What happened on the 19th of September, 1952
On 19th of September 1952, Charlie Chaplin left the US to London. He traveled with his wife and four children on the ship named Queen Elizabeth. Chaplin did not know that he would not be returning to the US for a long while after leaving the US.
Chaplin Arrives in France. Cherbourg, France: Charles Chaplin waves from the deck of the liner Queen Elizabeth, which docked at Cherbourg en route to England, as his wife, Oona, and children watch, September 22. (Photo Credit Gettyimages)
The moment he left, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover rescinded Chaplin’s re-entry permit and ordered for an investigation on Chaplin by the Immigration services. It was also ordered that if Charlie Chaplin returned to the US, he was to be detained “for hearings.”