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Year '''1952''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLII]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1952 ==
===January===
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*[[January 8]] - [[West Germany]] has 8 million [[refugees]] inside its borders.
*[[January 14]] - ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' premieres on [[NBC]].
*[[January 16]] - Heir to the throne of Egypt & Sudan H.R.H. Prince Ahmed Fuad Farouk is born, later to become H.M. [[Fuad II]] the last King of Egypt & Sudan, Nubia, Kordofan and Darfur.
*[[January 24]]
**Sudden heavy snowfall in [[Algeria]].
**[[Vincent Massey]] sworn in as first [[Canada]]-born [[Governor-General of Canada]].
===February===
[[Image:3Queens.jpg|thumb|250px|The 3 Queens in mourning- [[Queen Elizabeth II]], her grandmother [[Mary of Teck|Queen Mary]] and mother [[Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon|Queen Elizabeth]] at the funeral of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]].]]
*[[February 2]] - A [[tropical storm]] forms just north of [[Cuba]] moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern [[Florida]] the next day. It is the earliest reported landfall from a tropical storm, and the earliest formation of a tropical storm on record in the [[Atlantic basin]].
*[[February 6]]
**[[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] becomes [[Queen regnant|Queen]] upon the death of her father [[George VI of the United Kingdom|George VI]]. She is simultaneously [[Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II|proclaimed]] [[Monarchy in Canada|Queen of Canada]] at [[Rideau Hall]], [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]].
** In the [[United States]], a [[mechanical heart]] is used for the first time in a human patient.
*[[February 7]] - [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Elizabeth II]] [[Proclamation of accession of Elizabeth II|is proclaimed]] [[British monarchy|Queen of the United Kingdom]] at [[St. James's Palace]], [[London]], [[England]].
*[[February 14]] to [[February 25]] - [[Winter Olympics]] in [[Oslo]].
*[[February 15]] - Funeral of [[George VI of the United Kingdom|King George VI]] takes place at [[St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle|St. George's Chapel]], [[Windsor Castle]].
*[[February 20]] - [[Emmett Ashford]] becomes the first [[African-American]] [[umpire (baseball)|umpire]] in organized [[baseball]] by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the [[Southwestern International League]].
*[[February 21]] - [[Winston Churchill]] scraps [[United Kingdom|UK]] compulsory national [[Identity Cards]].
*[[February 21]] - In [[Dhaka]], [[East Pakistan]] (present-day [[Bangladesh]]) police open fire on a procession of students, killing four people and starting a country-wide protest which leads to the recognition of [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as one of the national languages of Pakistan. The day was later declared as "[[International Mother Language Day]]" by [[UNESCO]].
*[[February 26]] - [[United Kingdom]] [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]] announces that his nation has an [[atomic bomb]].
===March===
*[[March 10]] - General [[Fulgencio Batista]] re-takes power in [[Cuba]].
*[[March 15]] to [[March 16]] - 73 inches (1,870mm) of [[rain]] falls in [[Cilaos]], [[Réunion]], the most [[rainfall]] ever in one day.
*[[March 20]] - The [[United States Senate]] ratifies a [[peace treaty]] with [[Japan]].
*[[March 21]] - The last two [[Capital punishment|executions]] in [[the Netherlands]] take place.
*[[March 21]] - Dr. [[Kwame Nkrumah]] is elected Prime Minister of the [[Gold Coast (British colony)|Gold Coast]].
*[[March 21]] - Tornadoes ravage the lower [[Mississippi River Valley]], leaving 208 dead, through [[March 22]].
*[[March 27]] - Failed [[assassination]] attempt against [[Konrad Adenauer]].
*[[March 29]] - [[U.S. President]] [[Harry S. Truman]] announces that he will not seek reelection.
===April===
*[[April 4]] - In [[Hague]] tribunal, [[Israel]] demands [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|reparation]]s worth 3 billion dollars from [[Germany]].
*c. [[April 4]] - During a severe storm in the [[West Ice]], east of [[Greenland]], five Norwegian [[seal hunting]] vessels with a crew of 78 seal hunters perish without a trace in what is known as the [[West Ice accidents]].
