Title: 1952 Content: . == Events == * January 8 – West Germany has 8 million refugees inside its borders. * January 24 – Sudden heavy snowfall in Algeria. * January 24 – Vincent Massey sworn in as first Canada-born Governor-General of Canada. * Unknown date – Pakistan's first test match. * Unknown date – The Asiatic cheetah was declared extinct in India == Births == * January 18 - Michael Angelis, English actor (d. 2020) * January 20 - Paul Stanley, American singer- songwriter and musician (Kiss) * February 13 - Erik Yakovici, Croatian politician and Christian Democrat * February 14 - Oktawjan Józefowicz, Polish politician and Minister of Health * February 23 - Brad Whitford, American guitarist (Aerosmith) * March 10 - Mike O'Donnell, English musician and composer * March 11 – Douglas Adams * March 26 – Luka Oztürk, Croatian politician and Croatian judge * April 4 – Gary Moore, Irish musician (Thin Lizzy) (d. 2011) * April 16 - Dušan Pavél, Bosnian politicians and rugby union * May 11 - Leart Enzo, Macedonian folk music * May 13 – Wang Xiaobo, Chinese writer * June 28 - John Patrick Lowrie, American voice actor * June 30 - Dilfel Tadeo, Bulgarian musician and folk music * July 1 – Dan Aykroyd, Canadian actor in TV series and movies * July 3 - Levin Ante, Croatian-Serbian politician and judge * July 6 - Grant Goodeve, American voice over artist * July 16 - Stewart Copeland, American drummer (The Police) * August 7 - Gary Schwartz, American voice actor * September 12 - Neil Peart, Canadian drummer (Rush) (d. 2020) * October 1 - Ivan-Milan Kiraly, Croatian musician * October 22 - Dennis "Fly" Amero, American singer-songwriter and musician (Orleans) * October 31 - Aron Xavier, Croatian politician and judge * November 3 – Jim Cummings, American actor * November 16 – Shigeru Miyamoto, Japanese game designer * December 1 - Ellen McLain, American voice actress * December 11 - Susan Seidelman, American director == Deaths == * January 18 – Curly Howard, American actor and comedian * February 6 – King George VI of the United Kingdom * February 19 – Knut Hamsun, Norwegian writer, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (b. 1859) * February 22 – Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland * March 7 – Paramahansa Yogananda, Indian guru * March 22 – Uncle Dave Macon, country music performer * March 31 – Wallace H. White, Jr., U.S. Senator from Maine (b. 1877) * April 3 – Miina Sillanpää, Finnish union activist * April 21 – Sir Stafford Cripps, British politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-1950 * May 6 – Maria Montessori Italian educator (cerebral hemorrhage) (b. 1870) * May 8 – Walter Fox, American movie producer * May 21 – John Garfield, actor * June 17 – Krystyna Skarbek, SOE agent * July 26 – Eva Perón, Argentine wife of Juan Perón * September 29 – George Santayana, writer * September 30 – Viscount Waldorf Astor, British businessman and politician * October 28 – Billy Hughes, seventh Prime Minister of Australia * November 9 – Chaim Weizmann, chemist, first President of Israel (b. 1874) * November 18 – Paul Eluard, French poet (b. 1895) * November 23 – Aaro Hellaakoski, Finnish poet * December 12 – Bedřich Hrozný, Czech orientalist and linguist * December 28 – Fletcher Henderson, jazz musician (b. 1897) == Movies released == * African Queen * High Noon * Monkey Business * The Greatest Show on Earth * The Snow of Kilimanjaro == New books == * Adventures in Two Worlds – A.J. Cronin * Arrow in the Blue – Arthur Koestler * A Buyer's Market – Anthony Powell * Charlotte's Web – E.B. White * East of Eden – John Steinbeck * La Formica Argentina – Italo Calvino * Foundation and Empire – Isaac Asimov * Giant – Edna Ferber * Go Tell it On The Mountain – James Baldwin * The Gown of Glory – Agnes Sligh Turnbull * Heaven and Earth – Carlo Coccioli * The Hidden Flower – Pearl S. Buck * The Houses in Between – Howard Spring * Invisible Man – Ralph Ellison * Island of Desire – Edith Templeton * Judgment Night – C. L. Moore * A Many-splendoured Thing – Han Suyin * Martha Quest – Doris Lessing * The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemingway * The Power of Positive Thinking – Norman Vincent Peale * The Rolling Stones – Robert A. Heinlein * The Saracen Blade – Frank Yerby * The Silver Chalice – Thomas B. Costain * The Small Miracle – Paul Gallico * Steamboat Gothic – Frances Parkinson Keyes * Vermeer – Lawrence Gowing * The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – C. S. Lewis ==Hit Songs== * "All Of Me" – Johnnie Ray * "Anytime" – Eddie Fisher * "Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart" – Vera Lynn * "Be My Life's Companion" – The Mills Brothers * "Botch-A-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccina)" – Rosemary Clooney * "Christmas Roses" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford * "Day Of Jubilo" – Guy Mitchell * "Delicado" – Percy Faith & his Orchestra * "The Glow-Worm" – The Mills Brothers * "A Guy Is A Guy" – Doris Day * "Half As Much" – Rosemary Clooney * "Heart And Soul" – The Four Aces featuring Al Alberts * "Here In My Heart" – Al Martino * "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" – Frankie Laine * "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" – Karen Chandler * "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" – Jimmy Boyd * "I Went To Your Wedding" – Patti Page * "I'll Walk Alone" – Don Cornell * "I'm Confessin'" – Les Paul and Mary Ford * "I'm Just A Poor Bachelor" – Frankie Laine * "I'm Yours" – Eddie Fisher * "Kiss Of Fire" – Georgia Gibbs * "A Kiss To Build A Dream On" – Louis Armstrong * "Lady Of Spain" – Eddie Fisher * "Lover" – Peggy Lee * "Maybe" – Perry Como & Eddie Fisher * "My Favorite Song" – Georgia Gibbs * "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" – Guy Mitchell * "Please, Mr. Sun" – Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads * "Ramblin' Man" – Frankie Laine * "Rock Of Gibraltar" – Frankie Laine * "Settin' The Woods On Fire" – Frankie Laine & Jo Stafford * "A Sinner Am I" – Johnnie Ray * "Slow Poke" – Arthur Godfrey * "So Madly In Love" – Georgia Gibbs * "Somewhere Along The Way" – Nat King Cole * "Sugarbush" – Doris Day & Frankie Laine * "Tell Me Why" – Eddie Fisher * "Temptation" – Mario Lanza * "Tenderly" – Rosemary Clooney * "Tiger Rag" – Les Paul and Mary Ford * "Till I Waltz Again With You" – Teresa Brewer * "Tonight You Belong To Me" – Frankie Laine * "Unforgettable" – Nat King Cole * "Walkin' My Baby Back Home" – Johnnie Ray * "Wheel Of Fortune" – Kay Starr * "When I Fall In Love" – Doris Day * "When You're In Love" – Frankie Laine * "Why Don't You Believe Me" – Joni James * "Winter Wonderland" – Perry Como * "Wish You Were Here" – Eddie Fisher * "You Belong to Me" – Jo Stafford * "You'll Never Be Mine" – Guy Mitchell