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Counts stays in race; Cashmore rejects his plan that both withdraw in favor of Dem-Liberal candidate; Counts career
Gov s, Denver, on 'change' theme
US, GB and France agree to add provisions on free elections, human rights, nazism elimination and armed forces to proposed abbreviated pact, identical notes to USSR; suggest deputies meet, London, to initial amended pact; USSR rejection seen
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to devote full time as Asst to Pres; successor to ODM post named
1952Simon Burns, English politician, Minister of State for Transport[†]
Sir Simon Hugh McGuigan Burns is a British politician, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chelmsford since being elected at the 1987 general election until the 2017 general election.
1952Vladimir Kazachyonok, Russian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2017)[†]
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kazachyonok was a Soviet football player and Russian coach. He was the academy director with Zenit St. Petersburg until his death in 2017.
1952Buddy Miller, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Steven Paul "Buddy" Miller is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist and producer, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. Miller is married to and has recorded with singer-songwriter Julie Miller.
1952Gertrude Lawrence, English actress, singer, and dancer (born 1898)[†]
Gertrude Lawrence was an English actress, singer, dancer and musical comedy performer known for her stage appearances in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York.
1952A prototype aircraft crashes at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England, killing 29 spectators and the two on board.[†]
On 6 September 1952, a prototype de Havilland DH.110 jet fighter crashed during an aerial display at the Farnborough Airshow in Hampshire, England. The jet disintegrated mid-air during an aerobatic manoeuvre, killing pilot John Derry and onboard flight test observer Anthony Richards. Debris fell onto a crowd of spectators, killing 29 and injuring 60.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]