*[[April 8]] - Hours before the [[1952 steel strike]] is to begin, President [[Harry S. Truman]] nationalizes all steel mills in the [[United States]]—creating a dispute which led to landmark legal ruling in ''[[Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer]].''
*[[April 9]] - [[Hugo Ballivián]]'s government is overthrown by the Bolivian National Revolution, starting a period of [[agrarian reform]], [[universal suffrage]] and the [[nationalisation]] of tin mines.
*[[April 11]] - [[Battle of Nanri island]] took place.
*[[April 15]] - The [[B-52 Stratofortress]] flies for the first time.
*[[April 18]]
**[[Bolivia]] National Revolution: universal vote enables indigenous and women to vote, [[nationalization]] of mines and agrarian reform.
**[[West Germany]] and [[Japan]] form [[diplomacy|diplomatic relations]].
*[[April 23]] - [[Nuclear test]] in [[Nevada]] desert.
*[[April 28]]
**The [[Treaty of San Francisco]] goes into effect, formally ending the [[Military occupation|occupation]] of [[Japan]].
**[[Treaty of Taipei]] (Treaty of Peace between [[Japan]] and the Republic of China).
*[[April 29]] - [[Lever House]] officially opens in [[New York City]], heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the [[United States]].
===May===
*[[May 1]] - [[East Germany]] threatens to form its own army.
*[[May 2]] - First passenger jet flight route between [[London]] and [[Johannesburg]].
*[[May 3]] - [[U.S.]] [[lieutenant colonel]]s [[Joseph O. Fletcher]] and [[William P. Benedict]] land a plane at the [[geographic North Pole]].
*[[May 6]] - [[Farouk of Egypt]] had himself announced as a descendant of [[prophet]] [[Muhammad]].
*[[May 13]] - [[Pandit Nehru]] forms his first government.
*[[May 15]] - [[Diplomatic relations]] established between the governments of [[Israel]] and [[Japan]] at the level of [[Legations]].
*[[May 18]] - [[Ann Davison]] became the first woman to single-handedly sail the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
===June===
*[[June 1]] - [[Roman Catholic church]] bans books of [[André Gide]].
*[[June 1]] - Navigation opens on the [[Volga-Don Canal]], connecting the [[Caspian Sea]] basin with that of the [[Black Sea]].
*[[June 5]] - Remains of a [[Viking]] ship found near [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
*[[June 14]] - The [[keel]] is laid for the [[U.S.]] nuclear submarine [[USS Nautilus (SSN-571)|USS ''Nautilus'']].
*[[June 15]] - The Diary of [[Anne Frank]] published.
*[[June 21]] - Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, was converted to Philippine College of Commerce; later to be the [[Polytechnic University of the Philippines]].
*[[June 29]] - [[Finland|Finnish]] [[Armi Kuusela]] wins the title of [[Miss Universe]].
*[[June 30]] - [[Marshall Aid]] ends.
===July===
[[Image:EGKS.png|thumb|200px|[[France]], [[West Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]] and the [[Netherlands]] form the [[European Coal and Steel community]], the foundation organisation which would become the [[European Union]].]]
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*[[July 13]] - [[East Germany]] announced formation of its [[National People's Army]].
*[[July 19]] to [[August 3]] - The [[Summer Olympic Games]] are held in [[Helsinki]].
*[[July 19]] to [[July 26]] - Washington D.C. "buzzed" by several [[UFO]]s tracked on multiple radars. Jets scrambled on several occasions and objects took evasive action only to return after the jets left the area.<ref name= DC_UFO_Flap>{{cite web |last = Gross| first=Patrick| authorlink= Patrick Gross | title=The Washington D.C UFO flap of 1952 | url= http://www.ufologie.net/htm/usa1952.htm |format= |doi= |date=2005-06-09 | accessdate= 2007-10-13}}</ref>
*[[July 21]] - A magnitude 7.5 [[earthquake]] ([[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]]) strikes [[Tehachapi, California]], destroying unreinforced brick buildings.
