At A Glance

7 June 1952 at a glance

Day of the week
7 June 1952 was a Saturday.
Top Film of 1952
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1952 was This Is Cinerama.
Star sign
The star sign for 7 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 7 June 1952 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 7 June 1952 was Waxing Gibbous.

On this day: 7 June

  • 1945 King Haakon VII of Norway returns from exactly five years in exile during World War II.
  • 1946 The United Kingdom's BBC returns to broadcasting its television service, which has been off air for seven years because of World War II.
  • 1948 Edvard Beneš resigns as President of Czechoslovakia rather than signing the Ninth-of-May Constitution, making his nation a Communist state.
  • 1955 Lux Radio Theatre signs off the air permanently. The show launched in New York in 1934, and featured radio adaptations of Broadway shows and popular films.
  • 1962 The Organisation Armée Secrète (OAS) sets fire to the University of Algiers library building, destroying about 500,000 books.

Famous people born on 7 June

  • Prince, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor (1958–2016)
  • Liam Neeson, Irish-American actor (born 1952)
  • Tom Jones, Welsh singer and actor (born 1940)
  • Dean Martin, American singer, actor, and producer (1917–1995)

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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