January 2: José Antonio Remón Cantera, president of Panama, is assassinated at a race track in Panama City.
January 3: José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
January 7: Marian Anderson is the first African American singer to perform at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.
January 17: USS Nautilus (SSN-571), the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
January 18-January 20: Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan).
January 19: The game Scrabble debuts.
January 22: The Pentagon announces a plan to develop ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) armed with nuclear weapons.
January 23: Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17 near Birmingham, England.
January 25: Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941.
January 28: United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. (source: Wikipedia)
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Sherlock Holmes 1 - The Blackmailer - Charles Augustus Milverton | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Holmes is hired by the débutante Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve compromising letters from a blackmailer: Milverton, who causes Holmes more revulsion than any of the 50-odd murderers in his career. Milverton is "the king of blackmailers" and he makes ... |
Journey into Space - The Red Planet 18 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Jet sets out after the sphere again, having ordered McLean to follow him in the second caravan. Meanwhile, the sphere arrives at Lacus Solis (the Martian capital), and the flying doctor reveals the Martian plan to invade the Earth in 1986. Lemmy overpowers ... |
The Cisco Kid 1955-01-04 - 257) Brand of the Maverick | |||||||||||||
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Hancock's Half Hour s1 10 - Cinderella Hancock | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Bill bans the Lad from the National Film Ball, but then there's a knock at the door. |
Lux Radio Theater 904 - Mother Wore Tights | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Mitzi Gaynor & Dan Dailey (repeat) |
21st Precinct 78 - The Trade | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A drug dealer, Augie, accuses cop of taking a $700 bribe. |
Barrie Craig 167 - Angel of Death | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Barrie spots Richie Stimson in the river and pulls him to shore. He married money, but is having neurotic episodes leading to accidents. Craig is hired to baby sit for a month. Blackmail is discovered. |
The FBI in Peace and War 484 - Accidental Death | |||||||||||||
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Challenge of the Yukon 1216 - Outlaw in Uniform | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-01-06 - 258) The Rogue River Range War | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 143 - Robin Hood | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 2 - A Scandal in Bohemia | |||||||||||||
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Description: | While the currently married Dr. Watson is paying Holmes a visit, a visitor arrives, introducing himself as Count Von Kramm, an agent for a wealthy client. However, Holmes quickly deduces that he is in fact Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke ... |
Journey into Space - The Red Planet 19 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Doc and Lemmy escape the city in the sphere with Mitch, who starts to recover from his 'conditioning', but can only remember being two weeks away from reaching Mars. Meanwhile, Jet is contacted by Webster, a man trying to return to Earth, and learns more about ... |
The Cisco Kid 1955-01-11 - 259) Rodeo at Calico Corners | |||||||||||||
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Hancock's Half Hour s1 11 - A Trip to France | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Lad is longing to sample life across the English Channel, but Sid has other ideas. |
Lux Radio Theater 905 - Island in the Sky | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Dick Powell & Lamont Johnson |
The FBI in Peace and War 485 - Strangle Hold | |||||||||||||
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The Lone Ranger 3169 - Trail Of The Rustling Boss | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-01-13 - 260) Murder Wagon | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 580 - Final Payment | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Two old army buddies plan the perfect insurance fraud. Nothing can go wrong ... right? |
The Lone Ranger 3170 - A Chinaman's Chance | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 144 - Chester's Murder | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 3 - The Red-Headed League | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. While studying his client, both Holmes and Watson notice his red hair, which has a distinct flame-like hue. Wilson tells them that some weeks before, his young assistant, ... |
Our Miss Brooks 272 - Male Superiority | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Do men react to emergencies better than women do? A side of beef and a refrigeration plant proves the point when everyone gets locked in the cold room. |
Journey into Space - The Red Planet 20 | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The sphere turns out to be Doc and Lemmy's, and Discovery crew are fully reunited at last thanks to advice from Webster, Mitch completes his recovery. Jet, Lemmy and Webster try to rescue Frank and Grimshaw from an underground factory, but they cannot be reached, ... |
The Cisco Kid 1955-01-18 - 261) Voice of the 44 | |||||||||||||
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Hancock's Half Hour s1 12 - The Monte Carlo Rally | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Lad competes in the famous motor race in a very classic car provided by Sid. |
Lux Radio Theater 906 - The Awful Truth | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Cary Grant & Irene Dunne (repeat) |
21st Precinct 80 - The Notes | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Kennelly and the Secret Service work to break up a counterfeit ring passing phony $20 bills. |
The FBI in Peace and War 486 - Last Will and Testament | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-01-20 - 262) Heritage of Death | |||||||||||||
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The Roy Rogers Show 1955-01-20 - 52) Song - Beyond the Blue Horizon | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 581 - Case Study of a Murderer | |||||||||||||
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Description: | "The study of a man who was determined to finish a murder he never started." "A story based on actual events." A married man loses his job, then confesses to a murder he did not commit. His mental countdown seems to be getting a lot worse. |
Gunsmoke 145 - Sins Of The Fathers | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 4 - A Case of Identity | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The story revolves around the case of Miss Mary Sutherland, a woman with a substantial income from the interest on a fund set up for her. She is engaged to a quiet Londoner who has recently disappeared. Sherlock Holmes's detective powers are barely challenged ... |
Our Miss Brooks 273 - PenPal Project | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Madison High has started a pen-pal club. Mr. Boynton has been corresponding with a French woman. Yvette Juvay is the French woman, but she's really Miss Brooks. She's 'coming to America' and Mr. Boynton will have to choose between Connie and Yvette. |
The Whistler 658 - One Dark Night | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A man kills his wife, only to find himself "partners" with his next door neighbor, who saw the whole thing. The victim adds a new twist. |
The Cisco Kid 1955-01-25 - 263) Gold at Bitter Creek | |||||||||||||
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Hancock's Half Hour s1 13 - A House on the Cliff | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Lad is after a new home, but is it really the best idea to get Sid to build it? |
Lux Radio Theater 907 - Sangaree | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Arlene Dahl & Cesar Romero |
21st Precinct 81 - The Fire Escape | |||||||||||||
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Description: | After beating his wife, deranged Walter Girard barricades himself in their apartment. |
The FBI in Peace and War 487 - The Bookmakers | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-01-27 - 264) The Cattle Train | |||||||||||||
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The Roy Rogers Show 1955-01-27 - 53) Song - Faraway Places | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 582 - The Operation | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A robber holding up a doctor's office is forced to join a nurse when the two of them are forced to perform an operation at gunpoint. |
The Lone Ranger 3176 - The Emissary | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 146 - Young Love | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 5 - The Second Stain | |||||||||||||
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Description: | ord Bellinger, the Prime Minister, and Trelawney Hope, the Secretary of State for European Affairs, come to Holmes in the matter of a document stolen from Hope's dispatch box, which he kept at home in Whitehall Terrace when not at work. If divulged, this document ... |
Our Miss Brooks 274 - Mr Travis's Three Acre Lot | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Mrs. Davis hasn't enough money to make a payment of her mortgage. Greedy Mr. Travis also refuses to sell an empty lot next to Madison High. |