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List of events
Events from the year 1952 in the United States of America .
Incumbents
Events
January
January 14 –
The Today Show premieres on
NBC , becoming one of the longest-running television series in America.
February
February 2 –
Groundhog Day tropical storm forms just north of
Cuba , moving northeast. The storm makes landfall in southern
Florida the next day as a gale-force storm and transitions to a tropical storm over the Atlantic (only Atlantic tropical storm on record in February).
February 6 – A
mechanical heart is used for the first time in a human patient.
February 20 –
Emmett Ashford becomes the first
African-American
umpire in organized
baseball , by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
November 1:
Ivy Mike
October
November
November 4:
Eisenhower elected in a landslide
December
Undated
Ongoing
Births
January
January 2
January 3 –
Jim Ross , wrestling announcer
[6]
January 6 –
Moondog Spot , wrestler (died
2003 )
January 8 –
Mel Reynolds , academic and politician
January 9 –
Mike Capuano , lawyer and politician
January 12
January 14 –
Maureen Dowd , journalist
January 16
January 19
January 20
January 21 –
Louis Menand , writer and critic
January 23 –
Shelby Jordan , American football player (died
2022 )
[7]
January 27 –
Brian Gottfried , tennis player
[8]
January 28 –
Bruce Helford , television writer and producer
January 30 –
Steve Bartek , guitarist and composer
February
February 1 –
Stan Kasten , baseball executive, president of the
Washington Nationals
February 2 –
John Cornyn , U.S. Senator from Texas from 2002
February 5 –
Mark Fuhrman , police detective, author and radio host
February 14 –
Nancy Keenan , president of
NARAL
February 16 –
James Ingram , R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and instrumentalist (died
2019 )
February 22
February 24 –
Maxine Chernoff , poet, novelist and editor
February 29
March
Bob Costas
March 1 –
Janice Burgess , screenwriter (died
2024 )
[9]
March 2 –
Laraine Newman , actress and comedian
March 4 –
Ronn Moss , actor
March 5 –
Robin Hobb , writer
March 8 –
George Allen , U.S. Senator from Virginia from 2001 to 2007
March 11 –
Frank LeMaster , American football player (died
2023 )
[10]
March 14 –
Martin Dempsey , United States Army general
[11]
March 22 –
Bob Costas , sportscaster
March 23 –
Rex Tillerson ,
69th
United States Secretary of State , CEO of
ExxonMobil
March 25 –
Billy "Harp" Hamilton , singer, songwriter, harmonica-guitar player
[12]
March 27 –
Jim Bolla , basketball coach (died
2022 )
[13]
March 31
April
May
May 2 –
Christine Baranski , actress
May 6
May 8 –
Ronnie Dapo , child actor
May 11
May 13 –
John Kasich , Governor of
Ohio
May 14 –
Robert Zemeckis , film director, producer and screenwriter
May 18
May 21 –
Mr. T , actor
May 25 –
Gordon H. Smith , U.S. Senator from Oregon from 1997 to 2009
May 26 –
David Meece , singer-songwriter and pianist
May 28 –
Victoria Cunningham , actress, Playboy Playmate
June
June 3 –
Billy Powell , keyboard player and songwriter (died
2009 )
June 4 –
Scott Wesley Brown , Christian musician
June 6 –
Marsha Blackburn , politician
June 8 –
Dave Jennings , American football player and sportscaster (died
2013 )
June 12 –
Spencer Abraham , U.S. Senator from Michigan from 1995 to 2001
June 14
June 17 –
Mike Milbury , ice hockey player, coach and executive
June 18
June 19 –
Jim Johnston , composer and musician
June 20 –
John Goodman , actor
June 21
June 23
June 25 –
Leonard Lance , politician
June 26
June 27 –
Douglas Unger , novelist
June 30
July
July 1
July 2 –
Linda M. Godwin , scientist
[20]
July 4 –
Paul Rogat Loeb , author and activist
July 5 –
Hillbilly Jim , professional wrestler and radio host
July 6
July 7 –
Cheryl Gould , journalist
July 8
July 9 –
John Tesh , composer, musician, and television host (
Entertainment Tonight )
July 12 –
Philip Taylor Kramer , rock musician (died
1995 )
July 14
July 15
July 16
July 17
July 20 –
Renny Cushing , former
Democratic leader of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives (died
2022 )
July 21 –
John Barrasso , U.S. Senator from Wyoming from 2007