*[[July 23]]
**Establishment of the [[European Coal and Steel community]].
**General [[Mohammed Naguib]] leads [[Free Officers Movement|The Free Officers]] (formed by [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] - the real power behind the coup) in the [[Coup|overthrow]] of King [[Farouk of Egypt]].
*[[July 25]] - [[Puerto Rico]] becomes a self-governing commonwealth of the [[United States]].
*[[July 26]] - [[Military coup]] in [[Egypt]] ousts King [[Farouk]].
===August===
*[[August 11]] - [[Jordan]]ian army forces [[king Talal]] to resign due to mental illness - his successor is his son [[Hussein of Jordan]].
*[[August 13]] - [[Japan]] joins [[IMF]].
*[[August 14]]
**[[West Germany]] joins the [[IMF]] and the [[World Bank]].
*[[August 16]] - [[Lynmouth]] in North [[Devon]] [[England]] is devastated by [[flood]]s, death toll of 34.
*[[August 26]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] passenger jet flies twice over [[Atlantic Ocean]] in the same day.
*[[August 27]] - [[Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany|Reparation]] negotiations between [[West Germany]] and [[Israel]] end in [[Luxembourg]] - Germany will pay 3 billion [[Deutsche Mark]]s.
*[[August 29]] - Premiere of [[John Cage]]'s ''4' 33"'' in [[Woodstock, New York]].
*[[August 30]] - Last [[Finland|Finnish]] [[war reparations]] to [[Soviet Union]].
*[[August 31]] - Closure of the [[Grenzlandring]] racetrack in [[Wegberg]], [[Germany]].
===September===
*[[September 2]] - Dr. [[C. Walton Lillehei]] and Dr. [[F. John Lewis]] perform first open-[[heart surgery]] at the [[University of Minnesota]].
*[[September 4]] - [[September 9]] - Thick [[smog]] in [[London, England]] causes 4,000 fatalities.
*[[September 6]] - [[TV]] debuts in [[Canada]] as the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] in [[Montreal, Quebec]] airs.
*[[September 8]] - CBC [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]] debuts.
*[[September 18]] - [[Soviet Union]] vetoes [[Japan]]'s application for membership in the [[United Nations]].
===October===
*[[October 8]]
**[[Negotiation (process)|Negotiations]] for a [[ceasefire]] in [[Korea]] are postponed.
**Three-train crash in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]] railway station in [[England]] - 112 dead.
*[[October 12]] - [[Gamma Sigma Sigma]] National Service Sorority was founded in [[New York City]] at [[Beekman Tower|Panhellenic Tower]].
*[[October 14]] - [[United Nations]] begins work in the new [[United Nations building]] in [[New York City]].
*[[October 17]] - [[Indonesia]]n troops led by [[Nasution]] surround the presidential palace, seeking the dismissal of the [[People's Representative Council]]; [[Sukarno]] avoids confrontation.
*[[October 19]]
**[[Alain Bombard]] begins to sail from [[Canary Islands]] to [[Barbados]] in 65 days; he reaches them [[December 23]].
**[[John Bamford]], aged 15, rescues victims of a house fire and becomes the youngest person to have been awarded the [[George Cross]].
*[[October 20]] - [[Martial law]] in [[Kenya]] due to [[Mau Mau]] uprising.
===November===
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*[[November 1]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: [[Operation Ivy]] - The [[United States]] successfully [[detonate]]s the first [[hydrogen bomb]], codenamed "Mike", at [[Eniwetok]] Atoll in the [[Marshall Islands]] in the central [[Pacific Ocean]], with a [[nuclear weapon yield|yield]] of 10.4 [[megaton]]s.
*[[November 4]]
**8.25 [[Richter magnitude scale|Richter scale]] [[earthquake]] in [[Kamchatka Peninsula|Kamchatka]].
**[[United States presidential election, 1952]]: [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] defeats [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Adlai Stevenson]] (correctly predicted by the [[UNIVAC I|UNIVAC]] computer).
