The Grumman S-2 Tracker made its first flight on December 4, 1952, becoming the U.S. Navy's first purpose-built ...

4/8/1952: President Truman signs executive order 10340. The Supreme Court declared this executive order unconstitutional in Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v. Sawyer (1952).

The Great Smog of London began on December 5, 1952, claiming between 4,000 and 10,000 lives over the span of five days. The ...

On this day in aviation history, 73 years ago (June 19, 1952), the Yakovlev Yak-25 took to the skies for the first time. Known to NATO as the "Flashlight-A" or "Mandrake," the Yak-25 was a swept-wing, ...