Winston Churchill served as prime minister of the UK at the time. He and the Queen enjoyed a close relationship.Queen Elizabeth and Winston Churchill in 1953.
Queen Elizabeth's private secretary Sir "Tommy" Lascelles wrote of their meetings: "I could not hear what they talked about, but it was, more often than not, punctuated by peals of laughter, and Winston generally came out wiping his eyes."
A cup of coffee cost about 30 cents in 1952.American actress Janet Leigh accepts a cup of coffee on set in 1952.
The average life expectancy in the US was around 71 for women and 65 for men.Family Sitting At Living Room.
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In 1952, the average life expectancy for American women was 71.6 years old, while men's expectancy was 65.8 years old, according to data from the University of California, Berkeley.
Today, women's life expectancy is 82.65 years, and men's is 78.18, according to the CIA.
The Today Show aired its first episode in 1952 hosted by Dave Garroway.Dave Garroway hosting the first episode of The Today Show in 1952.
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Garroway hosted the show for nine years. Other famous journalists who have served as hosts include Barbara Walters, Tom Brokaw, and Katie Couric. Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb currently co-host the broadcast.
The 1952 polio epidemic ravaged the US, with 58,000 new cases.Polio patients.
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In 1952, 3,145 people in the US died of polio and 21,269 were left paralyzed.
Dr. Jonas Salk developed the polio vaccine in 1953, and the US has not reported a case of polio since 1979, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
Birth control pills weren't yet approved by the FDA.Birth control pills photographed in 1965.
In the US, married couples obtained the legal right to use birth control in 1965 through the Supreme Court decision Griswold v. Connecticut. Unmarried women weren't allowed to use birth control until the 1972 decision Eisenstadt v. Baird.