**The US [[National Security Agency]] is founded.
*[[November 18]] - [[Jomo Kenyatta]] is arrested in [[Kenya]] for alleged connection to [[Mau Mau]] uprising
*[[November 20]]
**[[Slánský trials]] - series of Stalinist and largely anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
**Fireball crashes in a backyard in [[Havelock North]], [[New Zealand]]{{Fact|date=February 2007}}.
**First official passenger flight over the [[North Pole]] from [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] to [[Copenhagen]].
*[[November 21]] - [[Show trial]] in [[Czechoslovakia]] sentences 11 ex-[[communist]] officials to death - all of them [[Jew]]s.
*[[November 25]] - [[Agatha Christie]]'s murder-mystery play ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in [[London]]; as of 2007 , it continues, next door at the St. Martin's Theatre, and remains the longest continuously running production of a [[Play (theatre)|play]] in history.
*[[November 29]] - [[Korean War]]: [[U.S. President]]-elect [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] fulfills a [[political campaign]] promise by traveling to [[Korea]] to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
===December===
*[[December 1]] - The [[New York Daily News]] carries a front page story announcing that [[Christine Jorgensen]], a [[transsexual]] woman in [[Denmark]] became the recipient of the first successful [[sexual reassignment surgery|sexual reassignment]] operation.
*[[December 4]] - [[Great Smog of 1952]]: A "killer fog" descends on [[London]] (In the process coining the word "[[Smog]]", for "smoke" and "fog").
*[[December 14]] - First successful surgical separation of [[Siamese twins]] in [[Mount Sinai Hospital, Cleveland|Mount Sinai Hospital]], [[Ohio]].
*[[December 20]] - Crash of U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster at Moses Lake, WA kills 86 servicemen.
*[[December 25]] - Shooting incident in [[West Berlin]] - one [[West German]] soldier is killed.
*[[December 26]] - [[Joseph Ivor Linton]], first [[Israeli]] [[Minister Plenipotentiary]] in [[Japan]], presents his [[credentials]] to the [[Japanese Emperor]].
===Undated===
*Nearly 58,000 cases of [[polio]] are reported in the [[U.S.]]– 3,145 died and 21,269 were left with mild to disabling [[paralysis]].<ref name= Zamula>{{cite journal |author= Zamula, Evelyn|title=A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients | url= http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/CONSUMER/CON00006.html |journal= FDA Consumer|volume=25 |issue=5 |pages= |year=1991}}</ref>
*[[Charles Chaplin]] is expelled from the [[U.S.]].
*[[Wernher von Braun]] publishes his ideas for a manned flight to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in ''The Mars Project''.
*[[Nordic Council]] agrees free transport of people, goods and services throughout the [[Nordic Countries]].
*[[National Prohibition Foundation]] incorporated in [[Indiana]].
*[[American Embassy School]] of New Delhi founded.
*[[Fallskärmsjägarna]] - Swedish paratrooper training school (FJS) created.
*[[World Wrestling Entertainment]] - Professional Wrestling Promotion was founded by [[Vince McMahon, Sr.|Vince McMahon Sr.]]
===Ongoing===
*[[Cold War]]
*[[First Indochina War]]
*[[Marshall Plan]]
===Fictional===
The following are references to year 1952 in fiction: (unknown).
