Choose A Date |
1940: Chamberlain resigns as U.K. Prime Minister
1941: Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland
1942: The Women's Army Corps (WAC) is created as an auxiliary unit
1943: The 'Dambuster Raid' is flown by RAF No. 617 Squadron
1944: USS England (DE-635), sinks 6 Japanese submarines in 12 days
1945: Allies accepted surrender of Nazi Germany
1946: Dr. Louis Slotin working at the Los Alamos Laboratory, accidentally begins a fission reaction receiving a fatal dose of radiation
1947: President Truman signs Act granting $400 million in military & economic aid to Turkey & Greece. This begins the Cold War
1948: David Ben-Gurion declares the State of Israel
1949: Berlin blockade lifted, leading to creation of 2 German states
1950: 4th century BC mummified corpse found in a Danish peat bog
1951: Festival of Britain opens
1952: William Fox founder of Fox Film Corporation dies
1953: Edmund Hillary & Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest
1954: U.S. Supreme Court rules separate schools for black & white students unconstitutional
1955: The Pulitzer prize is awarded to Tennessee Williams for his play 'Cat on Hot Tin Roof'
1956: First Eurovision Song Contest is broadcast. Winning song is 'Refrain' sung by Lys Assia
1957: Anne Frank Foundation founded to prevent demolition of Amsterdam house she hid in
1958: Bodies of unidentified soldiers are buried at Tomb of the Unknowns
1959: Two monkeys, Able & Miss Baker first animals to successfully return to Earth from space
1960: American Lockheed U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union. Pilot Francis Gary Powers captured
1961: Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard Mercury-Redstone 3
1962: As part of Project Mercury Scott Carpenter orbits the Earth 3 times in the Aurora 7 space capsule
1963: Eugene "Bull" Connor uses fire hoses & police dogs on protestors in Birmingham, Alabama
You are WELCOME to enjoy our site & read ALL our books online. But to download & join our forum please create a FREE account or
login
Gunsmoke 265 - How to Kill a Friend | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Gunsmoke | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Hopalong Cassidy 70 - Kidnapper's Trail | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Hopalong Cassidy | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | "The Whip" has kidnapped a senator's daughter and is holding her for ransom. Where is she being hidden, and who is "The Whip"? |
Inner Sanctum Mystery 317 - Don't Dance on My Grave | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Inner Sanctum Mystery | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A woman dreams her husband is plotting to kill her. She then see him digging a grave in the garden! |
Let George Do It 295 - Come to the Casbah | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Let George Do It | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 979 - Rustling At The Half Circle C | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 1292 - The Gambler Draws a Blank | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 1605 - Gideon West | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 1762 - The Devil and Sam Todd | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 2386 - Lookout Tower Mystery | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 3012 - The Witness | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Lux Radio Theater 306 - Kitty Foyle | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Ginger Rogers & Dennis Morgan |
Lux Radio Theater 570 - The Egg and I | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Stars: Claudette Colbert & Fred MacMurray |
Perry Mason 2778 - DA Visits Mason's Office | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Perry Mason | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Screen Guild Theater 346 - Pardon My Past | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Screen Guild Theater | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Shadow 370 - The White Witchman of Lawaiki | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Shadow | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A madman holding Margot and Lamont at gun-point, knowing the secret identity of The Shadow, leads to an adventure on a tropic island, with an angry volcano god! |
Sherlock Holmes (Conway & Bruce) 30 - The Remarkable Affair Of The Pointless Robbery | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Sherlock Holmes - Conway & Bruce | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Suspense 697 - Celebration | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Suspense | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Suspense 472 - Frankie and Johnny | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Suspense | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Suspense 339 - Death Has a Shadow | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Suspense | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Terry and the Pirates 1942-05-05 - 152) Terry's Planespotter | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Terry and the Pirates | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Walk Softly, Peter Troy 22 - The Blue-eyed Brazen | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Walk Softly, Peter Troy | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Peter delivers a fur coat and finds himself about to be shot by Mr. "Midnight". |
The Whistler 310 - Lady in Waiting | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Whistler | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A woman is involved with a criminal who has been sentenced to prison for twenty years. Large sums of money change hands, and a murder follows. |