July 31
August
August 2 –
Art James ,
MLB baseball outfielder
August 8
August 9 –
Vicki Morgan , model (died
1983 )
August 10
August 11 –
Bob Mothersbaugh , rock composer and guitarist (
Devo )
August 12 –
Daniel Biles , associate justice of the
Kansas Supreme Court
August 13
August 16 –
Gianna Rolandi , soprano (died
2021 )
August 18 –
Patrick Swayze , actor (died
2009 )
August 24
August 25 –
Charles M. Rice , virologist,
Nobel Prize recipient
August 26 –
Michael Jeter , actor (died
2003 )
August 27
August 31 –
Lee Hyla , composer (died
2014 )
September
October
November
Randy Savage
December
Date unknown
Deaths
January 8 –
Antonia Maury , astronomer (born
1866 )
January 18 –
Curly Howard , vaudevillian (The Three Stooges ) (born
1903 )
January 24 –
Duke York , film actor (born
1908 )
January 25 –
Polly Moran , actress (born
1883 )
January 26 –
André Cheron , film actor (born
1880 in France )
January 27 –
Fannie Ward , actress (born
1872 )
January 28 –
Thomas Hicks , marathon runner (born
1876 )
February 7
February 14
February 21 –
Francis Xavier Ford ,
Roman Catholic bishop, missionary, servant of God and reverend (born
1892 )
March 1 –
Gregory La Cava , film director (born
1892 )
March 2 –
Ole E. Benson , politician (born
1866 )
March 12 –
Hugh Herbert , actor and comedian (born
1887 )
March 22 –
Uncle Dave Macon , vaudeville banjoist (born
1870 )
March 31
May 9 –
Canada Lee , African American actor (born
1907 )
May 10 –
Clark L. Hull , psychologist (born
1884 )
May 21 –
John Garfield , screen actor (born
1913 )
May 27 –
Bertha Fowler , educator (born
1866 )
June 1
June 6 –
Thomas Walsh ,
Roman Catholic archbishop (born
1873 )
June 10 –
Frances Theodora Parsons , naturalist (born
1861 )
June 13 –
Emma Eames , soprano (born
1865 )
June 17 –
Jack Parsons , rocket engineer and occultist (born
1914 )
June 25 –
Luke Jordan , American blues singer and guitarist (b.
1892 )
June 27 –
Elmo Lincoln , film actor (born
1889 )
July 1 –
A. S. W. Rosenbach , book collector (born
1876 )
July 4 –
Walter Long , film character actor (born
1879 )
July 20 –
Isabelle LaMal , film actress (born
1886 )
July 22 –
Harry Carter , silent film actor (born 1879)
July 26 –
Edward Ellis , actor (born
1870 )
August 1 –
Andrew Higgins , boatbuilder and industrialist (born
1886 )
August 2
August 11 –
Riccardo Martin , tenor (born
1874 )
August 16 –
Lydia Field Emmet , painter (born
1866 )
August 30 –
Arky Vaughan , baseball player (
Pittsburgh Pirates ) (born
1912 )
September 5 –
Fernando Luis García , Puerto Rican marine, killed in action (born
1929 )
September 9 –
Jonas H. Ingram , admiral (born
1886 )
September 23 –
Ray Mala , Nastive American film actor (born
1906 )
September 26 –
George Santayana , philosopher, died in Italy (born
1863 in Spain)
September 30 –
Waldorf Astor, 2nd Viscount Astor , businessman and politician (born
1879 )
October 11 –
Jack Conway , film producer and director (born
1887 )
October 17 –
Julia Dean , actress (born
1878 )
October 19 –
Edward S. Curtis , photographer, ethnologist and film director (born
1868 )
October 23 –
Susan Peters , actress (born
1921 )
October 24 –
Frederick Jacobi , composer (born
1891 )
October 26
November 1 –
Dixie Lee , singer (born
1911 )
November 6 –
George H. Reed , African-American screen actor (born
1866 )
November 8 –
Hugh Prosser , film actor (born
1900 )
November 10 –
John Roche , actor (born
1893 )
November 21 –
William D. Upshaw , temperance leader (born
1866 )
December 4 –
Karen Horney , psychoanalyst (born
1885 in Germany )
December 12 –
Billy Cook , spree killer, executed (born
1928 )
December 15 –
Emmanuel Boleslaus Ledvina , Roman Catholic prelate, bishop and reverend (born
1868 )
December 19 –
Pehr G. Holmes , politician (born
1881 in Sweden )
December 29 –
Fletcher Henderson , African American jazz bandleader and pianist (born
1897 )
December 30 –
Luke McNamee , admiral and
Governor of Guam (born
1871 )
See also
References
^
Contiguous U.S. Precipitation – October
^ Winston, Jay S.; ‘The Weather and Circulation of October 1952: The Driest Month on Record in the United States’;
Monthly Weather Review ; 80(10); pp. 190–194
^ Zamula, Evelyn (June 1991).