==Births==
===January-February===
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*[[January 1]] - [[Jury Zacharanka]], Belarusian politician abducted and probably killed in [[1999]]
*[[January 3]] - [[Jim Ross]], American wrestling announcer
*[[January 12]] - [[Charles Faulkner]] - [[life coach]], [[motivational speaker]], [[Trader (finance)|trader]] and author
*January 12 - [[Walter Mosley]], American author
*[[January 14]] - [[Maureen Dowd]], American writer
*[[January 15]] - [[Boris Blank (musician)]], Swiss musician
*[[January 17]] - [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]], Japanese musician, composer, producer, and actor ([[Yellow Magic Orchestra]])
*[[January 21]]
**[[Marco Camenisch]], Swiss environmental activist
**[[Louis Menand]], American writer and critic
*[[January 22]] - [[Ace Vergel]], [[Philippines|Filipino]] [[actor]], [[cardiac arrest]]. (d. [[2007]])
**Teddy Gentry, vocals and bass guitar for [[Alabama]]
*[[January 25]]
**[[Edward Fialkowski]], political activist
**[[Sara Mandiano]], French singer and songwriter
*[[February 1]] - [[Stan Kasten]], baseball executive, currently President of the [[Washington Nationals]]
*[[February 3]] - [[Dermot Morgan]], Irish actor and comedian (d. [[1998]])
*[[February 14]] - [[Nancy Keenan]], current president of [[NARAL]]
*[[February 22]] - [[William Frist]], heart surgeon and U.S. Senator
*[[February 25]]
**[[Jerry Chamberlain]], American musician
**[[Joey Dunlop]], Northern Irish motorcycle racer (d. [[2000]])
*[[February 29]] - [[Gary The Retard]], member of ''[[The Wack Pack]]'' from radio's ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]''
*[[February 29]] - [[Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush]], American television's first primetime weather anchor
===March-April===
*[[March 1]]
**[[Steven Barnes]], American author
**[[Martin O'Neill]], Northern Irish footballer and football manager
*[[March 2]] - [[Laraine Newman]], American comedian
*[[March 4]] - [[Scott Hicks]], Australian movie director
*[[March 4]]
**[[Ronn Moss]], American actor
**[[Umberto Tozzi]], Italian singer
*[[March 7]] - [[Viv Richards]], West Indian cricket captain
*[[March 11]] - [[Douglas Adams]], English author (d. [[2001]])
*[[March 12]] - [[Eliézer Niyitegeka]], Rwandan journalist, politician, and [[Rwandan Genocide|genocidaire]]
*[[March 13]] - [[Wolfgang Rihm]], German composer
*[[March 13]] - [[Agnes Rapai]], Hungarian writer
*[[March 22]] - [[Bob Costas]], American sports announcer
*[[March 22]] - [[Jay Dee Daugherty]], American drummer
*[[March 23]] - [[Kim Stanley Robinson]], American author
*[[March 25]] - [[Jung Chang]], Chinese-born author and historian
*[[March 25]] - [[Antanas Mockus]], Colombian mathematician and politician
*[[March 29]] - [[Teofilo Stevenson]], Cuban boxer
*[[March 30]] - [[Peter Knights]], Australian footballer and coach
*[[March 31]] - [[Vanessa del Rio]], American actress
*[[April 1]] - [[Bernard Stiegler]], French philosopher
*[[April 4]] - [[Rosemarie Ackermann]], German athlete
*[[April 5]] - [[Mitch Pileggi]], American actor
*[[April 6]] - [[Marilu Henner]], American actress, author
*[[April 7]] - [[Nichita Danilov]], Romanian writer
*[[April 11]] - [[Peter Windsor]], British sports reporter
*[[April 12]] - [[Ralph Wiley]], American sports journalist (d. [[2004]])
*[[April 14]] - [[Mickey O'Sullivan]], Irish sportsman
*[[April 16]]
**[[Billy West (voice actor)|Billy West]], American voice actor
**[[Bill Belichick]], American football coach
*[[April 17]] - [[Željko Ražnatović]], Serbian mobster and paramilitary leader (d. [[2000]])
*[[April 22]] - [[Marilyn Chambers]], American actress
*[[April 25]] - [[Ketil Bjørnstad]], Norwegian pianist
*[[April 28]] - [[Mary McDonnell]], American actress
===May-June===
*[[May 2]]
**[[Campbell McComas]], Australian impersonator and broadcaster
**[[Isla St Clair]], Scottish singer
*[[May 3]]
**[[Allan Wells]], Scottish athlete
**[[Leonid Khachiyan]], Russian-born mathematician
*[[May 4]] - [[Michael Barrymore]], British comedian and TV presenter
*[[May 6]] - [[Michael O'Hare]], American actor
*[[May 10]] - [[Thomas Paty Stamps]], American bankruptcy attorney and historian
*[[May 11]]
**[[Renaud Séchan]], French composer
**[[Shohreh Aghdashloo]], Iranian actress
**[[Mike Lupica]], American sports journalist
*[[May 14]]
**[[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne]], Scottish-born singer, songwriter, and guitarist ([[Talking Heads]])
**[[Robert Zemeckis]], American director
*[[May 16]] - [[James Herndon]], American media psychologist
*[[May 18]]
**[[George Strait]], American musician
**[[Diane Duane]], American writer
*[[May 19]] - [[Bert van Marwijk]], Dutch football manager
*[[May 20]] - [[Roger Milla]], Cameroonian footballer
*[[May 21]] - [[Mr. T]], American actor
*[[May 26]] - [[David Meece]], American musician
*[[May 28]] - [[Victoria Cunningham]], American actress and Playmate
*[[June 7]]
