Events Date 1952 March | History by KabAstro

Event of Interest

Mar 5 Terence Rattigan's stage drama "Deep Blue Sea" premieres in London

Mar 8 Antoine Pinay forms French government
Mar 9 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title

Cuban Coup d'état

Mar 10 Military coup led by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba

Cuban President and Dictator Fulgencio Batista

Mar 15 "2 in the Aisle" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 276 performances
Mar 15 Greatest 24-hr rainfall begins: 187 cm at La Reunion, Indian Ocean
Mar 16 1870 mm rain in Cilaos, Island of Reunion (world record)

Golf Tournament

Mar 16 LPGA Titleholders Championship Women's Golf, Augusta CC: Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins her 3rd Titleholders title by 7 strokes from Betsy Rawls

All-Round Athlete and Golfer Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Mar 18 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia)

Academy Awards

Mar 20 24th Academy Awards: "An American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivien Leigh win

Mar 20 Final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan by US Senate
Mar 21 "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 performances
Mar 21 -22] Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths

Music Concert

Mar 21 20,000 attempt to attend the 1st rock & roll concert ever when Alan Freed presents "The Moondog Coronation Ball" at old 12,000 seat Cleveland Arena; performers include: Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers; Tiny Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders; The Dominoes; and Varetta Dillard

Mar 22 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44
Mar 22 Wales wins Five Nations Rugby Championship, Grand Slam & Triple Crown with a 9-5 win over France at St. Helen's Ground, Swansea
Mar 23 NY Rangers blow 6-2 lead, lose 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks; Bill Mosienko scores fastest hat trick in NHL history, 21 seconds
Mar 24 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa
Mar 26 14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St. Johns, 80-63; first tournament to have a true "Final Four" format

Event of Interest

Mar 26 Friedrich Durrenmatt's "Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi" premieres in Munich

Playwright and Novelist Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Singin' in the Rain

Mar 27 "Singin' in the Rain", musical comedy film directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen, starring Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds, premieres at Radio City Music Hall in NYC