"A New Challenge for Former Polio Patients" . FDA Consumer . 25 (5).
Food and Drug Administration . Archived from
the original on January 26, 2008. Retrieved August 29, 2009 .
^
"The Top 40 Christmas Oldies Songs" . Oldies.about.com. 1952-07-15. Archived from
the original on 2016-12-18. Retrieved 2011-12-25 .
^
Remembering Meck Co. first Black female prosecutor and superior judge, Shirley Fulton
^ Ross, Jim (January 5, 2008).
"J.R.'s Blog " Happy New Year Everyone! Lots of Feedback Answered Today... Life Goes On... and So Does Work." JRsBarBQ.com. Archived from
the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved 2008-01-06 . I was born on January 3, 1952, in
Fort Bragg, CA .
^
Shelby Jordan dead: College football Hall of Famer and NFL star dies at 70
^
"Brian Gottfried" . Retrieved April 17, 2021 .
^
Janice Burgess, ‘The Backyardigans’ Creator, Dies at 72
^
Frank LeMaster, Former Eagles Pro Bowl LB, Dies at 71
^
"Martin Dempsey" . britannica.com . Britannica.
^
The Hamburg Express Magazine
^
Jim Bolla, winningest coach in Lady Rebels history, dies
^
Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months . Rowman & Littlefield. 24 September 2019. p. 210.
ISBN
978-1-64143-316-7 .
^
Former Mets pitcher Pat Zachry dead at 71
^
"Mary McDonnell Facts" .
Encyclopædia Britannica .
Archived from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022 .
^
"Gregg Henry Biography" .
TV Guide . Archived from
the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2013 .
^ Chase's Editors; Contemporary Books (September 2002).
Chase's Calendar of Events 2003 . McGraw-Hill. p. 327.
ISBN
978-0-07-139098-9 .
^
Read the obituary for Phil Saviano, whistleblower in clergy sexual abuse scandal
^
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (August 2010).
"Linda M. Godwin" (PDF) . Biographical Data .
Houston, Texas :
NASA .
Archived (PDF) from the original on April 28, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2021 .
^ Slotnik, Daniel E. (2016-10-28).
"Michael Massee, 64, Screen Villain Haunted by the Accidental Death of Brandon Lee, Dies" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-07-20 .
^
Rich Clifford, astronaut who secretly flew with Parkinson's, dies at 69
^
"Harry Anderson, magician and star of 'Night Court,' dies at 65" . NBC News. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2018 .
^ McKinley, Jesse (2002-01-26).
"Ron Taylor, 49, Voice of Blues and a Plant, Dies" .
The New York Times . Retrieved 2011-08-07 .
^
Boston Red Sox broadcaster, ex-player Jerry Remy dies at age 68
^
Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005).
"Comics Industry Birthdays" .
Comics Buyer's Guide . Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from
the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010 .
^ Harris, Paul (February 18, 2006).
"The nerd who became a crusader" . The Guardian . Retrieved January 4, 2021 .
^ Mooneyham, Mike; Oliver, Greg.
"Junkyard Dog's Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum profile" . Archived from
the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2012 .
^
"Painting" . University of Alaska Department of Art . Retrieved 2019-09-16 .
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