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1940: Walt Disney's 'Pinocchio' released
1941: Lothar von Arnauld de la Periere killed in plane crash
1942: Executive order 9066 allows U.S. military to define exclusion zones
1943: Nazis arrest members of the White Rose Resistance movement
1944: Sue S. Dauser becomes first female U.S. Navy commissioned Captain
1945: Roosevelt, Churchill & Stalin meet near Yalta
1946: Trygve Lie elected first Secretary General of the U.N.
1947: Edwin Land gives first demonstration of his Polaroid instant camera
1948: Miranda a moon of Uranus is discovered by Gerard Kuiper
1949: Grady, a cow owned by Bill & Alyne Mach becomes trapped in a silo
1950: First credit card charge is made by founders of the Diners Club
1951: Last Shah of Persia, marries Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari
1952: King George VI of the United Kingdom dies after a long illness
1953: Watson & Crick announce discovery of structure of DNA
1954: Matt Groening creator of 'The Simpsons'is born
1955: Steve Jobs is born. With Steve Wozniak he will found Apple & become a huge influence in computing
1956: Nikita Khrushchev attacks the veneration of Joseph Stalin as a 'cult of personality'
1957: "Toddlers' Truce" a TV closedown between 6pm & 7pm is abolished in the U.K.
1958: Members of Manchester United football team (The Busby Babes) die in Munich Plane crash
1959: Plane crash claims the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, 'The Big Bopper' & pilot Roger Peterson
1960: Winter Olympic Games begin at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort, in Placer County, California
1961: The Beatles perform for the first time at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, England
1962: Aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes first American to orbit the Earth
1963: Suffering from severe depression Sylvia Plath commits suicide in London
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| The Whistler 196 - Murder in Haste | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Albert Taylor murders his wealthy wife and takes the train from Florida north to New York. With a suspicious detective watching his every move, he switches identity with a famous mystery writer. The script was subsequently used on "The Whistler" on December ... | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 300 - Meeting on Tenth Street | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man who works in a bookstore volunteers to help a crusading reporter attack "Murder Incorporated." The reason he volunteers leads to a fine conclusion. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 456 - Murder Arrangement | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A paroled convict wants to get the guy that framed him, but the guy's girlfriend is out to kill him too! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 2 - Slow Boat from China | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny goes to Singapore to expedite a shipment of tin and finds everyone looking for a mysterious "it" | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 778 - Mixed Blessing Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is called out to California to deliver a lump sum pay off that a local agent is suspicious of. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 8 - The Kidnapping of Clawfoot | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The City of the Dead Part 8 | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 7 - Dr. Dahlgren's Atomic Beam Machine | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Professor Dahlgren's atomic beam has been stolen by "The Yellow Mask," who plans to blow up the Daily Planet Building. Clark Kent meets Lois Lane for the first time. This being the first appearance of "Rolly" Bester on the show, it should ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 164 - Dragon's Teeth ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Lois Lane tries to get help, but Hoffman convinces the conductor that she's crazy. Superman flies west in pursuit, but Hoffman has yet another plan! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1494 - Knights of the White Carnation ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1689 - Kingdom Under The Sea ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 59 - A Vase Leads to Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie outbids a man wearing a green hat at an auction and wins a vase; murder follows. What's so valuable about that vase? | ||||||||||||
| Buster Brown Gang 1949-02-26 - Kulah's Brother | |||||||||||||
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| Captain Midnight 245 - Mysterious Voice 20 - Capt Believes No-one in Charge of Chuck's Plane | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Fiendish Ivan Shark plans to use Chuck as a weapon against Capt. Midnight! | ||||||||||||
| Casey 33 - The Clue in the Clouds | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A helicopter flies over the city out of control and crashes into the sea. Casey suspects that murder has taken wing, and the clue is literally in the clouds! | ||||||||||||
| Casey 226 - The Fix | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mike Warren has been murdered. Keep your eye on the trick derby! The script was subsequently used on "Casey" on October 8, 1954, under the title, "The Protection Racket Racket". | ||||||||||||
| The Cisco Kid 1957-02-26 - 484) Swindle at Steamboat Springs | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-02-26 - 64) Dishonor Among Thieves | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 23 - Explosions are Heard | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Loud bangs are heard on Galto Island. | ||||||||||||
