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April 15, 1952
On April 15, 1952, first flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Simon Cowell, Louka Katseli, Gerald Early would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 15, 1952
First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American nuclear-capable subsonic jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955 and was flown by NASA from 1959 to 2007.
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The year in brief
1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1952nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 952nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 52nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1950s decade.
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On April 15, 1952
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1952 First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. American strategic bomber aircraft
The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American nuclear-capable subsonic jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) since 1955 and was flown by NASA from 1959 to 2007.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1952
- April 11 Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.
- April 11 Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.
- April 21 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.
- April 28 Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO in order to campaign in the 1952 United States presidential election.
- April 28 The Treaty of San Francisco comes into effect, restoring Japanese sovereignty and ending its state of war with most of the Allies of World War II.
- April 28 The Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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