1952
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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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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
- Ritual of the Savage by Les Baxter
Film
- Howlings in Favour of de Sade by Guy Debord
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
Births
- Jean-Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
- Peter Fischli, Swiss artist
Deaths
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