February 1952 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1952 General strike against French colonial management in Tunisia.
• 02 Feb 1952 George VI (King of the United Kingdom and his dominions, of Canada, of South Africa, of Australia, of New Zealand and of Ceylon) dies aged 56 after a long illness. He is succeeded by his daughter The Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh (now Elizabeth II), who is on a visit to Kenya. She is simultaneously proclaimed Queen of Canada at Rideau Hall, Ottawa, Ontario.
• 04 Feb 1952 1st black executive of a major TV station
• 06 Feb 1952 Elizabeth II becomes the first Queen regnant of the United Kingdom and several other realms since Queen Victoria, upon the death of her father, George VI. At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at the Treetops Hotel in Kenya.
• 07 Feb 1952 Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom (and her five other Commonwealth realms) at St. James's Palace, London, England.
• 08 Feb 1952 RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day, debuts on NBC TV
• 13 Feb 1952 Rocky Marciano defeats Lee Savold for his 39th straight win.
• 14 Feb 1952 Comedian Joey Adams marries gossip columnist Cindy Heller.
• 16 Feb 1952 Hall of Famer Honus Wagner, age 77, retires; Pittsburgh Pirates retire his #33.
• 18 Feb 1952 4th Emmy Awards: Red Skelton, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca wins
• 19 Feb 1952 French offensive at Hanoi, Vietnam.
• 20 Feb 1952 1st black umpire in organized baseball certified
• 21 Feb 1952 Dick Button performs first figure skating triple jump in competition.
• 24 Feb 1952 Betty MacKinnon and Sam Snead win LPGA Orlando Mixed Golf Tournament.
• 25 Feb 1952 6th Winter Olympic games close at Oslo, Norway
• 26 Feb 1952 Vincent Massey is sworn in as the first Canadian-born Governor-General of Canada.
• 29 Feb 1952 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of France.

Famous Birthday

• Daniel Balavoine

  French singer and songwriter (d. 1986).

• Christiane Taubira

  French politician who, on 15 May 2012, was appointed Minister of Justice of France in the new Ayrault government under President François...

• Jean Roucas

  French humourist impersonator, and radio-TV presenter discovered by Stéphane Collaro, co-inventor of "Le Bàbàte show" (satirical show with...

• Simon MacCorkindale

  British actor, producer and screenwriter who has had many TV roles including that of lawyer Greg Reardon on "Falcon Crest," a popular...

• Brad Whitford

  American musician, a member of the aggressive, blues-based hard rock group Aerosmith.

• Martine Lignières-Cassou
• Danilo Türk

  Slovene academic and politician 3rd President of Slovenia.

• James Ingram

  American singer who was voted the Best New Artist in 1981.

• Pierre Blaise
• Park Geun-hye

  South Korean politician 11th President of South Korea.

• Michael McDonald (chanteur)
• Jan Kerouac

  American writer and noted family, the only daughter of Jack Kerouac, famed Beat generation author.

• Juice Newton

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist.

• Maurice Lucas

  American basketball player and coach (d. 2010).

• Jean-Jacques Burnel

  English bass player songwriter and producer (The Stranglers).

• Ricardo Lavolpe

  Argentine football coach.

• Tommy Burleson
• Marcel Cabiddu
• Carlo Bernardi

  Italian vintner involved in a scandal in April 1986 of putting additives in wine.

• Freddy Maertens

  Belgian road cyclist racer, he was the main opponent of the great Eddy Merckx.

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Famous Deaths

• Charles De Roche

  Actor (10 Commandments), dies at 72.

• Johann Babtist Thaller

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Knut [Pedersen] Hamsun

  Norwegian writer (Wanders, Nobel 1920).

• Theodorus Pangalos Greek General/dictator 1926

  dies at age 74.

• Alfred Einstein

  German/US musicologist, dies at age 71.

• Harold L Ickes

  American administrator and politician (Born 1874).

• Pete Henry

  American professional American football player and coach (Born 1897).

• Henry Drysdale Dakin

  British-American biochemist (Born 1880).

• Knut Hamsun

  Norwegian author, poet, dramatist and social critic.

• Josephine Tey

  Scottish mystery novelist and playwright who created the Scotland Yard Investigator Alan Grant.

• Theodoros Pangalos

  Greek general and politician President of Greece (d. 1952).

• George VI

  George VI of the United Kingdom (d. 1952).

• Maurice De Waele

  Belgian cyclist (Born 1896).

• Norman Douglas

  Essayist / Novelist.

• Lawrence Grant

  Actor (Bulldog Drummond), dies at 82.

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