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1939: Gone with the Wind premieres
1940: F. Scott Fitzgerald dies aged 44
1941: Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
1942: Enrico Fermi initiates the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction
1943: The Great Depression officially ends in the U.S.
1944: Airplane carrying Glenn Miller disappears over English Channel
1945: General George Patton dies after an automobile accident
1946: It's a Wonderful Life produced & directed by Frank Capra is released
1947: 'A Streetcar Named Desire' opens on Broadway
1948: Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the U.N.
1949: Robert Menzies becomes Australian Prime Minister
1950: Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
1951: EBR-I becomes first electricity-generating nuclear power plant
1952: London suffers severe air pollution, causing many fatalities
1953: First issue of Playboy magazine published by Hugh Hefner
1954: U.S. Senate condemns McCarthy for 'conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor & disrepute'
1955: Rosa Parks arrested in Montgomery Alabama for refusing to make room for a white passenger
1956: 82 fighters land in Cuba in the boat 'Granma'. They include Fidel & Raul Castro & Che Guevara
1957: Boeing 707 airliner makes maiden flight. Heralding a new chapter in commercial aviation
1958: Rebel troops under Che Guevara begin invasion of Santa Clara, Cuba
1959: 12 countries sign the Antarctic Treaty declaring Antarctica a scientific preserve
1960: The farthing is no longer legal tender in the United Kingdom
1961: An Israeli tribunal sentences Adolf Eichmann to die for his part in The Holocaust
1962: David Lean's "Lawrence of Arabia" featuring Peter O' Toole premieres
1963: The Dyna-Soar spaceplane program by the U.S.A.F cancelled just after construction begun
| Danger Doctor Danfield 18 - Sam Hardy Makes a Bet With Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sam Hardy is murdered shortly after he makes a bet with death. | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 29 - The Garbage Chute Murder Laura Barkley | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 481 - The Club Date | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 306 - Economy this Christmas | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 297 - Ugly | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bruno Thayer is ugly, so very ugly that the townsfolk of Dodge form a mob to end his "menace." | ||||||||||||
| Hancock's Half Hour s6 12 - Hancock in Hospital | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Laid up with a broken leg, the lad soon regrets Sid and Bill's visit. | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1944-12-15 xxxx) - Nazi war factory moves to Austrian Alps | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1947-12-15 1356) - Mystery Of The Wailing Witches 22 | |||||||||||||
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| Hopalong Cassidy 91 - Memory of Mace Melot | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Hoppy goes to Abilene to find Johnny Kenyon. He finds Johnny badly wounded and his girlfriend, Carrie Deneen, murdered! | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 390 - Jack Has a Body Guard | |||||||||||||
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| Life of Riley 91 - Grandma's Boyfriend | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1388 - For Those Who Fail | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2482 - Last Chance Mine | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3108 - The Overplay | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 330 - All This and Heaven Too | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 594 - Magic Town | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 807 - The African Queen | |||||||||||||
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| Matthew Slade, Private Investigator 11 - Who Killed My Pen Pal | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Meet Polly Smith ... a professional weirdo with $20 million. | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 36 - Dancing Fools | |||||||||||||
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| New Adventures of Nero Wolfe 9 - The Girl Who Cried Wolfe | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mary Dunning hires Nero Wolfe to find the director of a foundation which was recently given a $90,000 donation. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Fortune 10 - Companion to a Chimp | |||||||||||||
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| Screen Guild Theater 366 - Sweethearts | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 206 - The Killer's Rendezvous | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | When a commercial airplane is forced to set down during a storm, a shot is heard, a body is found and jewels are robbed. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 388 - Murders on the Main Stem | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 21 - Till Death Do Us Part | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A husband implements a plot to get revenge on both his wife and her lover. Story by: John Dickson Carr | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 729 - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The shocking story about the spy who was caught during the Civil War. The story was previously produced on "Suspense" on December 9, 1956. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 491 - The Man with Two Faces | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 363 - The Flame Blue Glove | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan of the Apes 69 - Captain Tracy's Arm | |||||||||||||
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| Terry and the Pirates 1941-12-15 - 51) Terry's Fatal Mistake | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Mix 1941-12-15 - Mystery of the Border Smugglers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Wrangler is being held prisoner in a ranch house, while Tom and Pecos are ducking bullets outside. "The Mask" puts his gun to the Wrangler's head and tells Tom to drop his guns! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 267 - Thirty-Five Caliber Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 193 - Milk and Honey Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is in Beirut to investigate the sinking of a $90,000 yacht on a smooth sea. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 284 - Lansing Fraud Matter ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A bad liar goes on the run. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 565 - Happy Family Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A complicated story about a dying man and his three none-too-appreciative heirs. | ||||||||||||
| 21st Precinct 115 - The Heirs | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Police arrive at a reported burglary in progress and find that it is really a domestic dispute between two sisters-in-law. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Show 244 - Sam Shovel - It Was Time for a Change | |||||||||||||
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| Abbott & Costello Show 43 - Wild West with Lynn Bari | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures by Morse 50 - The Adventure Begins | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 133 - Howling Coyote ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Superman rescues Comanche Joe and Jimmy Olsen from an avalanche. New plans are made by the bad guys ... to shoot Jimmy Olsen! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 403 - Lost Continent of Atlantis ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1443 - Phony Housing Racket ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1638 - Pennies for Plunder ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| The Aldrich Family 1948-12-16 - 442) A Quiet Evening | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 307 - The Eleventh Hour | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 718 - The Black Bag | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-12-16 124 - Jeff Worried | |||||||||||||
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| Comic Weekly Man 243 - Christmas is Coming, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Crime Classics 25 - John and Judith, Their Crime And Why They Didn't Get To Enjoy It | |||||||||||||
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