Today in History for November 1952

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 31 of 31

1st - 1st hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in Pacific Fusion occurs for 1st time on Earth
3rd - Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
3rd - Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
4th - Earthquake & flood strike Kamshatka-South America
4th - Eisenhower (R) elected 34th pres beating Adlai Stevenson (D)
6th - Dmitri Sjostakovitch's cantata "About our Fatherland," premieres
10th - Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary-genraal of UN
12th - Phila A's pitcher Bobby Shantz wins AL MVP
12th - White Sox place Jim Rivera on 1 year probation after cleared of rape
13th - False fingernails 1st sold
13th - KLBK TV channel 13 in Lubbock, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
14th - Greek general Papagos wins elections
14th - First regular UK singles chart published by the New Musical Express.
16th - Papagos' Greek Concentratie wins Greeks parliamentary election
19th - North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH
19th - Spain joins UNESCO
20th - Cubs slugger Hank Sauer wins NL MVP
20th - George Axelrods "7 Year Itch," premieres in NYC
20th - Slánský trials begin - a series of Stalinist and anti-Semitic show trials in Czechoslovakia.
21st - 1st US postage stamp in 2 colors (rotary process) introduced
21st - Dodgers pitcher Joe Black wins NL Rookie of Year
22nd - A's Harry Byrd selected AL Rookie of Year
Mystery Writer Agatha Christie 24th - Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap" opens in London (still running)
25th - Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," premieres in London
25th - George Meany appointed as chairman of AFL
25th - Only win ever for NFL's Dallas Texans (11-1) beats Bears 27-23
26th - 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood
27th - KTBC TV channel 7 in Austin, TX (CBS) begins broadcasting
29th - 40th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 21-11
29th - Pres-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess war
30th - Jackie Robinson charges NY Yankees with racism

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 57 of 57

2nd - Kate Linder, Pasadena Ca, actress (Esther Valentine--Young & Restless)
2nd - Maxine Nightingale, English soul singer
3rd - Felix R de Rooy, Curacaos poet/sculptor
3rd - Kate Capshaw, [Nail], Fort Worth Tx, actress (Little Sex, Dreamscape)
3rd - Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne)
3rd - Jim Cummings, American voice actor
3rd - David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
5th - Bill Walton, NBA center (Portland Trailblazers, Boston Celtics)
5th - Oleg Blokhin, Ukrainian footballer
5th - Vandana Shiva, Indian physicist
6th - Michael Cunningham, American writer
7th - David Petraeus, Commanding General of Multinational Force Iraq
8th - Christie Ann Hefner, daughter of Hugh Hefner, CEO (Playboy)
8th - Jan Raas, Dutch bicyclist
8th - Jerry Remy, American baseball player, color commentator
8th - John Denny, American baseball player
9th - Sherrod Brown, (Rep-D-Ohio)
10th - Pat Severs, Camden SC, country singer (Pirates of Miss-Fred Jake)
10th - Gerry DiNardo, American football coach
Comedienne/Actor Roseanne (3rd) 11th - Paul Cowsill, Newport RI, rock keyboardist (Cowsills-We Can Fly)
12th - Ronald Burkle, American entrepreneur
13th - Art Malik, Pakistani-born English actor
14th - Alec John Such, rocker
14th - Ray Sharkey, Brooklyn NY, actor (Wise Guys, Wired, Caged Fear)
15th - "Macho Man" Randy Savage, [Poffo], Sarasota FL, wrestler (WWF/SMW/ICW)
15th - Zoltán Buday, Hungarian born actor
16th - Robin McKinley, American writer
16th - Piero Falchetta, Italian archivist, Biblioteca Marciana
16th - Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese video game designer
17th - M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers' Union
17th - Roman Codreanu, Romania, wrestler (Olympic-1980)
18th - Delroy Lindo, actor (Get Shorty, Ransom)
18th - Peter Beattie, Australian politician
20th - John Van Boxmeer, National Hockey League player
21st - Deborah Shelton, Wash DC, actress (Dallas, Ocean Kill, Body Double)
21st - Eamonn Coghlan, Ireland, 1500m runner (Oly-4th-76)
21st - Lorna Luft, Scarsdale NY, singer/actress (Where the Boys Are-1980)
23rd - Francie Larrieu Smith, US, 1.5/3/10K track runner (AAU 1 mile-1979)
23rd - Bill Troiano, musician
24th - Brijesh Patel, cricketer (Indian batsman 1974-77)
24th - Norbert Haug, German motorsport executive (Mercedes Benz)
24th - Thierry Lhermitte, French comedian and actor
25th - Amelia Rorer, LPGA golfer
25th - Ernest Harden Jr, Detroit Mich, actor (Marcus-Jeffersons)
25th - Imran Khan Niazi, cricketer (Pakistan's greatest all-rounder) and politician
25th - John Lynch, American politician current governor of New Hampshire
26th - Wendy Turnbell, Australia, tennis player (1979,82 US Opens Double)
27th - James D Wetherbee, Flushing NY, Lt Cmdr USN/astr (STS 32, 52, 63, 86)
Director Kathryn Bigelow (27th) 27th - Kathryn Bigelow, San Carlos, California, film director (The Hurt Locker)
27th - Sheila Copps, Canadian politician
27th - Daryl Stuermer, American guitarist (Genesis)
28th - Jeff Fahey, actor (Darkman III, Crossover, Serpent's Lair)
28th - S Epatha Merkerson, Saginaw MI, actress (Jacob's Ladder, Terminator 2)
29th - Christine Pascal, actress/director (Smile, Nothing But Lies, Elsa)
29th - Dusty Hare, English rugby player
30th - Mandy Patinkin, Chicago Il, actor/singer (Yentl, Alien Nation)
30th - Keith Giffen, American comic book writer and artist

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

18th - "Rock Around The Clock" rock and roll pioneer Bill Haley (27) weds Barbara Cupchak

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 15 of 15

2nd - Maire O'Neill, actress (Juno & the Paycock, Glamorous Night), dies
8th - Claude Carter, cricketer (took 28 wkts 10 Tests for South Africa), dies
9th - Chaim Weizmann, bio-chemist/1st president Israel, dies at 77
9th - Philip Murray, 1st president of the United Steelworkers and longest-serving president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (b. 1886)
18th - Paul Eluard, French communist/poet, dies at 56
20th - Benedetto Croce, Italian philosopher (La Critica), dies at 86
21st - Henriette Roland Holst-de Schalk, marxist author, dies at 82
21st - William Green, union chairman (AFL 1924-52), dies at 79
23rd - Aaro A Hellaakoski, Finnish geographer/poet, dies at 59
23rd - Albert van Raalte, conductor (Radio Philharmonic Orch), dies at 62
25th - Antonio Guarnieri, composer, dies at 72
25th - Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer, dies at 71
26th - Sven Hedin, Swedish explorer (b. 1865)
29th - Rosa Lewis, English chef/owner (Cavendish Hotel London), dies
29th - Vladimir N Ipatiev, Russian/US chemist, dies at 85