The Whistler 258 - Windfall | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Whistler | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A man finds a corpse with no identification, except a checkbook showing a balance of $104,000! |
The Whistler 673 - That Lovely Look | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Whistler | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A woman hired as a maid for a wealthy couple suddenly refuses to answer the phone or the door. A romance slowly develops with the maid and ... her look. |
Wild Bill Hickok 232 - Telltale Scar | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Wild Bill Hickok | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 94 - Virginia Towne Matter | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | She said the jewelry was a gift ... but was it? |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 161 - Blackmail Matter | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A twisted neck on a corpse in a gym leads to an old blackmail. |
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 533 - Peerless Fire Matter | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A junkyard has burnt down in a residential area ... and the neighbors are overjoyed! |
Adventures by Morse 18 - The Living Image of Cambodia | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Adventures by Morse | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Cobra King Strikes Back Part 5 |
Adventures of Superman 37 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep4 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen investigate the strange circus. Fodor the strongman attacks Clark Kent...no contest! |
Adventures of Superman 1283 - Hate Mongers Organization ep15 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Adventures of Superman 1543 - Phantom of the Sea ep7 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Adventures of Superman 1739 - Ghost Brigade ep3 | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Adventures of Superman | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Falcon 332 - Flaming Club | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Adventures of the Falcon | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Dean wants The Falcon to follow his partner Larrabee. But Dean is found dead when his nightclub burns down. Suspicion falls on the nosy bartender. |
Challenge of the Yukon 1004 - Gold Legacy | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Challenge of the Yukon | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Comic Weekly Man 211 - Spring is Here, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Comic Weekly Man | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Dimension X 5 - Knock | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Dimension X | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Aliens who have no concept of natural death have wiped out humanity, literally to the last man and woman, whom they put in a zoo as public curiosities. Versions of this story also appeared on X Minus One, Future Tense, 2000X (not to be confused with 2000 Plus) ... |
Ellery Queen 352 - One Diamond | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Ellery Queen | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Escape 211 - The Adversary | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Escape | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Fort Laramie 15 - Never the Twain | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Fort Laramie | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | The daughter of Spotted Tail and a soldier fall in love. |
The Great Gildersleeve 495 - Anniversary Present | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Great Gildersleeve | ||||||||||||
Source: | Gildersleeve Project | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Gunsmoke 213 - The Photographer | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Gunsmoke | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Hancock's Half Hour s5 16 - The Junk Man | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Hancock's Half Hour | ||||||||||||
Source: | archive.org | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Hancock decides to have a clean out and starts with a drawer of rubbish. But he puts almost everything back! When Sid James calls in the guise of his new profession as a rag and bone man, Miss Pugh sells some of Hancock's treasured possessions to him whilst ... |
Jack Armstrong 1942-05-06 - Lost Inca City | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lineup 83 - Babs the Baggy Bungling Brunette Bombshell | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lineup | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | Babs has been identified as the one who held up a drugstore and shot and killed a cashier. When it turns out Babs was a stripper, it's easy to imagine what the mug shots must have looked like. |
The Lone Ranger 823 - Kidnapped Boy | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 1449 - Outlaw Point | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 2073 - The Crimson Prophet (part 2) | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
The Lone Ranger 2543 - King of the County | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | The Lone Ranger | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: |
Lux Radio Theater 262 - Our Town | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Broadcast: | |||||||||||||
Show: | Lux Radio Theater | ||||||||||||
Source: | OTRR Library | ||||||||||||
Added: | |||||||||||||
Description: | A classic American play about life in a small town. Stars: William Holden & Martha Scott. This broadcast took place two years after the play opened, but only seventeen days before the premier of the film. This was the last program that The Lux Radio Theatre ... |