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1940: The Dunkirk evacuation ends
1941: Over 4 million Axis soldiers invade the USSR
1942: Czech paratroopers attempt to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a main architect of the Holocaust. He dies 8 days later
1943: BOAC Flight 777-A, a civilian airline flight is attacked by 8 German Junkers. On board is the film actor Leslie Howard
1944: 155,000 Allied troops arrive on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day landings are the largest amphibious operation in history
1945: Aris Velouchiotis, leader of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the major resistance in Nazi occupied Greece dies
1946: A referendum held in Italy declares the country a republic
1947: U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction & relief aid to Europe
1948: Columbia Records launches long playing 33 1/3 rpm record format
1949: George Orwell's 1984 published. Introducing doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak & Big Brother
1950: North Korean troops cross 38th parallel into South Korea & capture Seoul, starting Korean War
1951: The first UNIVAC (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is dedicated at the U.S. Census Bureau
1952: U.S. Army Special Forces, known as the 'Green Berets' is created
1953: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing information about atomic bomb to Soviets
1954: Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy: 'Have you, at long last, no decency?'
1955: The 'Johnny Carson Show' debuts on CBS-TV. It is short lived, but Carson would later host 'The Tonight Show' for 30 years
1956: The Flag of the United States Army is officially adopted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1957: Composer & big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, known as "JD", dies aged 53
1958: Due to a crisis in the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle is called out of retirement to lead France
1959: USS George Washington, the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles, is launched
1960: Civil unrest leads to resignation of Japanese prime minister, Nobusuke Kishi
1961: Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects from Soviet Union while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet
1962: Frank Morris, John Anglin & Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz. They are never heard from again
1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space piloting Vostok 6
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| Waverly Library 57 - Without Mercy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Waverly Library 58 - Baronet's Secret | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 462 - The Born Guide | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Sailor Boy Wanderer. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 463 - Tamarac Tom, the Big Trapper Boy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Old Walruses o' the Woods. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Waverly Library 107 - Her Evil Genius | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or Drifting On The Tide. Scanned by Northern Illinois University | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 464 - Nimble Nick, the Circus Prince | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | by Albert W. Aiken. Author of "New England Nick", "Kit Carson, King of Guides" etc. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Waverly Library 108 - Perilous Pledge | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or Mad For Love. Scanned by Northern Illinois University | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 465 - Philo Fly of Phoenix | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Deadwood Dick Junior's Racket at No. 10. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Waverly Library 109 - Passion's Reprisal | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or The Bargain Between Them. Scanned by Northern Illinois University | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 466 - Wide Awake Jerry, Detective | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or Entombed Alive. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Waverly Library 110 - Hasty Marriage | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or Was She An Adventuress. Scanned by Northern Illinois University | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 515 - Deadwood Dick's Protegee | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Baby Bess the Girl Gold Miner. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 516 - Tartar Tim | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Five Points Phil's Menagerie. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 517 - Jim Gladden's Deputy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Jolly Pard's All-For-Love Campaign. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 518 - Cool Colorado In New York | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Cowboy's Fight for a Million. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 567 - Deadwood Dick Jr. in Philadelphia | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Wild West Detective Among the Crooks. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 568 - The Dandy of Dodge | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Rustling for Millions. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 569 - Brooklyn Ben, the On-His-Own-Hook Detective | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Ned Chester's Very Bad Case. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 570 - Camille, the Card Queen | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or The Skeleton Trail. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| The Golden Argosy v6 31 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Section: | Pulp Magazines | ||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 620 - Little Lightning's League | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Mystery of the Island. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 621 - Truthful James, the "Pecooliar" Man | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Spoiler Despoiled. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 622 - Texas Tom-Cat's Triad | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or The Queer Affair at Tombstone. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 671 - Jersey Jed, the Boy Hustler | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Shadowing the Shadower. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 672 - Deadwood Dick Jr. in Durango | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, "Gathered In". Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 673 - Ralph Renwood, the Lightning Express Detective | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Black Bart's Death Run. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 674 - The Wizard Sailor | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Red Ralph, the Rover. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 723 - Silver Blade, the Shoshone | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Border Beagle's Secret Mission. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 724 - Violet Vane's Vengeance | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Wipe-Out at White Water . Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| The New York Detective Library 446 - The James Boys in Minnesota | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | and the James Boys and Timberlake. scanned by Oberlin College | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 725 - Daring Dick, Pawnee Bill's Pard | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Red Cavalry Raid. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 726 - Dennis Duff, the Brown Sports Kid | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Covers and Blinds. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 727 - Headlight Harry's Siren | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Mad Madge the Outlaw Queen. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| The Boy's Own Paper v14 699 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 776 - Deadwood Dick Jr.'s Resurrection | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Icicle Isaac from Frozen Flats. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| The Boy's Own Paper v14 700 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 777 - Dick Doom's Destiny | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The River Blacklegs' Terror. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Log Cabin Library 170 - Detective Grimes' Triumph | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or The Ending of a Complicated Case, scanned by Oberlin College | ||||||||||||||||
| The Boy's Own Paper v14 701 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 778 - Highland Harry, the Wizard Rifleman | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Tough Times at Teton Basin. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| The Boy's Own Paper v14 702 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Beadle's Half Dime Library 779 - Iron Hand, the Charmed Detective | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Saving the Senator's Daughter. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| v2 37 - The Electric Man | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | Alternative Title: Frank Reade, Jr., in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 828 - Deadwood Dick Jr.'s Scoop | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Big Haul at Hard Hole. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 829 - The Gentleman Crook in Chicago | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Nick Norcross, the River Rat. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 830 - The Grim Lodgers of Rag Alley | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Citizen Rube of Number Seven. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| v2 40 - Around the World Under Water | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | Alternative Title: The Wonderful Cruise of a Submarine Boat. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 831 - The Chicago Drummers Deal | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, Detective Skid's Diamond Haul. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 880 - Broadway Billy and the Bomb-Throwers | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or The Detective Queen of Paris. scanned by Northern Illinois university | ||||||||||||||||
| Beadle's Half Dime Library 881 - Turkey Billy, the Shine-'em-up Detective | |||||||||||||||||
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| Description: | or, The Gamin Guardian. Scanned by Northern Illinois University. | ||||||||||||||||