**[[Hubert Auriol]], French racing driver
**[[Orhan Pamuk]], Turkish writer, Nobel prize.
**[[Liam Neeson]], Northern Irish actor
*[[June 9]] - [[Yukihiro Takahashi]], Japanese musician and singer ([[Yellow Magic Orchestra]])
*[[June 16]] - [[George Andreas Papandreou|Georgios Papandreou]], Greek politician
*[[June 17]] - [[Mike Milbury]], American ice hockey player, coach and executive
*[[June 18]] - [[Isabella Rossellini]], Italian actress
*[[June 20]]
**[[John Goodman]], American actor
**[[Vikram Seth]], Indian novelist
*[[June 21]]
**[[Jeremy Coney]], [[New Zealand]] [[cricket]] [[captains]]
**[[Kôichi Mashimo]], Japanese anime director
*[[June 22]]
**[[Alastair Stewart]], British newsreader
** [[Graham Greene (actor)]], Canadian (First Nations) actor
*[[June 24]] - [[Stephen Pusey]], British-born artist
*[[June 25]] - [[Tim Finn]], New Zealand singer-songwriter
*[[June 27]] - [[Douglas Unger]], American novelist
**[[Madan Kumar Bhandari]], Nepalese politician (d. [[1993]])
*[[June 28]] - [[Pietro Mennea]], Italian athlete
*[[June 29]] - [[Joe Johnson (snooker player)|Joe Johnson]], English snooker player
===July-August===
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*[[July 1]] - [[Dan Aykroyd]], Canadian actor
*[[July 9]] - [[John Tesh]], American composer, musician, and television host
*[[July 12]] - [[Philip Taylor Kramer]], Bass Guitar Player (d. [[1995]])
*[[July 12]] - [[Voja Antonić]], [[Serbs|Serbian]] inventor and writer
*[[July 14]] - [[Franklin Graham]], American evangelist
*[[July 19]] - [[Allen Collins]], American musician and band member of Lynyrd Skynyrd
*[[July 20]] - [[Keiko Matsuzaka]], Japanese actress
*[[July 24]] - [[Gus Van Sant]], American Film Director
*[[July 27]] - [[Hannu-Pekka Hänninen]], Finnish sports commentator
*[[July 31]]
**[[Chris Ahrens]], American ice hockey player
**[[João Barreiros]], Portuguese author
*[[August 1]] - [[Zoran Djindjic]], [[Prime Minister of Serbia]] (d. [[2003]])
*[[August 3]] - [[Osvaldo Ardiles]], Argentine footballer
*[[August 4]]
**[[James Arbuthnot]], British politician
**[[Moya Brennan]], Irish singer
*[[August 5]] - [[Louis Walsh]], music producer and reality TV show judge
*[[August 7]] - [[Alexei Sayle]], English actor
*[[August 8]] - [[Jostein Gaarder]], Norwegian author
*[[August 8]] - [[Robin Quivers]], American radio personality
*[[August 9]] - [[Vicki Morgan]], American model (d. [[1983]])
*[[August 10]] - [[Daniel Hugh Kelly]], American actor
*[[August 13]] - [[Herb Ritts]], American photographer
*[[August 14]] - [[Carl Lumbly]], American actor
*[[August 16]] - [[Reginald VelJohnson]], American actor
*[[August 19]] - [[Jonathan Frakes]], American actor
*[[August 21]] - [[Joe Strummer]], British musician ([[The Clash]]) (d. [[2002]])
*[[August 24]] - [[Linton Kwesi Johnson]], Jamaican-born musician
*[[August 26]] - [[Bryon Baltimore]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[August 27]] - [[Paul Reubens]], American actor, writer and comedian
*[[August 28]] - [[Wendelin Wiedeking]], German businessman
*[[August 29]] - [[Karen Hesse]], American children's writer
*[[August 29]] - [[Jimmy Connors]], tennis player
===September-October===
*[[September 12]]
**[[Sergei Karaganov]], [[Russians|Russian]] political scientist
**[[Neil Peart]], drummer for the band [[Rush (band)|Rush]]
*[[September 16]] - [[Fatos Nano]], Albanian Prime Minister
*[[September 18]] - [[Dee Dee Ramone]], American bassist ([[The Ramones]]) (d. [[2002]])
