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.
Real-world[]
- 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.
Behind the scenes[]
- Tuesday, March 11: In the first draft of Back to the Future, Marty travels back to 1952 on this date, not November 5, 1955.
Appearance[]
- ↑ Back to the Future novelization Page 70