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Fall bookings in the men's clothing industry have been extremely good this year, manufacturers reported last week, and most producers are running considerably ahead of 1951. Most companies have completed three-quarters of their fall season.
CONVENTION BUILDING in Chicago, July 26 -- The thirty-first Democratic National Convention nominated Senator John J. Sparkman of Alabama today for Vice President on the ticket headed by Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, and wound up its long, weary meeting in general party harmony.
HELSINKI, Finland, July 26 -- Clarke Scholes of the United States churned out a new Olympic swimming record today in the 100-meter free-style semi-finals.
CINCINNATI, July 26 -- The doubles combination of Billy Talbert of New York and Gardnar Mulloy of Miami, Fla., today steered the United States into the second round of 1952 Davis Cup tennis competition.
1952Marvin Barnes, American basketball player (died 2014)[†]
Marvin Jerome "Bad News" Barnes was an American professional basketball player. A forward, he was an All-American at Providence College, and played professionally in both the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA).
1952Roxanne Hart, American actress[†]
Roxanne Hart is an American actress. She played Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander, and Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series Chicago Hope (1994–1998). Hart received a Tony Award nomination for her stage work.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]