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'''1952''' is the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade. | '''1952''' is the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade. | ||
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+ | * [[December 4]] – the [[Great Smog of London]]: A a severe air-pollution event. | ||
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== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
*[[James Bond (character)]] created | *[[James Bond (character)]] created | ||
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===Music=== | ===Music=== | ||
*''[[4′33″]]'' by John Cage | *''[[4′33″]]'' by John Cage | ||
- | *''[[Ritual of the Savage]]'' by Les Baxter | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
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*"[[Lucifer and Prometheus]]" by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky | *"[[Lucifer and Prometheus]]" by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky | ||
*''[[Other Inquisitions 1937-1952]]'' by Jorge Luis Borges | *''[[Other Inquisitions 1937-1952]]'' by Jorge Luis Borges | ||
+ | *''[[Still Life Painting: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century]]'' by Charles Sterling | ||
== Births == | == Births == |
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1952 is the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
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Events
- December 4 – the Great Smog of London: A a severe air-pollution event.
Art and culture
- James Bond (character) created
- Cavalier (magazine) founded
- Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders first published
Visual culture
- Founding of the Independent Group
- Le Corbusier completes his Unité d'habitation in Marseilles
Music
- 4′33″ by John Cage
Film
- Howlings in Favour of de Sade by Guy Debord
- Umberto D. by Vittorio De Sica
- L'Anticoncept by Gil J. Wolman
Literature
Non-fiction
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- Must We Burn Sade? by Simone de Beauvoir
- The Haunted Screen by Lotte Eisner
- "Lucifer and Prometheus" by R.J. Zwi Werblowsky
- Other Inquisitions 1937-1952 by Jorge Luis Borges
- Still Life Painting: From Antiquity to the Twentieth Century by Charles Sterling
Births
- Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- Peter Fischli, Swiss artist
Deaths
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