At A Glance

12 September 1952 at a glance

Day of the week
12 September 1952 was a Friday.
Top Film of 1952
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1952 was This Is Cinerama.
Star sign
The star sign for 12 September is Virgo.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 12 September 1952 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 12 September 1952 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 12 September

  • 1944 World War II: The liberation of Yugoslavia from Axis occupation continues. Bajina Bašta in western Serbia is among the liberated cities.
  • 1953 U.S. Senator and future President John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at St. Mary's Church in Newport, Rhode Island.
  • 1958 Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.
  • 1959 The Soviet Union launches a large rocket, Lunik II, at the Moon.
  • 1959 Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in color, is launched in the United States.

Famous people born on 12 September

  • Sydney Sweeney, American actress (born 1997)
  • Emmy Rossum, American singer and actress (born 1986)
  • Paul Walker, American actor (1973–2013)
  • Hans Zimmer, German composer and producer (born 1957)

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Events of 1952 in Ireland

A selection from Wikipedia's '1952 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.

  • 30 April – The Adoption Bill made provision for the adoption of orphans and children aged between six months and seven years born outside wedlock.
  • 11 May – In Washington, D.C., the House Foreign affairs Committee explained that Ireland's exclusion from Marshall Aid was due to its wartime neutrality.
  • 30 May – The Minister for Education, Seán Moylan, announced longer summer holidays for national school children.

Life in Ireland in 1952

Taoiseach

Éamon de Valera

Petrol (per litre)

1s 9d/gal

Loaf of Bread

5d

Average House

£1,400

Weekly Wage

£3 10s

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Famous Faces Born in the 1950s

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