Born on 19 July 1952

At A Glance

19 July 1952 at a glance

Day of the week

19 July 1952 was a Saturday.

Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)

“Tell Me Why” recorded by Eddie Fisher and The Four Aces was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.

Top Film of 1952

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1952 was This Is Cinerama.

Star sign

The star sign for 19 July is Cancer.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 19 July 1952 fell in the Year of the Dragon.

Birthstone

The birthstone for July is Ruby.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 19 July 1952 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 19 July

• 1942 World War II: The Second Happy Time of Hitler's submarines comes to an end, as the increasingly effective American convoy system compels them to return to the central Atlantic.
• 1952 Opening of the Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
• 1957 The largely autobiographical novel The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold by Evelyn Waugh is published.
• 1961 Tunisia imposes a blockade on the French naval base at Bizerte; the French would capture the entire town four days later.
• 1963 Joe Walker flies a North American X-15 to a record altitude of 106,010 meters (347,800 feet) on X-15 Flight 90. Exceeding an altitude of 100 km, this flight qualifies as a human spaceflight under international convention.

Famous people born on 19 July

• Demi Moore, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1950–2022)
• Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician, Mayor of Kyiv (born 1971)
• Jon Jones, American mixed martial artist (born 1987)
• Benedict Cumberbatch, English actor (born 1976)

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