January 1952 calendar

January 1952
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1952.
The US president was Harry S. Truman (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on January 1952: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1952?

Events

01 Jan 1952 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 5th string quartet
02 Jan 1952 Pal Joey opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 542 performances
03 Jan 1952 Dragnet with Jack Webb premieres on NBC TV
05 Jan 1952 Flying Enterprise sinks
07 Jan 1952 French Plevin government falls.
08 Jan 1952 Jordan adopts constitution.
09 Jan 1952 Marines give notice that they will recall Ted Williams to active duty
11 Jan 1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore.
12 Jan 1952 NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13.
14 Jan 1952 Today Show premieres with Dave Garroway and Jack Lescoulie on NBC-TV
16 Jan 1952 New Dutch bible translation finished.
19 Jan 1952 NFL takes control of New York Yanks
20 Jan 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open.
24 Jan 1952 Fire in main building of French Port Martin Antarctic base.
25 Jan 1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, versus West Indies at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
26 Jan 1952 Black Saturday in Egypt: rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
31 Jan 1952 Harry Heilmann and Paul Waner elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.

Famous Birthday

Raymond Domenech
retired French footballer and the former trainer of the France national team (2004 - 2010).
Jean-Louis Murat
French singer and songwriter, and painter (since 1993), widely known for his duets: "Regrets" with Mylène Farmer and "Ce Que Tu Désires"...
Anne Barbault
French astrologer and member of a noted French astrology family, the daughter of Andre Barbault.
Paul Stanley
Guitarist.
Fuad II of Egypt
Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
Qatari ruler 7th Emir of Qatar.
Christopher Stokowski
Frédéric Lodéon
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Japanese pianist composer producer and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra).
René de Ceccatty
Sammo Hung
Hong Kong actor director producer and martial artist.
Memona Hintermann
Sydney Barrows
American noted family, the ancestor of one of the oldest family names in America.
Gianfranco Fini
Italian politician with MSI from 1979, after working as a professional journalist.
Ahn Sung-ki
Maureen Dowd
American award-winning columnist for the New York Times.
Joël Muller
Marie-Arlette Carlotti
Frédéric Valabrègue
Calin Popescu-Tariceanu
ex-Prime Minister of Romania.
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Famous Deaths

Jean JM de Lattre de Tassigny
General (N-Africa / Indo-China), dies at 61.
Arthur Farwell
Composer, dies at 74.
Louis van Deyssel
Dutch writer (Diary of Franc Rozelaar), dies at 87.
Constantly Permeke Flemish
painter (Boerin), dies at age 65.
Victor Alexander John Hope
viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at age 64.
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
French general, posthumous Marshal of France (Born 1889).
Walter O "Spike" Briggs
owner (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 74.
Victor Hope
2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Viceroy of India (Born 1887).
Khorloogiin Choibalsan
leader of Mongolia (Born 1895).
Aureliano Pertile
Italian opera singer, born 15 days after Giovanni Martinelli in the same small town, both tenors who dominated the world of opera in the...
Roger Vitrac
French Poet / dramatist (Mysteries of Love), dies at 52.
Walter Briggs
Sr.
Artur Kapp
Estonian composer and conductor (d. 1952).
Antonia Maury
discoverer (supergiant, giant and dwarf stars), dies.
Ned Hanlon
American baseball player and manager (d. 1937).
Hristo Tatarchev
Bulgarian physician and activist co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1952).
Curly Howard
American actor and comedian, member of the Three Stooges (d. 1952).
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