8 January: The Middle East has a combined 5 Million European Refugees within their borders, Russia has a total of 3 Million.
12 January: University of Tennessee admits it's first Graduate African-American student
26 January: Even more conflict within Alexandria, local Arab rioters loot and destroy the 'European Quarter' of the city, targeting mostly upper and middle upper class European Immigrés.
2 February: A tropical storm forms just north of Cuba, makes landfall in Southern Florida.
6 February: In Japan, the first
mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient
18 February: The first construction of a series of Oil refining facilities in the island of Kharg, Persia begins. It is hoped that the island would be a major exporting terminal for Tanker ships leaving for Asia.
23 February: Imperial Japanese Navy design bureau begins making plans for a Nuclear Powered submarine, with the potential of staying underwater for months, if not years at a time.
28 February: Insulindian President Soekarno makes his first speech in front of a Television camera. Many Insulindians are glued to their screens as they see their President in the face, live for the first time.
3 March: Attempted Coup in Cuba. General Batista tried and failed to take over the Civilian Government.
15 March: 16-73 Inches of Rainfall in Cilaos, Réunion, the most rainfall in a day at that time.
21 March: Kwame Nkrumah was elected as Prime Minister of Ghana.
22 March: Wernher Von Braun, one of the refugees living in Taiwan, published the first in his series of articles titled Man Will Conquer Space Soon! translated into Japanese, the article quickly gained the attention of the officials within the Japanese Space Program.
27 March: Konrad Adenauer was elected as the Chairman of the Rhennish Commune.
31 March:
Akira Nakashima began envisioning what a potential Personal Computer, or a PC as he calls it, would be.
3 April: The Union State Congress passes the Train Safety Act, in response to the previous slew of accidents on passenger trains. Most observers noted that the Woodbridge Train Incident was the final impetus for Congress to move.
5 April: The Imperial Japanese Air Force has begun receiving a slew of proposals concerning upgrades for their primary Jet Fighter, and also for a new, long range Jet Bomber. Plans for the first Air to Air Missile were also drafted.
11 April: The Battle of Nanri Island, a mock exercise between Japanese and Chinese forces to further explore both nation's amphibious invasion capabilities, Chinese forces joined with Imperial Japanese Marines in invading the small island where a small group of both Japanese and Chinese soldiers try to defend it.
15 April: Daniel Guérin, Chairman of the Commune of France, outlines his plans for the legalisation of Homosexuality, and meets immediate resistance from all factions from the CGT.
20 April: There is a growing demand for radio and antenna communications towers in Tokyo, and Architects and Engineers are scrambling to find a solution.
1 May: Malayan Elections, the BSRM lost his commanding majority, but still retains a safe majority of some 54% of the seats in the Malaysian Parliament, while UMNO won a grand total of 35% of the seats, 11% of the other seats went off to independents and other, smaller Malayan parties.
4 May: Lee Kuan Yew, a notable public figure in the city of Singapore, forms the People's Action Party. He has stated his intentions to compete with both the BSRM and UMNO, and form a 'Third Pillar' in Malayan Politics
13 May: The
FN FAL, made by the Syndicat Fabrique National, was unveiled. And went into immediate adoption by the Batavian and Wallonian Communes after testing. The French Commune and Union of Britain have expressed keen interest in adopting the rifle.
1 June: The Dogfight over the Volga. East Russian Fighters engage with West Russian fighters over the city of Volgograd, East Russian authorities maintained that the West Russian fighters infiltrated East Russian airspace. No lives were lost.
8 June: More than 50.000 Refugees arrived yet again on Japan, they still choose the island of Taiwan as their main destination.
20 June: The Treaty of East Asian Coal and Steel was formally ratified by the Korean, Japanese and Chinese governments. It establishes a common market, the first of its kind in Asia, concerning Coal and Steel sales, while an international body oversees disputes and regulates coal and steel production.
26 June: King George purchases farmland in Hokkaido, starting his new life as a farmer in the northern island of Japan.
July 2: Japan formally creates it's Special Forces Command, headquartered in Tokyo, and right next to the office of the CPS General Command, it's purpose is to coordinate and command the various branches of the Japanese Special Forces. From Paratroopers to Mountaineers.
5 July: Tension between the IJN and the Special Forces Command arose over whether the Rikusentai should be considered Special Forces.
19 July: Recent data indicates that the Japanese Economy is about to enter a period of highly sustained growth, about to break into double digit GDP growth for the first time.
23 July: The East Asian Coal and Steel Community was created.
25 July: Negotiations between the American Union State and Puerto Rico concerning reintegration of the island begins.
26 July: Eva Peron, wife of Juan Peron, dies.
03 August: Insulindian President Soekarno formally lays ground for the expansion of the Kemayoran Airport.
16 August: Lynmouth, England, was devastated by floods. 34 died.
20 August: Campaigning season begins for the various candidates for the Japanese General Elections of 1952. Shigeru Yoshida seems to be mounting a rather powerful campaign. The public sentiment is now mostly in favour of change, and the ruling Shakai Taishuto party knows this.
27 August: The Union of Britain creates a commission to study the possibility of High Speed Rail. With first links planned between London, Birmingham, and Edinburgh.
3 September: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, or GATT, went into force after being ratified in April earlier this year.
10 September: Yi Un, King of Korea, formally decrees, after much deliberation. That the Office of the Prime Minister would be elected independently off of the Parliament, that means that the Prime Minister of Korea would be elected by the people, while Parliament would be elected separately.
28 September: Campaigning season closes throughout Japan, with each major candidate making their closing remarks.
1 October: General Elections in Japan, Shigeru Yoshida won a major victory, with his party gaining enough seats to have 46% of the seats. The Shakai Taishuto still retains a majority of 51% of the seats, while the Rikken Kakushinto and Rikken Seiyukai limps by. 2% for the Kakushinto and 1% for the Seiyukai.
3 October: The construction of the Space Launch Center on Tanegashima island begins, after much deliberation with the local islanders.
20 October: Much of the major construction projects on the Japanese Pacific Territories is finished, with only a few road building projects encountering some unexpectedly stiff resistance. Projections indicate that all projects will be finished by early 1953.
25 October: The
Kawasaki H-1, the first helicopter to enter Japanese Military service, was unveiled, production starts immediately.
1 November: Japanese Military officials are considering leasing some land in the Russian Siberia in order to conduct Nuclear Testing.
4 November: The
Severo-Kurilsk Earthquake, with a 9.0 intensity, hits the Kamchatka Peninsula, a Tsunami took the lives of some 2300 people.
20 November: The first ever successful Sexual Reassignment surgery was conducted in Copenhagen. George Jorgensen Jr changes her name to
Christine Jorgensen.
25 November: Agatha Christie's
The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassador Theatre in London. It would become the longest continuously running production play in history.
14 December: The first successful surgical separation of Siamese Twins was conducted in France.
25 December: One East Russian soldier was killed in a freak skirmish near the city of Samara.
30 December: Japan formally has a combined population of 100 Million People.