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1940: Booker T. Washington first African-American to be depicted on a U.S. postage stamp
1941: The America First Committee holds its first mass rally in N.Y. City
1942: Lieutenant Colonel James 'Jimmy' Doolittle plans & leads the first U.S. air raid to strike the Japanese Home Islands
1943: Swiss scientist Albert Hofmann is the first person to use LSD
1944: Rudi Vrba & Alfred Wetzler escape from Auschwitz
1945: Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun, commit suicide in a bunker in Berlin
1946: John Maynard Keynes influential economist dies
1947: Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American in modern Major League Baseball after joining the Brooklyn Dodgers
1948: Ralph Alpher & George Gamow publish 'The Big Bang Theory'
1949: 12 nations sign the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO
1950: 'The Eagle' launched featuring 'Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'
1951: Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein dies
1952: The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress makes its maiden flight.
1953: Casino Royale written by Ian Fleming is published. It introduces James Bond (Agent 007)
1954: Arturo Toscanini. aged 87, makes his last last public performance
1955: Physicist Albert Einstein dies. He developed the general theory of relativity
1956: Lionel 'Buster' Crabb, a MI6 diver, vanishes on reconnaissance mission to a Soviet cruiser
1957: The Sky at Night is first broadcast. It was presented by Patrick Moore until his death in 2012
1958: C.N.D. march 52 miles to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston
1959: Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper & Deke Slayton become astronauts
1960: U.S. launches world's first successful weather satellite, TIROS-1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida
1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes first human in space, orbiting the Earth once in Vostok 1
1962: Due to computer failure the Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the far side of Moon
1963: Yugoslavia becomes the "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia" & Tito named Life President
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 92 - Willard South Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Murder in the Virgin Islands ... and everyone is guilty! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 159 - Dameron Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A four-man bank robbery team is captured ... one at a time. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 212 - Tankervile Club Scandal | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Cobra King Strikes Back Part 3 | ||||||||||||
| Leonidas Witherall 43 - The Corpse Meets a Deadline | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Murder in a newspaper printing plant. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 31 - Donelli's Protection Racket ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Michael Waring tackles the mysterious Premium Oil Company. Why do Senators commit suicide, and who is Jean Colbert? | ||||||||||||
| All-Star Western Theatre 38 - The Lone Bandit - Jimmy Wakely | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A little detective work starts in the town barber shop. | ||||||||||||
| Blondie 1940-04-22 - 43 The Gypsy Queen | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 119 - Millicent Bromley Kidnapped | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Millicent Bromley has been kidnapped, "The Professor" has been murdered, and a dog is the most important member of the gang. An interesting show in which Blackie never appears! Shorty solves the case with the help of telegrams and (unheard) phone ... | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 1000 - The Haunting Fear | |||||||||||||
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| Comic Weekly Man 209 - Animal Similes, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Dimension X 3 - Report On Barnhouse Effect | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A mild college professor discovers the secret of telekinesis and becomes a most potent weapon. Alternative: A parapsychologist discovers the secret of mind over matter, a revelation of considerable interest to the military. The professor, however, is a born ... | ||||||||||||
| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-04-22 - Rita Hayworth | |||||||||||||
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| The Charlie McCarthy Show 1956-04-22 - Virginia Cox Smith | |||||||||||||
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| Fibber McGee and Molly 284 - Night Out with the Boys | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 13 - The New Recruit | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of a man who was in the army ... but never really a soldier, who re-enlists, but for a strange reason. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 493 - Marjorie and Bronco are Fighting | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 211 - Indian Crazy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Jallup move onto their new ranch after a fellow rancher and Marshal Dillon tell them that there are no Indians around. When Mrs. Jallup is killed, her husband kills the neighboring rancher for revenge ... and Marshal Dillon is next! | ||||||||||||
| Hancock's Half Hour s5 14 - Sunday Afternoon at Home | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bored and miserable, the lad tries to decide what to do. | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 173 - The Melody of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A gypsy violinist warns a newly betrothed woman of a curse. She must not listen to a special melody, or she will never stop hearing it. Beware the cat with the yellow eyes! | ||||||||||||
| Life of Riley 242 - Riley Breaks Pegs Chinese Bowl | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2067 - Concord Contest | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 260 - Abe Lincoln in Illinois | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A biographical historical drama film that depicts the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States. Stars: Raymond Massey & Fay Bainter | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 524 - Love Letters | |||||||||||||
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| Old Gold Comedy Theater 25 - The Nervous Wreck | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A television set has been placed inside Madison High School. The Coulter Collection Agency soon claims the new television, right before Mr. Stone comes to inspect it. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2769 - Examining the Potential Accident Site | |||||||||||||
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| Screen Guild Theater 294 - The Perfect Specimen | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of a haunted house on a cliff near the sea, and a dead woman's curse. | ||||||||||||
| The Six-Shooter 30 - Johnny Springer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clerk Sid Tucker has been shot. He identifies Johnny Stringer as the killer. The trail leads to the cabin of a beautiful senorita. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 121 - Power Magazine Plan | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An explosion is planned for "The Bastion of the Angels." | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of January 26, 1940. A family is poisoned by tainted sausage meat. The trail leads to a feeble-minded boy living in the wilderness, and a hardware store owner. | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-22 - 143) Rescued by Slugger | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 33 - The Riddle of Astro ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marko, Astro's evil cousin, kidnaps him and takes his place at the Academy. | ||||||||||||
| Tom Mix 1947-04-22 - The Woman in Gray | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Caesar Ciano plans to take over the town of Dobie. Griselda Gray has her own ideas about Mr. Ciano. | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 73 - The Bride of Death | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 204 - Waterford Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A family is filled with hatred, jealousy and murder ... and has a large inheritance coming to it ... just to enliven the relationships! | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 464 - Kind Thought | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A crooked businessman plans to kill his partner before he can give the government incriminating evidence against him. He decides to plant a time bomb on the airplane bring his partner to Washington. | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 148 - Trail to Dead Rock | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 9 - Case of Barton Drake | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man disappears for seven years and is almost declared dead ... but what big teeth you have, Grandma! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 786 - Skidmore Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jackson Price hires Johnny to investigate the disappearance of parts for heavy machinery (bulldozers, tractors etc). The owner is Doug Johnstone, the "kid brother" of the show's writer. | ||||||||||||
