Today in History for July 1952

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 36 of 36

2nd - Princess Beatrice opens miniature city of Madurodam
3rd - Puerto Rico's constitution approved by US Congress
4th - 66th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Frank Sedgman beats J Drobny (46 62 63 62)
4th - Canadain Currency, Mint & Exchange Fund Act allows gold coins of $5, $10, and $20 to be minted
5th - "Of Thee I Sing" closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 72 performances
5th - 59th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Maureen Connolly beats L Brough (75 63)
6th - Last tram ride in London
7th - SS United States cross Atlantic in record 82:40
8th - 19th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 in 5 at Shibe Park, Phila
11th - Gen Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate
12th - East German SED decides to form German DR army
14th - SS United States crosses Atlantic in 84:12 (record westward)
15th - 1st transatlantic helicopter flight begins
17th - Shah of Persia named Ghavam Sultaneh premier
18th - KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
19th - "Paint Your Wagon" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 289 perfs
19th - 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland
19th - Freddie Trueman takes 8-31, India all out 58 at Old Trafford
19th - India all out 82 in 2nd innings after making 52 earlier in the day
20th - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic Record 10K (29:17.0)
20th - Fausto Coppi wins Tour de France
21st - 7.8 earthquake shakes Kern County California, 14 killed
21st - Premier Ghavam es-Sultaneh of Persia, resigns
22nd - Poland adopts Communist-imposed Constitution
23rd - General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)
24th - 112°F (44°C), Louisville, Georgia (state record)
24th - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record 5K (14:06.6)
24th - Pres Harry Truman settles 53-day steel strike
25th - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day)
25th - Puerto Rico becomes a self-governing US commonwealth
26th - King Farouk I of Egypt abdicates [Black Saturday]
26th - Mickey Mantle hits his 1st grand-slammer
27th - Emile Zatopek runs Olympic record marathon (2:23:03.2)
28th - Rogers Hornsby replaces Luke Sewell, as Cincinnati Reds manager
29th - 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
30th - Ford Frick sets waiver rule to bar inter-league deals until all clubs in same league get right to bid

