Dwight D. Eisenhower defeats Democratic Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson (correctly predicted by the UNIVAC computer). Pace-Finletter MOU 1952: A Memorandum of understanding is signed between "...Air Force Secretary Finletter and Army Secretary Pace that established a fixed wing weight limit [for the Army] of five thousand pounds empty, but weight restrictions on helicopters were eliminated..." November 5 – The 9.0 Severo-Kurilsk earthquake hits the Kamchatka Peninsula of the Soviet Union with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). A tsunami took the lives of more than 2,300 people. November 18 – Jomo Kenyatta is arrested in Kenya, for an alleged connection to the Mau Mau Uprising. November 20 The first official passenger flight over the North Pole is made, from Los Angeles to Copenhagen. The first successful sex reassignment surgery is performed in Copenhagen, making George Jorgensen Jr. become Christine Jorgensen. November 29 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a political campaign promise, by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict. December 1 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines takes office as President of Mexico. December 10 – Albert Schweitzer is given the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize. December 14 – The first successful surgical separation of Siamese twins is conducted in Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio. December 20 – The crash of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen. December 25 – One West German soldier is killed in a shooting incident in West Berlin. December 26 – Joseph Ivor Linton, the first Israeli Minister Plenipotentiary in Japan, presents his credentials to the Emperor of Japan. Date unknown The Nordic Council agrees to the unrestricted transport of people, goods and services throughout the Nordic Countries. Supramar launches the first commercial high-speed craft, a hydrofoil. During the Mau Mau Uprising, the poisonous latex of the African milk bush is used to kill cattle, in an incident of Biological warfare. Births January January 1 – Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar January 2 – Elvira Saadi, Soviet gymnast January 3 Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish politician Jim Ross, American wrestling announcer January 7 – Sammo Hung, Hong Kong martial arts superstar, producer and director January 9 – Marek Belka, 11th Prime Minister of Poland January 9 - Lee Montgomery, American speed shop owner, January 12 – Walter Mosley, American author January 14 – Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, 60th Prime