April 1952 calendar

Events

• 01 Apr 1952 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow
• 03 Apr 1952 Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress.
• 05 Apr 1952 Henry Wittenberg wins his 8th Amateur Athletic Union wrestling title.
• 06 Apr 1952 16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead wins his second Masters golf tournament, shooting a 286.
• 07 Apr 1952 The American Research Bureau reports that the I Love Lucy episode, quotThe Marriage Licensequot was the first TV show in history to be seen in around 10,000,000 homes the evening the episode aired.
• 08 Apr 1952 US President Harry Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike.
• 09 Apr 1952 Popular uprising in Bolivia.
• 11 Apr 1952 The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
• 12 Apr 1952 Salaheddine Baccouche forms Tunisian government.
• 15 Apr 1952 First B-52 bomber prototype test flight.
• 16 Apr 1952 4 Saints in 3 Acts opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 15 performances
• 19 Apr 1952 56th Boston Marathon won by Doroteo Flores of Guatemala in 2:31:53.
• 21 Apr 1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets
• 22 Apr 1952 First atomic explosion on network news, Nob Nevada.
• 23 Apr 1952 Bob Cain of Saint Louis Browns and Bob Feller of Cleveland Indians each pitch a one-hitter.
• 25 Apr 1952 6th NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers beat the New York Knicks, 4 games to 3
• 26 Apr 1952 Patty Berg scores 64, best competitive round of golf by a woman
• 27 Apr 1952 4 Saints in 3 Acts closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 15 performances
• 28 Apr 1952 WW II Pacific peace treaty takes effect
• 29 Apr 1952 Lever House officially opens at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the United States. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it is the first International Style skyscraper.
• 30 Apr 1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television

Famous Birthday

• Steven Seagal

  American actor, director, producer and Aikido expert, often seen in roles that are highly physical.

• David Icke

  British mystic who had a spiritual awakening in 1990-91 and began his earth healing.

• Thierry Le Luron

  French entertainer, impersonator, and humorist.

• Jean-Paul Gaultier

  French haute couture fashion designer.

• François Berléand

  French film and theater actor, born in a jewish family coming from Moldavia (Berléand was formerly Berlian).

• Vincent Bolloré

  French industrialist, corporate raider and businessman.

• Michel Blanc

  French actor and director noted for playing losers and hypochondriacs (in "Les Bronzés"), but also more serious roles like "Mr Hire".

• Michel Sapin

  French politician who has served in the government of France as Minister of Finance since 2014.

• Jean-Dominique Bauby

  French journalist, editor-in-chief of Elle magazine from 1995.

• Patrick Roy

  French television host of game shows.

• Marilu Henner

  American actress producer and author.

• Gary Moore

  Northern Irish singer-songwriter guitarist and producer (Skid Row Thin Lizzy and Colosseum II) (d. 2011).

• Marilyn Chambers

  American porno actress, a celebrity in her field for such films as "Insatiable" and "Behind the Green Door.

• Mary McDonnell

  American actress.

• Jacques Santini

  French football player, with corsican origins, he reached the European Cup Final with Saint-Etienne in 1976 (winner Bayern Munich).

• Mitch Pileggi

  American actor.

• Annette O'Toole

  American actress singer and dancer.

• Jean-Paul Charié
• Jacques Audiard

  French film director and screenwriter; and the son of Michel Audiard, also a notable screenwriter and film director.

• Arcadi Gaydamak

  Businessman.

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Famous Deaths

• [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers

  Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79.

• Minus van Looi [Benjamin van der Neart]

  Flemish writer, dies at 60.

• Charles L Baars

  Dutch actor (Women Tamers), dies at 59.

• Charles Radoux-Rogier

  Composer.

• Miina Sillanpaa

  Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (Born 1866).

• Julius Freed

  American inventor and banker (Born 1887).

• Bernard F Lyot

  French astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at age 55.

• [Richard] Stafford Cripps

  English minister of plane-manufacturing, dies at age 62.

• Jules Poncelet

  Belgian minister of State, dies at age 82.

• Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers

  physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at age 57.

• Elisabeth Schumann

  German singer, an operatic soprano noted for lieder singing.

• Guido Castelnuovo

  Italian mathematician and academic (d. 1952).

• Charles Collett

  GWR chief mechanical engineer (Born 1871).

• Leslie Banks

  Actor (Henry V, 21 Days, Eye Witness), dies at 61.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Eddie Fisher - That's the Chance You Take
2. Georgia Gibbs - Kiss of Fire
3. Don Cornell - I'm Yours
4. Percy Faith & His Orchestra - Delicado
5. Tony Martin - Kiss Of Fire