March 1952 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1952 Egyptian government-Ali Maher Pasja resigns.
• 02 Mar 1952 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open.
• 03 Mar 1952 Puerto Rico approves their first self-written constitution.
• 08 Mar 1952 Ronald Reagan marries Nancy Davis
• 09 Mar 1952 Heinz Neuhaus wins Europe Heavyweight Boxing title.
• 10 Mar 1952 Military coup by General Fulgencio Batista in Cuba.
• 15 Mar 1952 2 in the Aisle closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 276 performances
• 16 Mar 1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
• 18 Mar 1952 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia).
• 20 Mar 1952 24th Academy Awards: American in Paris, Humphrey Bogart and Vivian Leigh win.
• 21 Mar 1952 3 Wishes for Jamie opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 performances
• 22 Mar 1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, Germany, killing 44.
• 24 Mar 1952 Great demonstrations against apartheid in South Africa.
• 27 Mar 1952 Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records
• 28 Mar 1952 US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.
• 29 Mar 1952 U.S. President Harry S. Truman announces that he will not seek reelection.
• 30 Mar 1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win.

Famous Birthday

• Harvey Weinstein

  American director and producer co-founded Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company.

• Maria Schneider

  French actress (d. 2011).

• Ronn Moss

  American actor who plays the role of Ridge Forrester on the daytime soap "The Bold and the Beautiful," a handsome addition to TV soaps from...

• Douglas Adams

  British sci-fi writer known for his wacky "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy," a 1979 cult favorite.

• Umberto Tozzi

  Italian singer with musical shows as well as being a pop singer and guitarist in a group.

• Corine Marienneau

  French musician and singer, formerly member of the pop band "Telephone".

• Didier Pironi

  French driving racer (Formula 1) and off-shore pilot.

• André Comte-Sponville

  French philosopher, a proponent of atheism and materialism, but in a particular form, because of his spiritualistic aim.

• Christophe Malavoy
• Alain Sarde
• Anita Gevinson

  American talk-show hostess who popularized an hour-long "Ask Anita" feature.

• Denis Kessler

  French businessman, who has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of SCOR SE since 2002.

• Laraine Newman

  American actress and comedienne who studied with Marcel Marceau for one year, then moved to Los Angeles to do improv.

• Marielle Labèque

  French international classical pianist, Katia's sister.

• Francesco Clemente

  Italian painter and illustrator.

• John Altman

  British actor of film and TV, starting from 1975, with his strongest series being "EastEnders" from February 1985.

• Charles Jamieson

  Scottish actor and narrator, working as voice-over in TV, his strongest medium.

• David Amess

  British politician, a Member of Parliament returned at General Election 6/11/1987.

• Bertrand Visage
• Joseph Urusemal
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Famous Deaths

• Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov

  Composer, dies at 63.

• Uncle Dave Macon

  American musician (Born 1870).

• Wilhelm Albrecht

  German SD-chief, is executed.

• Klaas Schilder

  Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at age 61.

• Jurgen Stroop

  Nazi SS-leader (Born 1895).

• Paramahansa Yogananda

  East Indian author, mystic and founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship.

• Mariano Azuela

  Mexican physician and author (d. 1952).

• Jigme Wangchuck

  Second king of Bhutan (Born 1905).

• Pierre Renoir

  French actor and noted family, the son of impressionist painter Auguste Renoir and the elder brother of film director Jean Renoir.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Bell Sisters - Wheel of Fortune
2. Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford - Hambone
3. Hugo Winterhalter - Blue Tango
4. Jo Stafford - A-Round the Corner
5. Doris Day - A Guy is a Guy