April: IBM sells the first compiler for the FORTRAN scientific programming language.
April 1: The first new conscripts join the Bundeswehr.
April 4 Born in GREECE (Xanthi) Anastasios Tefronidis
April 5: The Communist Party of India wins the elections in Kerala, making E. M. S. Namboodiripad its first chief minister.
April 9: Egypt reopens the Suez Canal to all shipping.
April 12: The United Kingdom announces that Singapore will gain self-rule on January 1, 1958. - Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, printed in England, is seized by U.S. customs officials on the grounds of obscenity.
April 15: White Rock secedes from Surrey, British Columbia, following a referendum.
April 17: Suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is found not guilty of murder at the Old Bailey.
April 24: Patrick Moore presents the first episode of The Sky at Night, a BBC television programme for astronomy enthusiasts. (source: Wikipedia)
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-02 - 494) The Butterfield Overland Mail | |||||||||||||
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Sleep No More 18 - The Bet - The Clerk's Quest | |||||||||||||
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Description: | At a party, one dark autumn night, a banker, a young lawyer, and several other guests discuss the relative merits of capital punishment versus life in prison. The young lawyer agrees with the others that both options are horrible, but claims he prefers life ... |
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Description: | The losing LA Dodgers bring in a stringer to bolster their chances for a winning season - a Martian with eight arms Story by: Ernest Kinoy |
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-04 - 495) Westward from St Joe | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 261 - Rock Bottom | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 693 - Vanishing Lady | |||||||||||||
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The Cisco Kid 1957-04-09 - 496) The Hook Murders | |||||||||||||
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Sleep No More 19 - A Passenger to Bali | |||||||||||||
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Description: | As the good ship Roundabout readies for departure from Shanghai to Bali, a stranger approaches Captain English and asks for passage. The stranger claims to be a Dutch missionary bringing Bibles and religion to the natives; he presents his passport, character ... |
X Minus One 96 - Something for Nothing | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A down-on-his-luck nobody wakes up to find a wishing machine from the future in his room, and an army of service techs ready and willing to see to it that his every desire is fulfilled. Of course, there couldn't be any catch to it all... Story by: Robert Sheckley |
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-11 - 497) The Angry Constable | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 262 - Saludos | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 694 - Thou Shalt Not Commit | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 530 - Ming Toy Murphy Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Johnny is assigned to recover a stolen dog ... a dog that can talk! |
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-16 - 498) Johnson County Raid | |||||||||||||
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Sleep No More 20 - Homecoming - Aunt Cassie | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ben has had it with Nan and Jim—Nan (his girlfriend) and Jim (his ex-friend who came home from Korea as a war hero and stole her away). For two years she'd been Benny's girl. Not anymore. But she will be again. She will be ... if Benny has anything to say about ... |
X Minus One 97 - The Discovery of Morniel Mathaway | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A worthless artist receives a visitor from the future who tells him his art will come to be known as the work of a genius. Story by: William Tenn |
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-18 - 499) The Run on Oklahoma Lands | |||||||||||||
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Gunsmoke 263 - Bear Trap | |||||||||||||
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Suspense 695 - Chicken Feed | |||||||||||||
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A Case for Dr Morelle 1 - Alarm Call | |||||||||||||
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Description: | The psychiatrist-sleuth investigates the mysterious death of wealthy French baroness. |
The Cisco Kid 1957-04-23 - 500) Old Dinah of Death Valley | |||||||||||||
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Sleep No More 21 - The Evening - Flowering of the Strange Orchid | |||||||||||||
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Description: | Ernie Mendenhall: 42 years old. Alone. Works as a secretary for a writer and collects antique furniture. Rarely interacts with people. One bright summer weekend the writer for whom Ernie works holds a house party and Ernie Mendenhall meets the woman of his dreams. ... |
X Minus One 98 - Man's Best Friend | |||||||||||||
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Description: | In the 28th century, a reclusive man is chosen by a central computer to assassinate the Overlord and take his place. All of society is egging him on, including the Overlord himself - but the computer has ulterior motives. Story by: Evelyn E. Smith |
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Suspense 696 - Escape to Death | |||||||||||||
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Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 532 - Melancholy Memory Matter | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A baseball pitcher has disappeared ... along with his Mexican wife. |
A Case for Dr Morelle 2 - Confession of Guilt | |||||||||||||
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Description: | A woman wants to be absolved of a murder, but will Dr Morelle agree? |