1952

1952 was a year in the 20th century.

Events[]

Thursday, February 7: While shopping at the Hoggly Woggly grocery store, Emmett Brown has a tussle with a wrestling promoter over the last remaining potato. After winning the tussle, Emmett is offered a career by the promoter as a small town professional wrestler. Encouraged by the crowd, Emmett reluctantly accepts.
Friday, February 15: Emmett "Brainbuster" Brown is slated to fight against Mad Maximus. However, Emmett never shows up for the match, having decided to continue his pursuit of science.
Tuesday, March 1: Jimmy Forrest releases "Night Train." Marvin Berry and the Starlighters perform this song at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in 1955.
Friday, March 4: Actor Ronald Reagan married actress Nancy Davis. Emmett Brown apparently didn't know Reagan had divorced and remarried when he suggested that Jane Wyman might be the First Lady in 1985.
Saturday, June 28: The short story by Ray Bradbury, A Sound of Thunder was published.
Friday, October 3: The sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (Which Martha and Sherman Peabody bring up as something they could watch when they get television^[1]) premieres on ABC.

Date Unknown: Rick Carter (Production designer for Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III) is born in Los Angeles, California.
Wednesday, May 14: Robert Zemeckis, director and co-writer of the Back to the Future series, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Tuesday, July 8: Mary Ellen Trainor, who played Officer Reese in Back to the Future Part II, is born in Chicago, Illinois.

Tuesday, March 11: In the first draft of Back to the Future, Marty travels back to 1952 on this date, not November 5, 1955.