What Happened In July 1952 In History

Historical Events for July, 1952

• 3rd » The Constitution of Puerto Rico is approved by the Congress of the United States.
• 3rd » The SS e.g United States sets sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. During the voyage, the ship takes the Blue Riband away from the RMS or Queen Mary.
• 7th » The ocean liner SS United States passes Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly Bishop Rock on her maiden voyage, breaking the Blue Riband transatlantic speed record to become the fastest passenger ship in the world.
• 19th » The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were opened in Helsinki, Finland.
• 23rd » The European Coal and Steel Community is established.
• 23rd » General Muhammad Naguib leads the Free Officers Movement (Egypt) e.g Free Officers Movement (formed by Gamal Abdel Nasser, the real power behind the coup) in overthrowing King Farouk of Egypt.
• 25th » The U.S. non-incorporated territory of Puerto Rico adopts a constitution.
• 26th » King Farouk of Egypt abdicates in favor of his son Fuad II of Egypt known as Fuad.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1952

• 1st » Dan Aykroyd, Canadian-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1st » David Lane (oncologist) or David Lane, English oncologist and academic
• 1st » Steve Shutt, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1st » Timothy J. Tobias, American pianist and composer (d. 2006)
• 2nd » Johnny Colla, American guitarist and songwriter (Huey Lewis and the News)
• 3rd » Andy Fraser, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Free (band) e.g Free, Sharks (band formed 1972) named Sharks, and John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers)
• 3rd » Amit Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and director
• 3rd » Rohinton Mistry, Indian-Canadian author
• 4th » Paul Rogat Loeb, American author and activist
• 4th » Álvaro Uribe, Colombian lawyer and politician, 39th President of Colombia
• 4th » John Waite, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Babys and Bad English)
• 6th » George Athans, Canadian skier
• 6th » Grant Goodeve, American actor
• 6th » Hilary Mantel, English author and critic
• 7th » Mando Guerrero, Mexican-American wrestler and stuntman
• 8th » Larry Garner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 8th » Knud Arne Jürgensen, Danish music-, theatre and ballet historian
• 8th » Jack Lambert (American football) known as Jack Lambert, American football player and sportscaster
• 8th » Anna Quindlen, American journalist and author
• 8th » Marianne Williamson, American author and activist
• 9th » John Tesh, American pianist, composer, and radio host
• 10th » Kim Mitchell, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Max Webster)
• 10th » Ludmilla Tourischeva, Russian gymnast
• 10th » Peter van Heemst, Dutch politician
• 11th » Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 11th » John Kettley, English meteorologist and journalist
• 12th » Voja Antonić, Serbian computer scientist and journalist, designed the Galaksija (computer) e.g Galaksija computer
• 12th » Irina Bokova, Bulgarian politician, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Bulgaria) called Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
• 12th » Philip Taylor Kramer, American bass player (Iron Butterfly) (d. 1995)
• 12th » Liz Mitchell, Jamaican singer (Boney M.)
• 14th » Bob Casale, American guitarist, keyboard player, and producer (Devo) (d. 2014)
• 14th » Franklin Graham, American evangelist and missionary
• 14th » Eric Laneuville, American actor, director, and producer
• 14th » Joel Silver, American actor and producer, co-founded Dark Castle Entertainment
• 15th » David Pack, frontman, vocalist and guitarist with the rock group Ambrosia
• 15th » Celia Imrie, English actress
• 15th » Johnny Thunders, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers) (d. 1991)
• 16th » Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police, Animal Logic (band) or Animal Logic, Curved Air and Oysterhead)
• 16th » Richard Egielski, American author and illustrator
• 16th » Marc Esposito, French director and screenwriter
• 16th » Momir Karadžić, Serbian footballer
• 16th » Ken McEwan, South African cricketer
• 16th » Robert David Steele, American spy
• 17th » David Hasselhoff, American actor, singer, and producer
• 17th » Nicolette Larson, American singer (d. 1997)
• 17th » Robert R. McCammon, American author
• 19th » Allen Collins, American guitarist and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Rossington-Collins Band, and Allen Collins Band) (d. 1990)
• 19th » Robert A. Ficano, American politician
• 19th » Nancy Folbre, American economist and academic
• 19th » John Griesheimer, American politician
• 19th » Dominic Muldowney, English composer
• 20th » Keiko Matsuzaka, Japanese actress
• 21st » John Barrasso, American physician and politician
• 21st » Susannah Carr, English-Australian journalist
• 23rd » Paul Hibbert, Australian cricketer and coach (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Bill Nyrop, American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
• 23rd » John Rutsey, Canadian drummer (Rush (band) known as Rush) (d. 2008)
• 23rd » Janis Siegel, American singer (The Manhattan Transfer)
• 24th » Gus Van Sant, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 25th » Eduardo Souto de Moura, Portuguese architect, designed the Estádio Municipal de Braga
• 25th » Huang Wenyong, Malaysian-Singaporean actor (d. 2013)
• 26th » Glynis Breakwell, English psychologist and academic
• 27th » Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (d. 2014)
• 27th » Hannu-Pekka Hänninen, Finnish sportscaster
• 27th » Roxanne Hart, American actress
• 28th » Vajiralongkorn, Thai prince
• 28th » Glenn A. Baker, Australian journalist and author
• 29th » Norman Blackwell, Baron Blackwell, English businessman and politician
• 29th » Joe Johnson (snooker player) e.g Joe Johnson, English snooker player
• 29th » Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician
• 30th » Stephen Blackmore, English botanist and author
• 31st » Chris Ahrens (ice hockey) named Chris Ahrens, American ice hockey player
• 31st » Alan Autry, American football player, actor, and politician, 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California
• 31st » Helmuts Balderis, Latvian ice hockey player and coach
• 31st » João Barreiros, Portuguese author and critic
• 31st » Faye Kellerman, American author

Famous Deaths for July 1952

• 6th » Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Premier of Quebec (b. 1867)
• 6th » Gertrud Wolle, German actress (b. 1891)
• 10th » Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (b. 1893)
• 18th » Jack Earle, American actor (b. 1906)
• 18th » Paul Saintenoy, Belgian architect and historian (b. 1862)
• 25th » Herbert Murrill, English organist and composer (b. 1909)
• 26th » Eva Perón, Argentinian actress and politician, 25th First Lady of Argentina (b. 1919)

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