June 1952 calendar

Events

• 01 Jun 1952 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Cross Country Weathervane Golf Tournament
• 02 Jun 1952 650,000 metal workers go on strike in US
• 03 Jun 1952 Romanian Premier Petru Groza chosen President
• 05 Jun 1952 1st sporting event televised nationally-Walcott vs. Charles boxing
• 07 Jun 1952 3 Wishes after Jamie closes at Mark Hellinger NYC after 94 performances
• 10 Jun 1952 President Truman desires nationalizing steel industry
• 12 Jun 1952 USSR declares peace treaty with Japan invalid
• 13 Jun 1952 Soviet fighters shoot Swedish Dakota down over East Sea, kills 8
• 14 Jun 1952 52nd US Golf Open: Julius Boros shoots a 281 at Northwood Club Dallas
• 15 Jun 1952 ''The Diary of a Young Girl'' is published.
• 16 Jun 1952 Soviet Fighters shoot Swedish Catalina reconnaissance flight down
• 17 Jun 1952 2 mine cave-ins at Charleroi, Belgium
• 19 Jun 1952 Brooklyn Dodgers' Carl Erskine no-hits Chicago Cubs, 5-0.
• 21 Jun 1952 The Philippine School of Commerce, through a republic act, is converted to Philippine College of Commerce, later to be the Polytechnic University of the Philippines.
• 23 Jun 1952 US airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu Korea
• 25 Jun 1952 Wish You Were Here opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 597 performances
• 26 Jun 1952 Nelson Mandela and 51 others infringe South Africa curfew
• 29 Jun 1952 First aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn - USS Oriskany.
• 30 Jun 1952 Guiding Light soap opera moves from radio to TV

Famous Birthday

• Liam Neeson

  Irish actor who rose to prominence with his acclaimed starring role in Steven Spielberg's 1993 Oscar winner Schindler's List.

• Isabella Rossellini

  Italian-American noted family, the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini.

• Jérôme Cahuzac

  French politician (socialist party) and former cosmetic surgeon, who, until his appointment as Junior Minister for the Budget at the...

• John Goodman

  American actor.

• Ingrid Rossellini

  Italian-American noted family, the daughter of Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini, the second-born of fraternal twin daughters.

• Orhan Pamuk

  Turkish novelist, whose many awards include the 2006 Novel Prize for Literature.

• Jean-Christophe Rufin

  French doctor, human right activist and novelist.

• Carol Kane

  American actress of film and TV who won an Emmy for her role in the long-time favorite TV series, "Taxi" and an Oscar nomination for her...

• Dominique Laffin

  French actress, who appeared in 19 films between 1975 and 1985.

• George Papandreou

  Greek sociologist and politician 182nd Prime Minister of Greece.

• Gino Vanelli

  Montreal, Quebec -- Singer (Living Inside Myself).

• Fabienne Thibeault

  Canadian singer from Quebec, she sang in "Starmania", the French version of Tycoon, composed by Michel Berger.

• Gaye Nelson

  American child actress, a cast member on the TV series "The Waltons" when she was a kid.

• Laurent Joffrin

  French journalist, editor of the weekly Le Nouvel Observateur from March 2011 to March 2014, and managing editor of Libération (in tandem...

• Etienne Chatiliez
• Shoshame (mystic)
• Péter Erdõ
• Gregory David Roberts
• Philippe Manoury
• Pietro Mennea

  Italian sprinter, the holder of a world record in the 200m in 1972 and 1979.

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Famous Deaths

• Alberto Williams

  Argentine Composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89.

• Max Pulver

  Writer.

• Jakob Jud

  Swiss linguist / etymologist, dies at 70.

• Lodewijk Mortelmans

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Efim D Bogolyubov

  Russian chess player, dies at 63.

• Andrew Lawson

  Scottish-American geologist, the first to map the entire San Andreas Fault (Born 1861).

• Wilfrid R ''Wop'' May

  Canadian aviation pioneer (Born 1896).

• John Dewey

  American educator and philosopher; an influential thinker and the author of "Democracy And Education," 1916, and "Experience And Education,"...

• Heinrich Schlusnus

  German singer, an operatic baritone whose voice had a beautiful timbre which was greatly admired in Verdi roles.

• Michael von Faulhaber

  Cardinal / Archbishop of Munich, dies at 83.

• Luigi Fagioli

  Italian race car driver (Born 1898).

• Adolf Busch

  German violinist and composer (d. 1952).

• Max Dehn

  German-American mathematician and academic (d. 1952).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Nat King Cole (Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra) - Somewhere Along The Way
2. Peggy Lee (Gordon Jenkins Orchestra) - Lover
3. Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra - Vanessa
4. Vic Damone - Here in My Heart
5. Perry Como & Eddie Fisher - Maybe