Evita: Death of a Martyr (TRIH ep 497, part 4)
1952 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) traces the decline and death of Eva Perón. The hosts discuss Evita's early cancer symptoms, initial refusals of surgery, and the way her illness became politicized as she embraced a public, sacrificial persona.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1952
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)
- Korean War (1950)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Suez Crisis (1956)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Manhattan Project (1942)