What Happened In January 1952 In History

Famous Birthdays on January in 1952

• 1st » Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Qatari ruler, 7th List of emirs of Qatar named Emir of Qatar
• 1st » Stephanie Faracy, American actress
• 1st » Shaji N. Karun, Indian director and cinematographer
• 1st » Rosario Marchese, Italian-Canadian politician
• 2nd » Jimmy Santiago Baca, American poet and author
• 2nd » Robbie Ftorek, American ice hockey player
• 2nd » Wendy Phillips, American actress
• 2nd » Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks (band) e.g Skyhooks) (d. 2001)
• 3rd » Esperanza Aguirre, Spanish politician, 3rd President of Madrid
• 3rd » Gianfranco Fini, Italian politician
• 3rd » Jim Ross, American wrestler and sportscaster
• 5th » Uli Hoeneß, German footballer and manager
• 6th » Larry Latham (wrestler) named Larry Latham, American wrestler (d. 2003)
• 6th » Frank Sivero, Italian-American actor
• 7th » Sammo Hung, Hong Kong actor
• 8th » Vladimir Feltsman, Russian-American pianist
• 8th » Mel Reynolds, American politician
• 9th » Kaushik Basu, Indian economist
• 9th » Hugh Bayley, English politician
• 9th » Mike Capuano, American politician
• 10th » Scott Thurston, American guitarist and songwriter (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and The Stooges)
• 11th » Bille Brown, Australian actor and playwright (d. 2013)
• 11th » Ben Crenshaw, American golfer
• 11th » Michael Forshaw, Australian politician
• 11th » Diana Gabaldon, American author
• 11th » Lee Ritenour, American guitarist, composer, and producer
• 12th » Charles Faulkner (author) known as Charles Faulkner, American-English computer programer and author
• 12th » Walter Mosley, American author
• 12th » Ponvannan, Indian actor
• 12th » John Walker (runner) known as John Walker, New Zealand runner
• 13th » Stephen Glover, English journalist
• 14th » Sydney Biddle Barrows, American author
• 14th » Maureen Dowd, American journalist and author
• 14th » Konstantinos Iosifidis, Greek footballer and manager
• 14th » Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, Romanian politician, 60th Prime Minister of Romania
• 15th » Andrzej Fischer, Polish footballer
• 15th » Chris D., American punk poet, rock critic, singer (The Flesh Eaters (band) or The Flesh Eaters), writer, actor and filmmaker
• 16th » Fuad II of Egypt
• 16th » L. Blaine Hammond, American pilot and astronaut
• 16th » Piercarlo Ghinzani, Italian race car driver
• 16th » Julie Anne Peters, American author
• 17th » Darrell Porter, American baseball player (d. 2002)
• 17th » Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese pianist, composer, producer, and actor (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
• 20th » Nikos Sideris, Greek psychiatrist and poet
• 20th » Paul Stanley, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (Kiss (band) or Kiss and Wicked Lester)
• 20th » John Witherow, South African journalist
• 21st » Marco Camenisch, Swiss activist
• 21st » Cyril Hellier, American soprano
• 21st » Libbye Hellier, American soprano
• 21st » Louis Menand, American author and academic
• 22nd » Ramón Avilés, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 22nd » Ace Vergel, Filipino actor (d. 2007)
• 23rd » Omar Henry (cricketer) or Omar Henry, South African cricketer
• 25th » Sara Mandiano, French singer-songwriter
• 25th » Peter Tatchell, Australian-English activist
• 25th » Timothy White (editor) called Timothy White, American journalist (d. 2002)
• 27th » Billy Johnson (American football) known as Billy Johnson, American football player
• 29th » Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (d. 2009)
• 29th » Rupert Hanley, South African cricketer
• 29th » Tim Healy (actor) named Tim Healy, English actor and singer
• 30th » Doug Falconer (Canadian football) known as Doug Falconer, Canadian football player
• 31st » Nadya Rusheva, Russian painter (d. 1969)

Famous Deaths for January 1952

• 5th » Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish politician (b. 1887)
• 5th » Hristo Tatarchev, Bulgarian activist (b. 1869)
• 6th » Sofoklis Dousmanis, Greek admiral (b. 1868)
• 14th » Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
• 15th » Ned Hanlon (politician) or Ned Hanlon, Australian politician, 26th Premier of Queensland (b. 1887)
• 17th » Walter Briggs, Sr., American businessman (b. 1877)
• 18th » Curly Howard, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
• 26th » Khorloogiin Choibalsan, Mongolian general and politician, 12th List of Prime Ministers of Mongolia e.g Prime Minister of Mongolia (b. 1895)

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