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1940: Hitler & Mussolini agree an alliance against France & Britain
1941: Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Bill to supply materials to Allies
1942: Belzec first Nazi German extermination camp created in Poland
1943: Construction begins on the first electronic programmable computer, the Mark I Colossus, at Bletchley Park England
1944: 76 POWs escape from Stalag Luft III by tunnel they name 'Harry'
1945: Anne Frank dies of typhus in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
1946: Agreement recognizing Vietnam as autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation & French Union signed by Ho Chi Minh
1947: Carrie Chapman Catt dies in New Rochelle, New York. She was one of the most prominent female leaders of her time
1948: Hells Angels Motorcycle Club is founded in the Fontana/San Bernardino area in the U.S. other clubs also form
1949: Joe Louis, World Heavyweight Champion announces retirement
1950: VW introduce a van named 'Type 2', their second car model, the first being the 'Type 1' Beetle
1951: Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I' starts a 3 year run on Broadway
1952: Wernher von Braun publishes the first of his series of articles titled 'Man Will Conquer Space Soon!'
1953: Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke & dies after a dinner with ministers
1954: Castle Bravo, a hydrogen bomb test, is conducted on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
1955: The Blackboard Jungle premieres, featuring Rock Around the Clock, by Bill Haley & His Comets
1956: My Fair Lady, starring Rex Harrison & Julie Andrews, begins a record breaking run on Broadway
1957: Elvis Presley buys Graceland on 3734 Bellevue Boulevard (Highway 51 South) for $100,000.
1958: Vanguard 1 first solar powered satellite is launched. It functioned until 1964
1959: Barbie manufactured by Mattel goes on sale. Creator Ruth Handler names her after daughter Barbara
1960: Alberto Korda takes iconic photograph of Che Guevara, which he titles 'Guerrillero Heroico'
1961: President Kennedy establishes the volunteer Peace Corps with the aim to promote world peace
1962: Wilt Chamberlain scores 100 points in a single basketball game for Philadelphia Warriors
1963: Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" staring Rod Taylor, Tippi Hedren & Jessica Tandy is released
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| Description: | The Octopus will rule the world in only one month! | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 82 - The Defense Rests | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An ex-con named Robert Tasca gets a job working for law partners Max Krieger and Arthur Hines, the latter being the one who sent Tasca to prison in the first place. When Hines is murdered, Tasca falls under suspicion and must now clear his name before he is sentenced ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 741 - The Chain | |||||||||||||
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| Tales of the Texas Rangers 69 - Dream Farm | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of June 12, 1941. An Iowa farm family stops in Texas to help a stranger, who then kills the man and woman and wounds their twelve-year-old boy. | ||||||||||||
| Terry and the Pirates 1942-03-09 - 111) Slugger Delivers Crate | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 510 - Breakaway | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A hit-and-run driver in jail makes a try for freedom ... several tries in fact! | ||||||||||||
| Whitehall 1212 ep16 - Case of Dr Duncan Allen | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A bottle of The Glenlivet in the Black Museum is the exhibit in a case of stolen uranium! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 205 - Terrified Taun Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny flies To Kuala Lumpur to prevent the murder of a plantation owner's wife | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 345 - Plantagent Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The conclusion of the story. All the evidence comes true, as a dead girl gets her help. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 577 - Wayward Moth Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A secret rocket fuel lab, hidden in the Everglades, is the scene of a mysterious explosion. Was it sabotage? | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 22 - The Singular Affair of the Ancient Egyptian Curse | |||||||||||||
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| Abbott & Costello Show 256 - Sam Shovel - She Took Off Too Much For Entertainment | |||||||||||||
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| Abbott & Costello Show 205 - Costello Pays Income Tax | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 169 - Last of the Clipper Ships ep3 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The Captain is almost injured by a belaying pin ... dropped by the strange "Mr. Barnaby." Clark Kent overhears some of Barnaby's evil plans. Jimmy Olsen follows, "The Whistler." | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1502 - Knights of the White Carnation ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1698 - Mystery of the Stolen Costume ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Archie Andrews 1951-03-10 - Mailing Income Tax | |||||||||||||
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| Bold Venture 51 - The Spectre of El Indio | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man is found dying in a truck filled with nitric acid. His final words are, "El Indio." Plans are being made for El Indio to return from the dead...and take over Havana! | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 165 - 50,000 Dollars for Blackie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Joe Saunders is carrying $50,000 and is on his way to visit Blackie. He's murdered by two gunmen before he can arrive. Roland Harvey is ruthlessly operating a transportation business, getting "hot" gangsters out of the country. | ||||||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond 329 - Death Loops the Loop | |||||||||||||
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| Casey 279 - The Scene of the Crime | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ethelbert becomes a detective ... right out of the book! | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 754 - The Lost Lady | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1949-03-10 6 - Framed for Drug Smuggling | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-03-10 - 276) Murder at Red Clay Bend | |||||||||||||
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| Crime Classics 36 - New Hampshire, The Tiger and Brad Ferguson; What Happened Then | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An drama about a man who owns a carnival and drinks too much. Excellent production techniques, including one transition that really stands out. A phonograph record slowing down turns into a growl of the tiger. | ||||||||||||
| Escape 101 - Port Royal | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 201 - Marjorie's Dance Date | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 279 - Gildy Considers Marriage | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 257 - Grebb Hassle | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After Marshal Dillon is forced to kill no-good Alvin Grebb, his brother Billy seems to be going bad as well! | ||||||||||||
| Hopalong Cassidy 62 - Boss of Vinegar Bend | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A widow is cheated with worthless land by a thoroughly unscrupulous banker. | ||||||||||||
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| Jack Benny 365 - Mr Benny Goes to Washington | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 955 - Trail Across The Desert | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mandrake seems to be lying dead on the floor. Lothar and Narda are helpless prisoners, waiting for night to fall. | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 64 - Case of Charles Foster | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Prussic acid for the cocker spaniel? Definitely justifiable homicide! Story by: Robert A. Arthur and David Kogan | ||||||||||||
| Perry Mason 2738 - Toni Knows Gus and Gordy Are in a Racket | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: William Powell, Bette Davis, Oscar Bradley and His Orchestra. Bette Davis' first radio appearance in a comedy, she also sings! | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 190 - The Laughing Corpse | |||||||||||||
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