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What Happened In April 1952 In History

Historical Events for April, 1952

  • 8th » U.S. President Harry Truman calls for the seizure of all domestic steel mills to prevent a nationwide Strike action e.g strike.
  • 11th » The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
  • 15th » The maiden flight of the B-52 Stratofortress
  • 28th » Dwight D. Eisenhower resigns as Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
  • 28th » Occupied Japan: The United States occupation of Japan ends as the Treaty of San Francisco, ratified September 8, 1951, comes into force.
  • 28th » The Treaty of Taipei called Sino-Japanese Peace Treaty (Treaty of Taipei) is signed in Taipei, Taiwan between Japan and the Republic of China to officially end the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1952

  • 1st » Bernard Stiegler, French philosopher
  • 2nd » Will Hoy, English race car driver (d. 2002)
  • 2nd » Thierry Le Luron, French comedian and actor (d. 1986)
  • 2nd » Leon Wilkeson, American bass player and songwriter (Lynyrd Skynyrd) (d. 2001)
  • 3rd » Mike Moore (U.S. politician) known as Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician
  • 4th » Rosemarie Ackermann, German high jumper
  • 4th » Pat Burns, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2010)
  • 4th » Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle racer (d. 1995)
  • 4th » Cherie Lunghi, English actress
  • 4th » Karen Magnussen, Canadian figure skater
  • 4th » Gary Moore, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Thin Lizzy, Skid Row (Irish band) known as Skid Row, and Colosseum II) (d. 2011)
  • 4th » Villy Søvndal, Danish politician, List of Danish foreign ministers e.g Minister of Foreign Affairs for Denmark
  • 5th » Mitch Pileggi, American actor
  • 6th » Udo Dirkschneider, German singer-songwriter (Accept (band) named Accept and U.D.O.)
  • 6th » Marilu Henner, American actress, producer, and author
  • 6th » Michel Larocque (ice hockey b. 1952) called Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 1992)
  • 7th » Clarke Peters, American actor and singer
  • 7th » Gilles Valiquette, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
  • 9th » Robert Clark (author) named Robert Clark, American author
  • 9th » Tania Tsanaklidou, Greek singer and actress
  • 10th » Narayan Rane, Indian politician, 16th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • 10th » Steven Seagal, American actor, producer, and martial artist
  • 11th » Nancy Honeytree, American singer and guitarist
  • 11th » Indira Samarasekera, Sri Lankan engineer and academic
  • 11th » Peter Windsor, English-Australian journalist and sportscaster
  • 12th » Reuben Gant, American football player
  • 12th » Gary Soto, American author and poet
  • 12th » Ralph Wiley, American journalist (d. 2004)
  • 13th » Erick Avari, Indian-American actor
  • 13th » Ron Dittemore, American businessman
  • 13th » David Drew (politician) or David Drew, English lawyer and politician
  • 14th » David Urquhart (bishop) e.g David Urquhart Scottish bishop
  • 15th » Bengt Gingsjö, Swedish swimmer
  • 15th » Kym Gyngell, Australian actor
  • 15th » Sam McMurray, American actor
  • 15th » Brian Muir (sculptor) known as Brian Muir, English sculptor and set designer
  • 15th » Avital Ronell, American philosopher
  • 15th » Glenn Shadix, American actor (d. 2010)
  • 16th » Bill Belichick, American football player and coach
  • 16th » Michel Blanc, French actor and director
  • 16th » Esther Roth-Shahamorov, Israeli sprinter and hurdler
  • 16th » Billy West, American voice actor and singer
  • 16th » Nick Young (executive) known as Nick Young, English lawyer and activist
  • 17th » Pierre Guité, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 17th » John McColl, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Jersey
  • 17th » Željko Ražnatović, Serbian commander (d. 2000)
  • 17th » John Robertson (Glasgow politician) e.g John Robertson, Scottish politician
  • 19th » Alexis Argüello, Nicaraguan boxer and politician (d. 2009)
  • 19th » Tony Plana, Cuban-American actor and director
  • 19th » Michael Trend, English politician
  • 20th » Andrew Jaspan, Australian journalist
  • 20th » Louka Katseli, Greek economist and politician
  • 20th » Božidar Maljković, Serbian basketball player and coach
  • 20th » Eric Pickles, English politician
  • 20th » J. Thiviyanathan, Sri Lankan politician
  • 21st » Gerald Early, American author and academic
  • 21st » Cheryl Gillan, Welsh politician, former Secretary of State for Wales
  • 22nd » François Berléand, French actor
  • 22nd » Marilyn Chambers, American porn actress (d. 2009)
  • 22nd » Phil Smith (basketball) or Phil Smith, American basketball player (d. 2002)
  • 23rd » Narada Michael Walden, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and producer
  • 24th » Jean Paul Gaultier, French fashion designer
  • 24th » Ralph Winter (producer) known as Ralph Winter, American film producer
  • 25th » Ketil Bjørnstad, Norwegian pianist and composer
  • 25th » Vladislav Tretiak, Russian ice hockey player
  • 25th » Jacques Santini, French footballer and coach
  • 26th » Spice Williams-Crosby, American actress
  • 27th » Larry Elder, American talk show host
  • 27th » George Gervin, American basketball player
  • 27th » Ari Vatanen, Finnish race car driver and politician
  • 28th » Chuck Leavell, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Allman Brothers Band and Sea Level (band) named Sea Level)
  • 28th » Mary McDonnell, American actress
  • 29th » Nora Dunn, American actress
  • 29th » David Icke, English footballer and author
  • 29th » Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach
  • 29th » Rob Nicholson, Canadian politician, 49th Minister of Justice (Canada) called Minister of Justice for Canada
  • 29th » Brian D. Ripley, English statistician
  • 29th » Ron Washington, American baseball player and manager
  • 30th » Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter

Famous Deaths for April 1952

  • 3rd » Miina Sillanpää, Finnish politician (b. 1866)
  • 5th » Charles Collett, English engineer (b. 1871)
  • 27th » Guido Castelnuovo, Italian mathematician (b. 1865)

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