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June 16, 1952

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Notable Births

George Papandreou

1952George Papandreou, Greek sociologist and politician, 182nd Prime Minister of Greece[†]

George Andreas Papandreou is an American-born Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He is currently serving as an MP for PASOK-Kinima Allagis.

Gino Vannelli

1952Gino Vannelli, Canadian singer-songwriter[†]

Gino Vannelli is a Canadian rock singer and songwriter who had several hit songs in the 1970s and 1980s. His best-known singles include "People Gotta Move" (1974), "I Just Wanna Stop" (1978), "Living Inside Myself" (1981) and "Wild Horses" (1987).

Notable Deaths

Andrew Lawson

1952Andrew Lawson, Scottish-American geologist and academic (born 1861)[†]

Andrew Cowper Lawson was a Scots-born Canadian geologist who became professor of geology at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the editor and co-author of the 1908 report on the 1906 San Francisco earthquake which became known as the "Lawson Report". He was also the first person to identify and name the San Andreas Fault in 1895, and after the 1906 quake, the first to delineate the entire length of the San Andreas Fault which previously had been noted only in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also named the Franciscan Complex.

Historical Context for June 16, 1952

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