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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
| Chandu the Magician 1948-12-20 126 - Jeff's New Mission | |||||||||||||
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| Crime Does Not Pay 63 - Building Blocks | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A gangster takes over a building union during the housing shortage. He expects the workmen to build houses for him while they're on the city payroll. | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 132 - 22 Rifle for Christmas | |||||||||||||
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| Dragnet 331 - 22 Rifle for Christmas | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 90 - Figure a Dame | |||||||||||||
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| Fibber McGee and Molly 141 - Detective McGee | |||||||||||||
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| Fibber McGee and Molly 184 - A Christmas Gift for McGee's Nephew | |||||||||||||
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| Flash Gordon 40 - The Titans | |||||||||||||
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| Gang Busters 508 - Case of the Tennessee Valley Killer | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 61 - Christmas 1942 | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 385 - Why the Chimes Rang | |||||||||||||
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| The Green Hornet 1945-12-20 - When Money Talks | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 35 - Christmas Story | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A good Christmas story, told by Marshal Dillon to a stranger on a strange horse out on the prairie. Christmas in Dodge City. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 402 - Beeker's Barn | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young couple take shelter in her estranged father's barn, just before she has a baby! A rebroadcast of the script first used on the program of December 23, 1956. | ||||||||||||
| Harold Peary 13 - Santa at the Children's Christmas Party | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A heart-warming Christmas show as Honest Hal trusts an old bank robber with the job of playing Santa Claus for the kids. Harold sings, "Adeste Fideles". | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 57 - Ranse Carnival | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ranse Carnival has broken out of jail, robbed a payroll that Paladin was guarding, and shot a man in cold blood. | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 401 - Between Two Worlds | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A thoroughly rotten gangster about to be killed by "the mob" is given one last chance to do a decent act by the strange "Mr. Whiskers". | ||||||||||||
| Jack Armstrong 1940-12-20 - Country of the Head Hunters ep15 | |||||||||||||
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| Jack Benny 237 - An Old Fashioned Christmas | |||||||||||||
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| Journey into Space - The Red Planet 16 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jet, Doc and Lemmy discover the farm house, and find Mitch inside it. But Mitch is now 'conditioned' to believe he's in Australia, and doesn't recognise the others. He refuses to rejoin them, and attacks Jet, puncturing his helmet. As the others ... | ||||||||||||
| Let's Pretend 1952-12-20 - T'was The Night Before Christmas | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1234 - The Trail of the Timberline | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1860 - Finney's Promise | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2171 - Quicksand Point | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2484 - The Lone Bandit | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2797 - As the Arrow Points | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 155 - The Song of Songs | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 419 - Dixie | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 637 - Miracle on 34th Street | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: John Payne & Maureen O'Hara (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| My Friend Irma 89 - Irma's Christmas Party | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Irma wants to throw a party on Christmas Eve, but no one can attend. Irma is lonely on Christmas Eve. The script was previously used on "My Friend Irma" on December 22, 1947and subsequently on December 26, 1949, on December 25, 1950, on December 23, 1951, ... | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 228 - Christmas Gift Mix-up | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Davis gives Miss Brooks a Christmas present, who gives it to Mr. Boynton, who gives it to Mr. Conklin, who gives it to ... etc. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 76 - Chop Suey Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man is murdered during a jewel robbery in Chinatown. Vance is given a Chinese assistant to help on the case. | ||||||||||||
| Rogues Gallery 27 - Fortune In Furs | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man demands $1000 to prove that a $100,000 fur fire was really arson. . . and is promptly murdered. | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 175 - The Youngest Profession | |||||||||||||
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| The Six-Shooter 14 - Britt Ponsett's Christmas Carol | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story of 'A Christmas Carol' is retold with a western motif. | ||||||||||||
| Space Patrol 1952-12-20 - 12) The Lady From Venus | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | In Commander Corry's central office on Terra, a tall, middle-aged man anxiously paces the floor while Cadet Happy checks the Space Patrol Search Mission Reports. 'There's some magazine's on the table, Mr Stratton... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 172 - Double Entry | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 832 - A Korean Christmas Carol | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 629 - The Cave | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The thoroughly delightful Christmas story about two boys who enter a cave filled with pirates! T | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 50 - Congo Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Tarzan of the Apes 72 - Jane at the Dum Dum | |||||||||||||
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| Terry and the Pirates 1946-12-20 - 45) Meeting in Hong Kong | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 601 - The Huntress | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman caught with her hand in the boss' till is given just two months to make good ... or else! Flying to Vegas, she soon has a millionaire in love with her. | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 269 - Rocks of Black Hill | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 287 - Nick Shurn Matter ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An old lady with a broken arm, a shivering girl, and a bullet in the snow. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 668 - Red Mystery Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is asked to track down his favorite fishing guide, who happens to be missing! Something's "fishy" about this Christmas story! | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 11 - The Adventure of the Grand Old Man | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Starring Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 13 - The Adventure of the Christmas Bride | |||||||||||||
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| Abbott & Costello Show 80 - Christmas Party | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 406 - Lost Continent of Atlantis ep8 | |||||||||||||
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