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1940: The Dunkirk evacuation ends
1941: Over 4 million Axis soldiers invade the USSR
1942: Czech paratroopers attempt to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, a main architect of the Holocaust. He dies 8 days later
1943: BOAC Flight 777-A, a civilian airline flight is attacked by 8 German Junkers. On board is the film actor Leslie Howard
1944: 155,000 Allied troops arrive on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day landings are the largest amphibious operation in history
1945: Aris Velouchiotis, leader of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), the major resistance in Nazi occupied Greece dies
1946: A referendum held in Italy declares the country a republic
1947: U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall outlines the Marshall Plan for American reconstruction & relief aid to Europe
1948: Columbia Records launches long playing 33 1/3 rpm record format
1949: George Orwell's 1984 published. Introducing doublethink, thoughtcrime, Newspeak & Big Brother
1950: North Korean troops cross 38th parallel into South Korea & capture Seoul, starting Korean War
1951: The first UNIVAC (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) is dedicated at the U.S. Census Bureau
1952: U.S. Army Special Forces, known as the 'Green Berets' is created
1953: Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are executed for passing information about atomic bomb to Soviets
1954: Joseph Welch asks Senator Joseph McCarthy: 'Have you, at long last, no decency?'
1955: The 'Johnny Carson Show' debuts on CBS-TV. It is short lived, but Carson would later host 'The Tonight Show' for 30 years
1956: The Flag of the United States Army is officially adopted by President Dwight D. Eisenhower
1957: Composer & big band leader Jimmy Dorsey, known as "JD", dies aged 53
1958: Due to a crisis in the Fourth Republic, Charles de Gaulle is called out of retirement to lead France
1959: USS George Washington, the first submarine to carry ballistic missiles, is launched
1960: Civil unrest leads to resignation of Japanese prime minister, Nobusuke Kishi
1961: Ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects from Soviet Union while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet
1962: Frank Morris, John Anglin & Clarence Anglin escape from Alcatraz. They are never heard from again
1963: Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space piloting Vostok 6
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| The Whistler 419 - Rebound | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man takes $11,000 of his aunt's bonds to cover his losses in the stock market. When he's caught, murder seems to be the only way out. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 411 - Laughing Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The heady romance of moonlight on a lonely beach in Mexico ... a killer's moon! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 742 - Big Date Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A beautiful girl in Sarasota has an unusual problem with her car...and a jewelry store robbery that goes along for the ride! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Frank Race 7 - Baradian Letters | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | In Paris on vacation, Frank Race confronted by two women in his hotel room, one of them being a lady who had helped him out once during one of his OSS adventures. Now she is in danger of being murdered and turns to Race for help. A bigwig named Baradian is behind ... | ||||||||||||
| Horatio Hornblower 47 - Planning Mutiny on the Renoun | |||||||||||||
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| Philip Marlowe (0) - Who Shot Waldo | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 53 - Horace Morton's Weather Predictions ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The weather forecasts of Lois' uncle Horace Morton are being used by a gang of criminals. After another uncannily accurate forecast by Horace Morton, Elmer Rodgers has been found murdered! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1310 - Clan of the Fiery Cross ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Guest Preston Foster sings with the boys and tells a story about Judge Roy Bean. | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1948-06-12 - Archie Fights a Cold | |||||||||||||
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| Blackstone 37 - The Hindu Sword Cabinet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The famous magician's prop is used to trap a phony spiritualist. Blackstone explains "The Whispering Queen" trick. | ||||||||||||
| Blondie 1944-06-12 - 38a Dagwood Suspected as Bank Robber | |||||||||||||
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| Blue Beetle 17/18 - Frame-Up | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A dead cop provides the clue to a gang victimizing parolees. The Blue Beetle is captured and arrested! - A gang threatens the parole commissioner's daughter by tying her to a log and pushing her through a buzz saw! | ||||||||||||
| Box 13 ep43 - The Dead Man Walks | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman asks Holiday to find her father, who has disappeared. He’s an ex-convict, and she’s worried that he’s gotten into trouble. Holiday thinks that he’s found the man’s body, but the body disappears before he can tell anybody. | ||||||||||||
| Damon Runyon Theater 37 - The Melancholy Dane | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dramatic actor & a critic battle after a bad review. | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 356 - The Big Will | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frank has been framed during a trotting race. A hypodermic needle was planted on him, jeopardizing his chances for admission into, "Skull and Crossbones." | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 16 - Karameneh's Plea | |||||||||||||
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| The Green Hornet 1940-06-12 - Sales Make a Swindle - aka Sales Tax Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Barnaby Hoffer plans to kills Art Long, but both of them are found dead! It looks like Sam Baxtin did it! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on January 12, 1957. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 427 - Kitty Accused | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Hattie Grimes accuses Kitty of stealing her diamond pin. Hattie's husband Arnie happens to be in love with Kitty. Could that have something to do with it? | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Paladin tries to return Willie Dawson to El Paso ... to tell him that he's no longer a wanted man. | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 231 - Portrait of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A cursed painting invariably kills its owner. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 196 - The Iron Cat | |||||||||||||
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| The Lineup 42 - The Harrowing Handball Haggada Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Cully Price is accused of the Spartan payroll job, and is identified in a line-up. After his confession, the rest of the gang is slowly tracked down. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 995 - Amos Todd's Ring | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1465 - Outlaws in War Paint | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1778 - John Wesley Hardin | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 223 - White Banners | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A modern morality tale of love and near-death, based on a stolen invention. Stars: Fay Bainter & Lewis Stone | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 443 - Naughty Marietta | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Nelson Eddy & Jeanette MacDonald (repeat) | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 706 - The Corn Is Green | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Richard Basehart & Olivia de Havilland | ||||||||||||
| My Little Margie 1955-06-12 - Trip To Silver Lake | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A planned camping trip to Silver Lake is prepared for by spending the night on the roof. | ||||||||||||
| Night Beat 19 - Football Player and the Syndicate | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ex-football star Tom Paxton is in deep trouble with Frank Burr, a crooked politician who wants him to find a blind man and kill him! As part of a Wheaties commercial, announcer Frank Martin introduces Sara Berner, who's own program, 'Sara's Private ... | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 45 - The Wishing Well Dance | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There's going to be a 'Wishing Well Dance' at Madison High, and everyone wants a lock of Miss Brooks' hair. | ||||||||||||
| Red Ryder 1947-06-12 - Tornado on the Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Red and Little Beaver come across cattle rustlers on the old Chisolm trail. | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 32 - The Man from Damascus | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rocky gets one thousand Egyptian pounds from 'The Man From Damascus', who is all wrapped in bandages. There are, of course, strings attached. | ||||||||||||
| The Sad Sack 1946-06-12 - Returns Home From Army | |||||||||||||
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| The Shadow 124 - Murder on Approval | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A foreign agent tries to conquer America by infecting the U.S. Army with a secret disease. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 24 - Flower Boat is Sighted | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Bob Gilmore joins the fight against the Octopus. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 857 - Elemental | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man hires a professional killer to bump off his partner, with surprising results. | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 75 - Tarzan and the Long Journey | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 56 - Justice | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The eternal triangle down on the farm, complicated by several doses of arsenic. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 367 - Perfect Alibi | |||||||||||||
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