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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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| A Case for Dr Morelle 1 - Alarm Call | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The psychiatrist-sleuth investigates the mysterious death of wealthy French baroness. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 173 - The Notorious Canary Trainer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 30 - The Cloak of Kamehameha | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marlowe goes to Hawaii on the trail of the "A Cloak Of Kamehameha", but he finds that another "Philip Marlowe" has gotten there ahead of him. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 188 - Nitrate Shipment ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Pug has disappeared...with the treasure map! He's been kidnapped, but Jimmy Olsen frees him. Both boys end up in the hold of a freighter, heading out to sea! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1534 - Mystery of the Lost Planet ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Bold Venture 5 - Treasure on Flamingo Cay | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Witt is trying to convince Shannon to go with him after Spanish treasure buried on Flamingo Cay. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 67 - The Stolen Car Ring | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Phil Morton's garage is the home of an insurance racket involving stolen cars. It certainly was a mistake stealing a car from Boston Blackie. | ||||||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond 192 - Dinner Of Death | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1957-04-23 - 500) Old Dinah of Death Valley | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-04-23 - 80) Chained Lightning | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 31 - Johnny & Sue Overhear Plans | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sue and Johnny overhear evil plans. Plans are made for "Misto The Magician" to have his leopard tear Captain Dalton to pieces! | ||||||||||||
| Escape 68 - The Great Impersonation | |||||||||||||
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| Frontier Town 8 - The Chavez Family | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Senor Nagle comes to Dos Rios claiming all the land in the Valley, and he has the documents to prove it! | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 246 - Leila's Party for Joanne | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 441 - Deep Sea Diver | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 158 - Born to Hang | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Joe Digger is lynched by two ranchers, but he's cut down before he dies and swears to kill the men who tried to kill him. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on November 2, 1957. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 472 - Father and Son | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Zach Wilkins and his son have beaten and raped an Indian woman. They've also shot her husband. Soon thereafter, the son is found scalped. | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 17 - Coyote's Creed | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 268 - Make Ready My Grave | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | John Loomis brings his new bride to the family mansion, where she discovers the many nooses and learns the secret of the family curse! | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 513 - Dennis Leaves for the Navy | |||||||||||||
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| Jack Benny 730 - The Beavers Do the Show | |||||||||||||
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| Journey into Space - Operation Luna 5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mitch is inquisitive and enters the UFO, where he is temporarily possessed by an alien intelligence. Luna takes off and orbits the Moon; on the far side, the crew encounter a fleet of UFOs, which pursues them. (source: wikipedia.org) | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 241 - Sabotage | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2381 - Singapore's Peg Leg | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3320 - About Face | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 480 - The Petrified Forest | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Ronald Colman & Susan Hayward (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 71 - Mandrake Has Paralyzed Highpitch | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mandrake has paralyzed Highpitch and made the gun jump out of his hand. Dr. Carvass makes the gun jump away from Mandrake. Wacky vouches for Mandrake's identity. Tommy has disappeared. | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 28 - Body in the Trunk | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Phyllis discovers that the body of her friend Lois in a trunk! | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 232 - The Case of the Little Old Ladies | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A senior citizen payroll robbery ... solved with the help of the army! | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 89 - School Economics | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | While Mr. Conklin is trying to economize, he finds himself buying a tape recorder, without even knowing it! The script was reused on the program of March 31, 1957. | ||||||||||||
| Pat Novak for Hire 11 - Rita Malloy | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Going on an errand for a friend, Pat gets a beating, a package, and a corpse or two, or three. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2770 - Perry Goes Over Accident Plan with Paul | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2247 - Della and Helen Meet in Coffee Shop | |||||||||||||
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| Police Reporter 20 - The Case of Marie Boyer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The true story about the eternal triangle leading to a murder in Paris, July, 1874. | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-04-23 - 35) Devil's Circus | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | "McKuen's Mammoth Circus" is coming to Devil's Hole and into trouble. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 77 - The Big Gamble | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Evil Mr. Ronson plans to be Rocky's partner in a gambling operation in the basement of the cafe Tambourine, whether Rocky wants a partner or not. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 16 - A Revue | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Gary Cooper, Patsy Kelly, Harry Einstein. Patsy tries to romance Gary and sing like Deanna (her voice cracks!). | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 242 - Flesh and Fantasy | |||||||||||||
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| Speed Gibson 69 - Thought Recording Machine | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clint and Speed pay a visit to The Octopus, searching for Barney. | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-23 - 144) Smiley Knocked Out | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Based on the Gothic novella by British writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Featuring a strange man who learns the secret of eternal life, but also learns the secret of eternal love. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 152 - Meet Mr Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A pharmacist is offered $5000 to poison a newspaper man. Needing the money and tempted take the offer, he finds out that he might have been overheard. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 412 - Returned with the Spray | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marrying while drunk, a man tries to kill his new wife by pushing her overboard at sea. When that fails, he tries again by leaving her on a railroad track with a train approaching! | ||||||||||||
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