*[[September 22]] - [[Bob Goodlatte]], U.S. Congressman from Virginia
*[[September 24]]
**[[Mark Sandman]], American musician and artist ([[Morphine (band)|Morphine]]) (d. [[1999]])
**[[Joseph Patrick Kennedy II]], son of [[Robert F Kennedy]] and [[Ethel Skakel Kennedy]] and nephew of U.S president [[John F Kennedy]] and [[Edward M Kennedy]]
*[[September 25]] - [[Christopher Reeve]], American actor and activist (d. [[2004]])
*[[September 26]] - [[Predrag Miletić]], Serbian actor from [[Nis]]
*[[September 27]] - [[Didier Dubois]], French mathematician
*[[September 29]] - [[Max Sandlin]], American politician
*[[September 30]] - [[Jack Wild]], English actor (d. [[2006]])
*[[October 5]]
**[[Duncan Regehr]], Canadian actor
**[[Clive Barker]], British author
*[[October 7]] - [[Vladimir Putin]], Russian president
*[[October 9]] - [[Sharon Osbourne]], wife and manager of [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
*[[October 13]] - [[John Lone]], Hong Kong actor
*[[October 14]] - [[Nikolai Andrianov]], Soviet gymnast
*[[October 16]] - [[Ron Taylor (actor)|Ron Taylor]], American actor (died [[2002]])
*[[October 19]] - [[Floyd Mayweather Sr.]], former [[boxing|professional boxer]] and trainer
*[[October 22]] - [[Jeff Goldblum]], American actor
*[[October 26]] - [[Andrew Motion]], English poet
*[[October 28]] - [[Annie Potts]], American actress
===November-December===
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*[[November 3]] - [[Roseanne Barr]], American actress and comedian
*[[November 3]] - [[David Ho]], Taiwanese-American [[AIDS]] researcher
*[[November 5]] - [[Bill Walton]], American basketball player and commentator
*[[November 6]] - [[Michael Cunningham]], American writer
*[[November 8]] - [[Jan Raas]], Dutch professional cyclist
*[[November 13]] - [[Art Malik]], Pakistani-born British actor
*[[November 16]] - [[Shigeru Miyamoto]], Japanese game designer
*[[November 17]] - [[Ties Kruize]], Dutch field hockey player
*[[November 25]] - [[Imran Khan]], Pakistani cricketer
*[[November 28]] - [[S. Epatha Merkerson]], American actress
*[[November 30]] - [[Keith Giffen]], American comic book writer and artist
*[[December 6]] - [[Rick Charlesworth]], Australian cricketer, politician, hockey player and coach
*[[December 9]] - [[Michael Dorn]], American actor
*[[December 12]] - [[Herb Dhaliwal|Harbance Singh (Herb) Dhaliwal]], Canadian politician
*[[December 15]] - [[Hwang Woo-Suk]], [[South Korean]] [[biomedical scientist]]
*[[December 16]] - [[Joel Garner]], West Indian cricketer
*[[December 27]] - [[Jay Hill]], Canadian politician
*[[December 28]] - [[Arun Jaitley]], Indian politician
*[[December 30]] - [[June Anderson]], American soprano
==Deaths==
===January - June===
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*[[January 11]] - [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general, posthumous [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1889]])
*[[January 18]] - [[Curly Howard]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1903]])
*[[February 6]] - King [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1895]])
*[[February 19]] - [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1859]])
*[[February 22]] - [[Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg]], first [[President of Finland]] (b. [[1863]])
*[[March 5]] - [[Charles Scott Sherrington]], English physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1857]])
