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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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| The Sealed Book 7 - The Accusing Corpse | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A plot to a commit double murder is executed in a very strange way with very strange results. The script was also used on "The Mysterious Traveler" on April 16, 1944 | ||||||||||||
| The Six-Shooter 31 - Revenge At Harness Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Lex Roby has been shot and killed. Adam Roby is suspected of the crime and will surrender to the Six-Shooter, but not to Cash Petrie (the sheriff), who might do something rash. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 122 - Stop Plans for Explosion | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A powder magazine that nearly explodes and a bluff lead to the location of The Octopus! | ||||||||||||
| T-Man 50-04-29 The Case of the Bleeding Gold | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A strange counterfeiting gang makes gold coins with more gold in them than the government uses! | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-04-29 - 148) Dude Teaches Terry | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 35 - An Escort of Death ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Tom and Manning are framed for murder and a million credit robbery. | ||||||||||||
| Tom Mix 1948-04-29 - Hurricane Horse ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A special appearance by Babe Ruth is made to put in a word for his new movie. Tom and the Babe discuss the problem of crime, and juvenile delinquency in the country these days. Back on the range, Tom decides to take to the air to look for the missing ... | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 74 - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 465 - Clayton Affair | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman's husband has been killed, and she seems to be getting away with murder. She seems to be getting away with a second murder as well! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 5 - Red Wagon Jinx | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 787 - Grand Canyon Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny nearly gets pushed into the canyon on the trail of a stolen necklace. | ||||||||||||
| 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? | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 174 - Unfortunate Tobacconist | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 31 - The Lady in Mink | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A mixed up girl and her mixed up life and her really strange sister. Grace Tyler is afraid her shady sister June Drake is suicidal and sends Marlowe to find her. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 191 - Nitrate Shipment ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clark Kent rescues Pug and Jimmy Olsen and discovers the secret of the ship's cargo ... it's nitrate! Beware the little old lady ... she may be a spy! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1279 - Hate Mongers Organization ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| The Aldrich Family 1940-04-30 - 44) Model Airplane | |||||||||||||
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| Bold Venture 6 - He Who Laughs Last | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 68 - The Frances Fielding Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A psychiatrist is framed for murder. Blackie tries to prove him innocent. | ||||||||||||
| Buster Brown Gang 1949-04-30 - A Wolf Named Fang | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-04-30 - 82) The Wreck of Old 13 | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 32 - Meeting the Leopard | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny and Sue come face to face with the leopard! | ||||||||||||
| Frontier Town 9 - The Opening of Tioga Reserve | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chad Remington tackles "Laredo" during the Tioga land rush, and is ambushed and shot! | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 889 - Case of the Missing Detective | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | aka The Case of the Five Days of Danger | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 124 - Gildy Engaged to Eve | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 247 - Great Tchaikovsky Love Story | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 442 - Leroy's Report Card | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 159 - Reward for Matt | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Hornsby gets pretty mad when Marshal Dillon kills her husband. She offers a $1000 reward for anyone who kills Dillon! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 28, 1956. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 473 - Ex-Urbanites | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chester is forced to operate on Doc after he's shot in the back out on the prairie. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on April 9, 1960, it was therefore on television before it was on radio. | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 18 - Bullets for Ballots | |||||||||||||
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| Journey into Space - Operation Luna 6 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The UFOs accelerate Luna to an incredible speed, and the crew blacks out. On recovering, they find themselves out in deep space, with no sign of the Earth or Moon. In the distance, a planet is approaching. (source: wikipedia.org) | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 242 - The Discovery of Ponce, the Lion | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 16 - Baxter Goes To NY (High Volume) | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1290 - Dead Men Pay No Blackmail | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1603 - The Train Wreck | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1915 - The Count Takes the Count | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3010 - Price of Treason | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3375 - Teacher's Brother | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 481 - Moontide | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Humphrey Bogart & Virginia Bruce | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 744 - Down to the Sea in Ships | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Lionel Barrymore & Richard Widmark | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 29 - Pirates in San Francisco Bay | |||||||||||||
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| Our Miss Brooks 90 - Musical Instruments | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stretch Snodgrass is told to clean the Madison High School musical musical instruments. He uses soap and water, which creates a 'soggy symphony. ' Jeff Chandler sings! | ||||||||||||
| Pat Novak for Hire 12 - Watch Wendy Morris | |||||||||||||
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| Perry Mason 2775 - Jacobson Argues for Front Page Space | |||||||||||||
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