| Escape 57 - Red Wine (Jeff Chandler) | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 6 - Captain's Widow | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Captain Wentner's widow has come out west to retrieve her husband's body, and nearly starts an Indian war. | ||||||||||||
| Frank Merriwell 123 - Unexpected Game | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frank and Inza try to round up the members of the Yale baseball team in a hurry by using that new-fangled contraption, the horseless carriage. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 238 - Gildy Tries to Fire Bessie | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 150 - Crack-Up | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Nate Springer, the gunman with nerves of ice, has come to Dodge to kill...but who? And, what's wrong with his nerves? The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on September 14, 1957. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 203 - Who Lives by the Sword | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marshal Dillon beats up Joe Delk, a professional gunfighter. Delk loses his courage shortly thereafter. The system cue is added live. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 18, 1957. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 464 - Joe Sleet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A gunfighter and bully named Joe Sleet loses the use of his gun hand and becomes a changed man. | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 9 - Voice of the Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 260 - I Walk in the Night | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | What does a man think of when there's murder in the air? A good murder mystery with a double surprise ending. | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 495 - Man from the Grave | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The final 14:56 of the program. Paul McGrath (host) | ||||||||||||
| Jack Benny 325 - Jesse James Part One | |||||||||||||
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| Let George Do It 233 - See Me Once, You've Seen Me Twice | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A romance set in Panama about the ride up and the slide down to obscurity once again. Stars: Rudy Vallee & Virginia Bruce. An announcement is made that Rudy Vallee will be starting a new series on March 7th ("Vallee Varieties"). The story was produced ... | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 472 - Bedtime Story | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Cary Grant & Greer Garson (Repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Mandrake the Magician 47 - Captain X, Lothar and Tommy Escape | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mandrake, Lothar and Tommy are in the submarine's escape chamber. Lothar and Tommy are killed! Captain X radios to the "shore point." | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 46 - Dead Witnesses | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | aka "Nick Carter and The Mystery Of The Murder Room" | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 81 - Stretch is In Love | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stretch Snodgrass and his love Susie Prentiss are both in need of formal wear for the Board Of Education banquet. | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2730 - Mason Tells Drake About Suzanne Barkley's Resourcefulness | |||||||||||||
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| Police Reporter 4 - The Omelet That Cost a Man His Head | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A 1921 case, set in Paris. Roger Voron is given food by kindly Mademoiselle Metatier. He thanks her by stabbing her to death. Found guilty and imprisoned, he convinced a cellmate to confess to the crime! | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1942-02-26 - 11) The Range War | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sheep herders have been using the range of the cow ranchers of Devil's Hole, and a range war is about to break out. Little Beaver is bitten by a rattlesnake! | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 43 - The Blind Man And The Cop Killer | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After a cop has been killed, a blind man and a narcotics racket hold the keys to the solution. Dick sings, "I've Got A Lovely Bunch Of Coconuts" after the story. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 69 - Return of Dr Pyrue | |||||||||||||
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| The Roy Rogers Show 1953-02-26 - 27) Checkered Neckerchief | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: George Burns, Gracie Allen, Rufe Davis, Melvyn Douglas, A revue. Rufe Davis sings his remarkable version of, "Mama Don't Allow." | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 234 - Shop Around the Corner | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 161 - Horror in Wax | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After a woman is murdered, the only clue seems to be statue made of wax! | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 61 - The Octopus Plane Spotted | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Speed and his friends have caught up with The Octopus in Na Chuka! | ||||||||||||
| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 17 - Trial in Space ep1 | |||||||||||||
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