February 1: Ray Kroc opens a McDonald's fast food restaurant (the company's 9th since it was founded in 1940), but Kroc later takes over the company and oversees its worldwide expansion.
February 4: Pact of Mutual Cooperation "Baghdad Pact" signed.
February 10: Seventh Fleet of the United States Navy helps the Republic of China evacuate Chinese Nationalist army and residents from the Tachen Islands to Taiwan.
February 12: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the first U.S. advisors to South Vietnam.
February 16: Nearly 100 die in a fire at a home for the elderly in Yokohama, Japan.
February 19: Southeast Asia Treaty Organization established.
February 22: In Chicago's Democratic primary, Mayor Martin H. Kennelly loses to the head of the Cook County Democratic Party, Richard J. Daley, 364,839 to 264,77. (source: Wikipedia)
The Cisco Kid 1955-02-01 - 265) Murder at Pine Creek | |||||||||||||
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Hancock's Half Hour s1 14 - The Sheik | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The Lad signs up to Sid's new studio, but filming doesn't go to plan. |
Lux Radio Theater 908 - Five Fingers | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: James Mason & Pamela Kellino (repeat) |
21st Precinct 82 - The Daughter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | When a deli is burglarized, the owner's runaway teenage daughter, Elma, is a suspect. |
The FBI in Peace and War 488 - The Sentimental Streak | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-02-03 - 266) The Midget of Broken Spur | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 583 - A Killing in Abilene | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A Texan arrives in Pleasant Valley to bring the man who killed his brother to justice. The rest of the town wants to lynch the killer. The writing is highly stylized. The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on October 14, 1950. |
Gang Busters 877 - Case of the Lost Gun | |||||||||||||
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Description: | aka The Danville Bank Job |
Gunsmoke 147 - Cheyennes | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 6 - The Bruce Partington Plans | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans. Seven of the ten pages - three are still missing - were found with Arthur Cadogan West's body. He was a young ... |
My Little Margie 1955-02-06 - Verne Plays Cards at Home | |||||||||||||
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Description: | (aka Babysitting) |
The Whistler 660 - Whirlpool | |||||||||||||
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Description: | After a shipwreck, a man is offered the chance to impersonate a clever woman's husband and collect a lot of money. The show has a good ending. The script was used previously on "The Whistler" on October 10, 1948 |
The Lone Ranger xxxx - Dynamite On The Tracks | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 909 - War of the Worlds | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Dana Andrews & Patricia Crowley |
21st Precinct 83 - The Surety | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A wealthy drunk, Charles Lowfield, can't contact anyone to pay his bail. |
Barrie Craig 172 - Nobody Lives There Anymore | |||||||||||||
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Description: | It's the old story of the couple registering at a hotel. She goes out shopping and when she returns, the desk clerk tells her she has no room there nor has her husband ever been there. All Barrie gets is the girl. |
The FBI in Peace and War 489 - Big Shot | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1955-02-10 - 268) Gun War in the Mountains | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 584 - Diagnosis of Death | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A hypochondriac overhears the wrong diagnosis and thinks he's going to die a painful death. A hunt begins to find the man before he commits suicide. |
Gunsmoke 148 - Chester's Hanging | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 7 - The Dying Detective | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Dr. Watson is called to 221B Baker Street to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare Asian disease contracted while he was on a case at Rotherhithe. Watson is shocked, having heard nothing about his friend’s illness. Mrs. Hudson says that he has neither ... |
Hancock's Half Hour s1 16 - End Of The Series | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The cast reminisce over how they all first met. |
Lux Radio Theater 910 - The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Edmund O'Brien & Walter Brennan (repeat) |
21st Precinct 84 - The Lender | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Joe Maclise, the owner of a car used in an armed robbery has an alibi, but the case takes a twist. |
Barrie Craig 173 - The Moving Target | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A high-flying globe trotter finds that sheer elbow room is no insurance for survival when a felonious blonde makes a passionate effort to bring him down to earth - really deep down that is! |
The FBI in Peace and War 490 - Strictly Business | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 585 - The Man with the Steel Teeth | |||||||||||||
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Description: | An American journalist is arrested in Moscow by the Secret police. He is imprisoned and tortured to get him to confess to false charges...by a man with steel teeth! An adventure-filled escape follows, with a surprise ending. |
Gunsmoke 149 - Poor Pearl | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 8 - The Norwood Builder | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are visited by "the unhappy John Hector McFarlane", a young lawyer from Blackheath who has been accused of murdering one of his clients, a builder called Jonas Oldacre. McFarlane explains to Holmes that Oldacre had come to his office ... |
The Whistler 662 - Undercurrent | |||||||||||||
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Lux Radio Theater 911 - Shane | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Stars: Alan Ladd & Van Heflin |
Mr Keen 1662 - The Case of Murder and the Revengeful Ghost | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A woman comes to Mister Keen and asks him to investigate as she believes her fiancé was murdered by his late wife’s ghost. |
Suspense 586 - Waiting | |||||||||||||
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Description: | As the execution hour approaches, the relatives of the condemned man are waiting. |
21st Precinct 85 - The Museum | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A burglary suspect, Joe Creedy, makes a deal for a lighter sentence. |
The FBI in Peace and War 491 - Specialty Act | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A gangster is killed by an auto. The FBI tracks down the crime to a nightclub. |
The Whistler 663 - Bright Boy | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A nest of blackmailers plans multiple double-crosses and murder. Where to get an alibi for the expected homicide? The script was previously used on "The Whistler" on April 15, 1946 as "Smart Boy" |
Gunsmoke 150 - Crack-Up | |||||||||||||
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Sherlock Holmes 9 - The Solitary Cyclist | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Holmes is contacted by Miss Violet Smith of Farnham, Surrey about an unusual turn in her and her mother’s lives. Violet’s father has recently died, and left his wife and daughter rather poor. However, a notice appeared in the newspaper not much ... |