*[[March 7]] - [[Paramahansa Yogananda]], Indian guru (b. [[1893]])
*[[March 9]] - [[Alexandra Kollontai]], Russian revolutionary (b.[[1872]])
*[[March 22]] - [[Uncle Dave Macon]], American musician (b. [[1870]])
*[[March 31]]
**[[Wallace H. White, Jr.]], U.S. Senator from Maine (b. [[1877]])
**[[Walter Schellenberg]] (b. [[1910]])
*[[April 3]] - [[Miina Sillanpää]], Finnish politician (b. [[1866]])
*[[April 5]] - [[Fala (dog)|Fala]], Scottish Terrior to President Roosevelt (b. [[1940]])
*[[April 5]] - [[Charles Collett]], [[Great Western Railway]] chief mechanical engineer (b. [[1871]])
*[[April 21]] - [[Sir Stafford Cripps]], British [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] (b. [[1889]])
*[[April 23]] - [[Julius Freed]], American inventor and banker (b. [[1887]])
*[[May 6]] - [[Maria Montessori]], Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. [[1870]])
*[[May 21]] - [[John Garfield]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
*[[June 1]] - [[John Dewey]], American philosopher (b. [[1859]])
*[[June 17]] - [[Krystyna Skarbek]], Polish-born British agent in World War II (b. [[1915]])
*[[June 19]] - [[Heinrich Schlusnus]], German baritone (b. [[1888]])
===July - December===
*[[July 26]] - [[Eva Perón]], [[President of Argentina|Spiritual Leader of the Argentine Nation]], prominent political leader, and First Lady to and partner in power of President [[Juan Perón]] (b. 1919)
*[[September 29]] - [[George Santayana]], Spanish-born writer (b. [[1863]])
*[[September 30]] - [[Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor|Viscount Waldorf Astor]], American-born businessman and politician (b. [[1879]])
*[[October 22]] - [[Ernst Rüdin]], Swiss psychiatrist, geneticist, and eugenicist (b. [[1874]])
*[[October 28]] - [[Billy Hughes]], seventh [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1862]])
*[[November 3]] - [[Louis Verneuil]], French playwright, screenwriter (b. [[1893]])
*[[November 8]] - [[Harold Innis]], Canadian communications scholar (b. [[1894]])
*[[November 9]] - [[Chaim Weizmann]], first [[President of Israel]] (b. [[1874]])
*[[November 18]] - [[Paul Eluard]], French poet (b. [[1895]])
*[[November 20]] - [[Benedetto Croce]], Italian critic, philosopher, and politician (b. [[1866]])
*[[November 21]] - [[William D. Upshaw]], American [[temperance movement]] leader (b. [[1866]])
*[[November 26]] - [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer, geographer and geopolitician (b. [[1865]])
*[[December 12]] - [[Bedrich Hrozny|Bedrich Hrozný]], Czech orientalist and linguist (b. [[1879]])
*[[December 19]] - [[Pehr G. Holmes]], American Politician
*[[December 28]] - [[Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin]], Queen consort of [[Christian X of Denmark]] (b. [[1879]])
*[[December 28]] - [[Fletcher Henderson]], American musician (b. [[1897]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Felix Bloch]], [[Edward Mills Purcell]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Archer John Porter Martin]], [[Richard Laurence Millington Synge]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Selman Abraham Waksman]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[François Mauriac]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Albert Schweitzer]]
==Ship events==
* [[List of ship commissionings in 1952]]
* [[List of ship decommissionings in 1952]]
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