Editing 1952 (section)

===March–April===
* [[March 10]] – General [[Fulgencio Batista]] re-takes power in [[Cuba]] in a coup.
* [[March 15]]–[[March 16|16]] – 73&nbsp;inches (1,870&nbsp;mm) of rain falls in [[Cilaos]], [[Réunion]], the most rainfall in one day up to that time.
* [[March 20]] – The [[United States Senate]] ratifies a [[Treaty of San Francisco|peace treaty]] with Japan.
* [[March 21]]
** The last two [[Capital punishment|executions]] in the Netherlands take place.
** [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is elected Prime Minister of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].
** [[March 1952 Southern United States tornado outbreak|Tornadoes]] ravage the lower [[Mississippi embayment|Mississippi River Valley]], leaving 208 dead, through [[March 22]].
* [[March 22]] – [[Wernher von Braun]] publishes the first in his series of articles titled ''[[Man Will Conquer Space Soon!]]'', including ideas for crewed flights to [[Mars]] and the Moon.
* [[March 27]]
**[[Konrad Adenauer]] survives an assassination attempt.
**[[1952 Coorg Legislative Assembly election|A legislative Assembly election]] is held in [[Coorg]].
* [[April 1]]
** [[Al-Arabi SC (Qatar)|Al Arabi]] was founded in [[Qatar]]
* [[April 4]]
** In the [[The Hague|Hague Tribunal]], [[Israel]] demands [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|reparations]] worth $3&nbsp;billion from Germany.
** [[West Ice accidents]]: During a severe storm in the [[West Ice]], east of [[Greenland]], 78 seal hunters on 5 Norwegian [[seal hunting]] vessels vanish without a trace.
* [[April 7]] – The [[American Research Bureau]] reports that the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' episode "The Marriage License" was the first TV show in history to be seen in around 10,000,000 homes, the evening the episode aired.
* [[April 8]] – ''[[Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer]]'': The U.S. Supreme Court limits the power of the President to seize private business, after President [[Harry S. Truman]] nationalizes all steel mills in the United States, just before the [[1952 steel strike]] begins.
* [[April 9]]
** [[Hugo Ballivián]]'s government is overthrown by the [[History of Bolivia (1920–64)#The Bolivian National Revolution, 1952|Bolivian National Revolution]], which starts a period of [[agrarian reform]], [[universal suffrage]] and the [[nationalization]] of tin mines.
** Santa Teresa Church tragedy: 50 people are trampled to death in the [[Basilica of St. Teresa]], [[Caracas]], [[Venezuela]], after someone shouts "[[Shouting fire in a crowded theater|Fire!]]"; 40 people are arrested in connection with the crush.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 April 1952 |title=53 Killed in Church Panic |newspaper=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133715606 |access-date=21 November 2017 |pages=3 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref name=":02">[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/57097759 Stampede In Church Planned?] ''13 April 1952''</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 April 1952 |title=40 Arrests in Sequel to Deaths |newspaper=West Australian |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49026717 |access-date=21 November 2017 |pages=6 |via=Trove}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] 
**[[Battle of Nanri Island]]: The [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] seizes the island from the [[China|People's Republic of China]].
**[[Bolivian National Revolution]]: Rebels take over [[Palacio Quemado]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-13|title=The 1952 Bolivian Revolution – IWL-FI|url=https://litci.org/en/the-1952-bolivian-revolution/|access-date=2022-02-26|language=es-CO}}</ref>
* [[April 18]]
** [[Bolivia]] National Revolution: A universal vote enables indigenous peoples and women to vote, nationalizes mines and enacts agrarian reform.
** [[West Germany–Japan relations|West Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations]].
* [[April 26]] – United States Navy aircraft carrier [[USS Wasp (CV-18)|''Wasp'']] collides with destroyer [[USS Hobson (DD-464)|''Hobson'']] while on exercises in the Atlantic Ocean, killing 175 men.
* [[April 28]] – The [[Treaty of San Francisco]] goes into effect, formally ending the war between [[Japan]] and the [[Allies of World War II|Allies]], and simultaneously ending the [[Military occupation|occupation]] of the four main Japanese islands by the [[Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers]].