Page 4: Historical Events In 1952

Mar 20   24th Academy Awards "American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivian Leigh win.   

Mar 20   24th Academy Awards.   

Mar 20   24th Academy Awards: "American in Paris", Humphrey Bogart and Vivian Leigh win   

Mar 20   US Senate's final ratification of peace treaty restoring sovereignty to Japan.   

Mar 21   "3 Wishes for Jamie" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 94 perfs.   

Mar 21   Alan Freed presents Moondog Coronation Ball at old Cleveland Arena, 25000 attend inaugural rock and roll concert ever   

Mar 21   Tornadoes in Arkansas, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Alabama and Kentucky cause 343 deaths   

Mar 21   Wilhelm Albrecht, German SD-chief, executed   

Mar 22   Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44.   

Mar 23   Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61.   

Mar 23   Rangers with less than 14 minutes to go blow a 6-2 lead, losing 7-6 to Chicago Black Hawks. Mosienko scores 3 times in 21 seconds   

Mar 24   Great demonstrations against apartheid in South-Africa   

Mar 26   14th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas beats St Johns 80-63.   

Mar 27   Failed assassination attempt of German Chancellor Adenauer   

Mar 27   Sun Records of Memphis begins releasing records.   

Mar 28   US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Tenley Albright.   

Mar 28   US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by Richard Button   

Mar 30   6th Tony Awards Fourposter and King and I win   

Mar 30   6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win.   

Apr 01   Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow.   

Apr 02   Bernard F Lyot, Fren astronomer (chronograph, Lyot-filter), dies at 55   

Apr 02   Bernard Lyot inventor (chronograph), dies   

Apr 03   Dutch Queen Juliana speaks to US Congress   

Apr 04   Karen Magnussen figure skater, born at North Vancouver, BC.   

Apr 05   Henri Vandeputte, Belgian writer (L'Autre Vie), dies at 75.   

Apr 05   In this year, Henry Wittenberg claims his 8th AAU wrestling title   

Apr 06   16th Golf Masters Championship: Sam Snead claims, shooting a 286.   

Apr 06   In this year, Sam Snead claims his 2nd Masters golf tournament   

Apr 08   Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow   

Apr 08   Pres Truman seizes steel mills to avert a strike.   

Apr 09   In El Reno, Oklahoma a 5.5 earthquake occurred the largest historical earthquake in Oklahoma   

Apr 09   Popular uprising in Bolivia.   

Apr 09   Pres Truman seizes the steel mills to prevent a strike   

Apr 11   The Battle of Nanri island takes place   

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Jan 02   Ricky van shelton: Grit va, country singer (wild-eyed dream)   

Jan 02   Wendy phillips: Bkln ny, actress (executive suite, promised land)   

Jan 02   Graeme strachan: Australian rock singer (skyhooks)   

Jan 03   Jim ross: American wrestling announcer   

Jan 07   Giuliano ferrara: Giuliano ferrara   

Jan 08   Lauri walters: Sf calif, actress (8 is enough, harrad experiment)   

Jan 08   Norm jarvis: Prince albert sask, golfer (1984 chilliwack)   

Jan 08   Vladimir feltsman: Russian-american pianist   

Jan 04   Constantly permeke: Flemish painter (boerin),   

Jan 05   Nawab of pataudi: Cricket (play polo 3 tests for eng 3 for ind),    

Jan 08   Antonia maury: Discoverer (supergiant, giant & dwarf stars),    

Jan 11   Jean jm de lattre de tassigny: Gen (n-africa/indo-china),   

Jan 14   Artur kapp: Estonian composer (b. 1878)   

Jan 15   Ned hanlon: Premier of queensland (b. 1887)   

Jan 17   Walter o "spike" briggs: Owner (det tigers),    

Jan 18   Curly howard: American actor and comedian (b. 1903)