August 1952 in History

Events in History

Aug 4 Gambling boss Theodore Roe is murdered by the crew of Sam Giancana

Aug 14 Alan Turing's ground-breaking paper on mathematical biology “The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis” is published [1]

Aug 14 Mátyás Rákosi appointed premier of Hungary
Aug 15 9 inches of rain fall creates a 20 ft wave in Lynmouth, England, killing 34
Aug 17 "Fallout" 1st used (NY Times)

Aug 20 Soviet leader Joseph Stalin meets Chinese premier Zhou Enlai

Aug 22 The penal colony on Devil's Island is permanently closed.
Aug 23 Arab League security pact goes into effect
Aug 23 Giants Bob Elliott is ejected for arguing a strike, Bobby Hoffman completes his bat, he strikes out & is also ejected for arguing
Aug 25 Puerto Rico becomes a US commonwealth
Aug 26 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins
Aug 28 German & Israeli reach accord about recovery payments
Aug 28 Yakov Malik succeeds Valerian Zorin as Soviet Foreign minister

Aug 1 Zoran Đinđić, 6th Prime Minister of Serbia (2001-03), born in Bosanski Šamac, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina (d. 2003)
Aug 2 Paul David Crews, American murderer (FBI Most Wanted List), born in South Carolina (d. 2022)
Aug 3 Frank Schaeffer, American author (Crazy for God), born in Champéry, Switzerland
Aug 4 Gábor Demszky, Hungarian politician (Mayor of Budapest, 1990-2010), born in Budapest, Hungary
Aug 5 Hun Sen, Cambodian politician, Prime Minister of Cambodia 1985-), born in Kampong Cham, Cambodia
Aug 8 Jostein Gaarder, Norwegian author
Aug 9 Prateep Ungsongtham Hata, Thai politician and activist, born in Bangkok, Thailand
Aug 9 Vicki Morgan, American mistress (Beautiful Bad Girl), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1983)
Aug 10 Nikolai Alekseyevich Pushenko, Russian lt-colonel/cosmonaut
Aug 10 Pepsi Nunes, marine biologist
Aug 13 Herb Ritts, American fashion photographer, born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2002)
Aug 13 Tom Marino, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania 2011-2019), born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Aug 14 Mark C. Lee, American NASA astronaut (STS 30, 47, 64, 82, sk: 98), born in Viroqua, Wisconsin
Aug 17 Dr. Mario Theissen, German F1 team principal (BMW Sauber)
Aug 17 Kathryn C. Thornton, American astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73), born in Montgomery, Alabama
Aug 17 Thomas J Hennen, American astronaut (STS 44), born in Albany, Georgia

Aug 18 Elayne Boosler, American comedienne (Broadway Baby, Party of One), born in Brooklyn, New York
Aug 21 Jiří Paroubek, former Czech prime minister, born in Olomouc, Czech Republic
Aug 24 Bob Corker, American politician (Senator from Tennessee), born in Orangeburg, South Carolina
Aug 26 Will Shortz, American crossword editor (New York Times), born in Crawfordsville, Indiana
Aug 27 Don Miguel Ruiz, Mexican spiritual teacher and author (The Four Agreements), born in Guadalajara, Mexico
Aug 27 Roger Stone, American political lobbyist, born in Norwalk, Connecticut
Aug 28 Jacques Chagnon, Canadian politician (45th President of the National Assembly), born in Montréal, Québec
Aug 28 Rita Dove, African-American poet (Thomas and Beulah), born in Akron, Ohio
Aug 28 Wendelin Wiedeking, German businessman (CEO - Porsche AG), born in Ahlen, Germany
Aug 29 Karen Hesse, American children's book writer (Out of the Dust), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Aug 31 Herbert Reul, German politician, born in Langenfeld,, West Germany

Aug 14 UK Prime Minister Anthony Eden (55) weds UK prime minister's niece Clarissa Spencer-Churchill (32) in a civil ceremony at Caxton Hall, London

Aug 5 Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (b. 1917)
Aug 12 David Bergelson, Yiddish language writer (b. 1884)
Aug 14 C. Howard Crane, American architect (Fox Theatres; Detroit Olympia Stadium; Detroit Opera House; LeVeque Tower (Columbus, Ohio); Earls Court Exhibition Centre (London, England)), dies at 67
Aug 16 Lydia Field Emmet, American painter (b. 1866)
Aug 18 Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Chilean Jesuit saint (b. 1901)
Aug 20 Kurt Schumacher, German political chairman (SPD), dies at 56
Aug 21 Isaac Sadeh, leader of Jewish commando forces, dies
Aug 22 Hiranuma Kiichirō, 24th Prime Minister of Japan, dies at 84
Aug 31 Henri Bourassa, French Canadian political leader (b. 1868)