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January 19, 1952

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Headlines from January 19, 1952

French Arrest Nationalists And Red Leaders in Tunisia; Nationalist and Red Chiefs Seized In Tunisia in French Counter-Move

By Robert C. Dotyspecial To the New York Times

French arrest Bourguiba, 3 other nationalist and 6 Communist leaders; mobilize security forces; cordon Bizerte; Arab workers strike in protest; Neodestour (nationalist) Cong protests; denies Communist link; Resident Gen de Hauteclocque urges Bey of Tunis disavow UN plea; French officials, Paris, defend arrests; Arab UN reprs concerned; Youssef and assoc charge French pressure on Bey, note to UN

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Notable Births

Dewey Bunnell

1952Dewey Bunnell, English-American singer-songwriter and guitarist[โ€ ]

Lee Merton "Dewey" Bunnell is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, and a founding member of the band America.

1952Nadiuska, German television actress[โ€ ]

Roswithka Bertasha Smid Honczar is a former German model and actress who became a well-known celebrity in Spain during the 1970s, under the stage name Nadiuska.

Bruce Jay Nelson

1952Bruce Jay Nelson, American computer scientist (died 1999)[โ€ ]

Bruce Jay Nelson was an American computer scientist best known as the inventor of the remote procedure call concept for computer network communications.

Historical Context for January 19, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[โ€ ]