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June 1, 1952

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Notable Births

Şenol Güneş

1952Şenol Güneş, Turkish footballer and manager[†]

Şenol Güneş is a Turkish football manager and former player who is currently the director of professional football for Süper Lig club Trabzonspor. His most notable managerial achievements to date include coaching the Turkey national team to third place in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and winning two Süper Lig titles; both of them with Beşiktaş. He is also noted for stints in his boyhood club Trabzonspor. His playing career there saw the club win six of their seven Süper Lig titles.

Mihaela Loghin

1952Mihaela Loghin, Romanian shot putter[†]

Mihaela Loghin is a shot putter from Romania. She won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympics, one centimetre behind Claudia Losch, and a bronze medal at the 1986 European Indoor Championships.

Notable Deaths

John Dewey

1952John Dewey, American psychologist and philosopher (born 1859)[†]

John Dewey was an American philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer. He was one of the most prominent American scholars in the first half of the twentieth century.

Historical Context for June 1, 1952

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