics in Helsinki and win 1 gold, 2 silver and 8 bronze medals.
19 July – Len Hutton is appointed as the England cricket team's first professional captain for 65 years.
19 September – English film star Charlie Chaplin, sailing to Britain for the premiere of his film Limelight.
5 October – Tea rationing ends, after thirteen years.
14 November – The magazine New Musical Express publishes the first UK Singles Chart.
25 November – Agatha Christie's play The Mousetrap starts its run at the New Ambassadors Theatre in London.
4–9 December – Great Smog blankets London, causing transport chaos and, it is believed, around 4,000 deaths.
29 November – First GPO pillar box of the present reign to be
12 December – BBC television series Flower Pot Men debuts.
25 December – The Queen makes her first Christmas speech.
December – End of Utility furniture scheme