What Happened In March 1952 In History

Historical Events for March, 1952

• 10th » Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
• 15th » In Cilaos, Réunion, 1870 mm (73 inches) of rain falls in a 24-hour period, setting a new world record (March 15 through March 16).
• 20th » The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan.
• 21st » Alan Freed presents the Moondog Coronation Ball, the first rock and roll concert, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1952

• 1st » Steven Barnes, American author
• 1st » Nevada Barr, American author
• 1st » Leigh Matthews, Australian footballer and coach
• 1st » Jerri Nielsen, American physician (d. 2009)
• 1st » Brian Winters, American basketball player and coach
• 2nd » Mark Evanier, American author and illustrator
• 2nd » Laraine Newman, American actress
• 3rd » Rudy Fernandez (actor) or Rudy Fernandez, Filipino actor (d. 2008)
• 4th » Serge Fiori, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Harmonium (band) called Harmonium)
• 4th » Peter Kuhfeld, English painter
• 4th » Ronn Moss, American singer-songwriter and actor (Player (band) called Player)
• 4th » Svend Robinson, Canadian politician
• 4th » Umberto Tozzi, Italian singer-songwriter
• 5th » Alan Clark (keyboardist) e.g Alan Clark, English keyboard player (Dire Straits)
• 5th » Mike Squires, American baseball player
• 7th » William Boyd (writer) or William Boyd, British writer
• 7th » Ernie Isley, American guitarist and songwriter (The Isley Brothers and Isley-Jasper-Isley)
• 7th » Viv Richards, Caribbean cricketer
• 7th » Lynn Swann, American football player
• 8th » George Allen (U.S. politician) known as George Allen, American politician, 67th Governor of Virginia
• 9th » Bill Beaumont, English rugby player
• 10th » Johanna Lindsey, American author
• 10th » Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
• 11th » Douglas Adams, English-American author and playwright (d. 2001)
• 11th » Vince Giordano, American saxophonist and composer (Nighthawks Orchestra)
• 11th » Susan Richardson, American actress
• 12th » Benjamín Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker
• 12th » Boris Anatolyevich Gavrilov, Russian football player and manager
• 12th » Pierre Roy, Canadian ice hockey player
• 12th » Naomi Shihab Nye, American poet, songwriter, and author
• 12th » Randy Stonehill, American singer-songwriter
• 13th » Wolfgang Rihm, German composer
• 15th » Howard Devoto, English singer-songwriter (Buzzcocks, Magazine (band) named Magazine, and Luxuria (band) called Luxuria)
• 15th » Philip Green, English businessman
• 15th » Howard Koh, American politician
• 16th » Graham Cole, English actor
• 16th » Alice Hoffman, American author
• 16th » Philippe Kahn, French businessman, co-founded Fullpower Technologies
• 16th » Scott Simon, American journalist
• 17th » Susie Allanson, American singer and actress
• 17th » Barry Horne, English activist (d. 2001)
• 17th » Nikos Xydakis, Egyptian-Greek singer-songwriter and pianist
• 18th » Will Durst, American journalist
• 18th » Pat Eddery, Irish jockey
• 18th » Bernie Tormé, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Gillan (band) e.g Gillan, Guy McCoy Tormé, and Desperado (band) named Desperado)
• 18th » Mike Webster, American football player (d. 2002)
• 19th » Wolfgang Ambros, Austrian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Austria3)
• 19th » Chris Brubeck, American pianist and composer
• 19th » Warren Lees, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• 19th » Martin Ravallion, Australian development economist
• 19th » Harvey Weinstein, American director and producer, co-founded Miramax Films and The Weinstein Company
• 20th » Geoff Brabham, Australian race car driver
• 20th » David Greenaway (economist) e.g David Greenaway, English economist and academic
• 22nd » Des Browne, Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 22nd » Bob Costas, American sportscaster
• 22nd » Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer and songwriter (The Church (band) named The Church)
• 23rd » Villano III, Mexican wrestler
• 23rd » Kim Stanley Robinson, American author
• 24th » Greg McCrary, American football player (d. 2013)
• 25th » Jung Chang, Chinese-English author and academic
• 25th » Stephen Dorrell, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 25th » Antanas Mockus, Colombian mathematician, philosopher, and politician, Mayor of Bogotá
• 25th » Peter Vallentyne, American philosopher
• 26th » T. A. Barron, American author
• 26th » Didier Pironi, French race car driver (d. 1987)
• 27th » Jan Albers, Dutch field hockey player
• 27th » Josep Antoni Duran i Lleida, Catalan lawyer and politician
• 27th » Erwin Fuchsbichler, Austrian footballer
• 27th » Linda Martin, Irish singer-songwriter and journalist
• 27th » Joško Marušić, Croatian animator and illustrator
• 27th » Arnold Morgado, American football player
• 27th » Diosdado Peralta, Filipino lawyer and judge, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines
• 27th » Maria Schneider (actress) called Maria Schneider, French actress (d. 2011)
• 27th » Richard Séguin, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 27th » Dana Stabenow, American author
• 27th » Gheorghe Tadici, Romanian handball player and coach
• 28th » Keith Ashfield, Canadian politician
• 28th » Tony Brise, English race car driver (d. 1975)
• 29th » John Hendricks, American businessman, founded Discovery Communications
• 29th » Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
• 30th » Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 31st » Vanessa del Rio, American porn actress
• 31st » Dermot Morgan, Irish actor (d. 1998)

Famous Deaths for March 1952

• 1st » Mariano Azuela, Mexican author (b. 1873)
• 4th » Charles Scott Sherrington, English neurophysiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)
• 6th » Jürgen Stroop, German SS officer (b. 1895)
• 7th » Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru (b. 1893)
• 11th » Pierre Renoir, French actor and director (b. 1885)
• 20th » Hjalmar Väre, Finnish cyclist (b. 1892)
• 22nd » Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1870)
• 27th » Kiichiro Toyoda, Japan businessman, founded Toyota (b. 1894)
• 30th » Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 31st » Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (b. 1877)

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