1952 was a year in the 20th century.

Events

• 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.

Behind the scenes

• Wednesday, May 14: Robert Zemeckis, director and co-writer of the Back to the Future series, was born in Chicago, Illinois.
• In the first draft of Back to the Future, Marty travels back to 1952, not 1955.