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 79 of 79

1st - Dan Aykroyd, Ottawa Canada, comedian/actor (SNL, Dragnet)
1st - Timothy J. Tobias, American composer and musician (d. 2006)
2nd - Johnny Coila, rocker
2nd - Linda M Godwin, Cape Girardeau Mo, PhD/astronaut (STS 37, 59, 76)
2nd - Wayne Haner, rock bassist (Axe)
3rd - Alan Autry, NFLer (Green Bay Packers)/actor (Heat of the Night)
3rd - Bill Badgett Jr, horse trainer
3rd - Wasim Raja, cricketer (bro of Rameez, Pakistani lefty bat & leggie)
4th - Álvaro Uribe Vélez, Colombian politician
5th - David Dreier, (Rep-R-California, 1981- )
5th - Michael Don McNabb, composer
5th - Terence Tom Henricks, Bryan Oh, USAF/astronaut (STS 44, 55, 70, 78)
6th - Grant Goodeve, Middlebury CT, actor (Northern Exposure)
6th - Jesse Harms, musician, of REO Speedwagon
7th - Mando Guerrero, Mexican professional wrestler
8th - Ulrich Wehling, German DR, cross country (Olympic-gold-1972, 76, 80)
8th - Jack Lambert, American football player
8th - Anna Quindlen, American columnist
9th - John Tesh, Garden City NY, New age pianist/TV host (ET)
9th - Rod Boll, Fillmore Saskatchwan, trap shooter (Olympics-96)
10th - Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
10th - Kim Mitchell, Canadian guitarist/singer
10th - Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
11th - Stephen Lang, NYC, actor (Another You, Death of a Salesman)
11th - John Kettley, English weather forecaster
12th - Liz Mitchell, Jamaica, rock vocalist (Boney M)
12th - Phil Kramer, Youngtown Oh, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
12th - Voja Antonić, Serbian inventor and writer
12th - Philip Taylor Kramer, Bass Guitar Player (d. 1995)
14th - Chris Cross, [St John], rock singer (Arthur)
14th - Eric Laneuville, New Orleans La, actor (Larry-Room 222, St Elsewhere)
14th - George Louis Francis Lewis, composer
14th - Jerry Houser, LA California, actor (Slapshot, Summer of '42, Class of '44)
14th - Joel Silver, South Orange NJ, producer (Warriors, Xanadu, Die Hard)
14th - Stan Shaw, Chic Ill, actor (Mississippi, Roots Next Generation)
14th - Franklin Graham, American evangelist
14th - Bob Casale, AKA Bob 2, American Musician (Devo)
15th - David Bell, horse trainer
15th - David Pack, rocker (Ambrosia)
15th - Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, (Rep-R-Florida)
15th - Jeff Carlisi, rock guitarist (38 Special)
15th - Jesse Ventura, [James Janos], wrestler/actor (mayor-Brooklyn Pk-MN)
15th - Jill Long, (Rep-D-Indiana)
15th - Larken Collins, rocker (Rossington-Collins Band)
15th - Johnny Thunders, American musician (d. 1991)
15th - Terry O'Quinn, American actor
15th - Judy McGrath, American television executive
16th - Phillip Carrick, cricketer
16th - Stewart Copeland, Alexandria Egypt, drummer (Police-Roxanne)
16th - Robert David Steele, American spy
17th - Chet McCracken, Seattle Wash, rocker (Doobie Brothers)
Actor David Hasselhoff (17th) 17th - David Hasselhoff, Balt Md, actor (Night Rider, Mitch-Baywatch)
17th - Nicolette Larson, KC MO, rock vocalist (Twins, Lotta Love)
17th - Phoebe Snow, singer (Theme from "It's a Different World")
17th - Robert R[ick] McCammon, US, sci-fi author (Baal, Mystery Walk)
18th - James Forbes, basketball player (Olympic-silver-1972)
19th - Alan Collins, rock guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
19th - Dominic Muldowney, composer
19th - Howard Donald Saunders, Danbury Ct, murderer (FBI Most Wanted List)
19th - Robert A. Ficano, American politician
19th - John Griesheimer, American politician
20th - Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
21st - John Barrasso, [John Anthony Barrasso III], Reading Pennsylvania, American politician, junior senator from Wyoming
22nd - Herbert Chang, West Indian cricket batsman (1979)
22nd - Madeleine Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
22nd - Mary Collinson, Malta, twin playmate (Oct, 1970)
23rd - Janis Siegel, NYC, jazz singer (Manhattan Transfer-Tuxedo Junction)
23rd - Paul Hibbert, cricketer (one Test Aust v India 1977, scored 13 & 2)
24th - Vin Weber, (Rep-R-MN, 1981- )
24th - Gus Van Sant, American film director
25th - "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin, [Williams], NWA/WCW/AWA wrestler
26th - Ludmila Maslakova, USSR, relay runner (Olympic-silver-1980)
26th - Scott David Cook, Glendale Ca, CEO (Intuit-Quicken)
27th - Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sports commentator
28th - Monique Vajiralongkorn, Crown Prince/Heir Apparent to Thailand throne
28th - Monique van de Ven, Dutch actress (Turkish Fruit)
28th - Yoshitaka Amano, Japanese artist
31st - Pritawi Sudarmo, Indonesia, astronaut
31st - João Barreiros, Portuguese writer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 3 of 3

2nd - Zulu-leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi marries Irene Mzila
9th - American educator, Presbyterian minister and TV host Fred Rogers (24) weds Sara Joanne Byrd
15th - Gerald D Lascelles (under English princess Mary) weds Angela Dowding

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 16 of 16

2nd - Henriette H Bosmans, Dutch cello player/pianist/composer, dies at 56
3rd - Daniel Zamudio, composer, dies at 64
3rd - Henriette Bosmans, composer, dies
4th - Walter Long, dies at 73
6th - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, French Canadian politician (b. 1867)
10th - Rued Immanuel Langgaard, composer, dies at 58
15th - Julia Lennon, John Lennon's mother dies in a car accident
18th - Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect (b. 1862)
18th - Jack Earle, American actor and sideshow performer (b. 1906)
22nd - Antonio Maria Valencia, composer, dies at 49
22nd - August Balthazar, Belgian politician, dies at 58
25th - Herbert Murrill, composer, dies at 43
26th - Eva Peron-Duarte, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
27th - Roland Pope, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
27th - W de Basil, [US Voskresenski], Russia, ballet dancer, dies
31st - N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (South African slow lefty 1947-51), dies