Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.
Jan
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Feb
06
On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern Ireland dies in his sleep at the royal estate at Sandringham. Princess Elizabeth, the older of the king’s two daughters and next in line to succeed him, was in Kenya at the time of her father’s death; she was officially crowned Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953, at age 27.
(Original Caption) Coronation. London, England: Queen Elizabeth, just after the crowning.
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Mar
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Nov
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Nov
25
“The Mousetrap,” a murder-mystery written by the novelist and playwright Agatha Christie, opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. The crowd-pleasing whodunit would go on to become the longest continuously running play in history.
Watch what happened throughout history on November 25 in this video of This Day in History. On November 25, 1963, John F. Kennedy’s funeral took place in Washington D.C. He was later buried in Arlington Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. On November 25, 1999, Elian Gonzalez, a Cuban immigrant, led to an international custody battle between his family in the United States and his father in Cuba. On November 25, 2002, President George W. Bush signed a bill creating the Department of Homeland Security. Lastly, on November 25, 1959, Mousetrap, the Agatha Christie murder mystery, opened up at the Ambassador Theater in London. This went on to become the longest continuously running play in history.
Nov
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Dec
05
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