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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
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| Adventures of Superman 38 - Airplane Disasters at Bridger Field ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clark Kent cracks Hagen's code; the mystery plane is due at midnight. Superman defeats a tiger! | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The first tune is, "There's A Rainbow Over The Range." A bubble-gum magnate from the East decides it's the life of a rancher for him! | ||||||||||||
| Blackstone 32 - Footsteps in the Night | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackstone solves the mystery of a haunted house. Blackstone explains the "Spectator Names Card" trick. | ||||||||||||
| Box 13 ep38 - One of These Four | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dan Holiday is tricked to boarding a boat where three other people are also being held prisoner. The wealthy man who owns the boat says that one of the four people being held prisoner on board is a murderer, and he wants to watch the other three figure out which ... | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A strange caliber gun is used to frame a man just out of prison. The script was previously used on the program on May 13, 1944, under the title of, "Killer On Parole". | ||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1933-05-08 306 - Nadgi Convinced She Must Stay | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marty White and his henchman 'Shiv' fly across the country, following instructions to rub out a 'stoolie'. A getaway is made by airplane. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Story of how Silk, a doll, scores $3,000,000 from one guy. | ||||||||||||
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| Fu Manchu 1 - Insidious Dr Fu Manchu | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The evil Dr. Fu swears to get Sir Nayland Smith, and starts with the murder of Sir Crighton Davey. Dr. James Petrie lives on Baker Street (with a notable neighbor, no doubt). The script for the start of this serial is based almost word for word on "The ... | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | When a trail boss objects to Marshal Dillon's peacekeeping methods, and the town's merchants ask him to ease off, Dillon vows to make no further arrests. The town then hires an unusual "constable" to keep the peace. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A knife-wielding dude has arrived in Dodge and is promptly arrested by Marshal Dillon on suspicion of murder. Could he really be Jim Wydell, the estranged son of old man Wydell? | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Paladin sets out to take a doctor away from a bounty hunter, to save a sick baby! | ||||||||||||
| The Judy Canova Show 1948-05-08 - 152) Judy Interviews Lancelot Buckingham | |||||||||||||
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| Let George Do It 191 - Picture with a Black Frame | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 218 - The Life of Emile Zola | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A biography of the famous French writer, including his celebrated defence of Alfred Dreyfus, who was accused of treason. Stars: Paul Muni & Josephine Hutchinson. The intermission guest is William Dieterle, screen director of "The Life Of Emile Zola." ... | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 438 - Penny Serenade | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Randy Stone identifies Ted Carter in the morgue and is determined to track down his killer. Randy finds himself trapped in an elevator while a killer tries to end his journalistic career. | ||||||||||||
| Night Beat 93 - Long Live the Clown | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A circus clown is in reality a master Communist spy! When the clown is found murdered, Randy discovers that the clown's shoes were the murder weapon! The story of how a Chicago gangster became a hero! | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 40 - Mr Boynton's Parents | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A Mother's Day program. Miss Brooks has been named 'Mother Away From Mother'. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 288 - The Twin Orphans | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two little 'orphans' take over Madison High. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Kaffar Bey, a big man in Cairo, is found shot to death after being threatened by Rocky. A beautiful woman in Cairo on a false passport complicates the plot. | ||||||||||||
| The Roy Rogers Show 1945-05-08 - 25) The Legend of Pecos Bill | |||||||||||||
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| Screen Guild Theater 195 - Dark Angel | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | While enjoying an ocean cruise, Lamont Cranston is suspected of being a murderer. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 19 - Disguised as Coolies | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Disguised as Chinamen on the smuggler's dock. | ||||||||||||
| The Strange Dr Weird 27 - Murder One Million BC | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A program heard on V-E Day. A scientist builds a time machine. He transports himself, his wife and his financial advisor back to the past. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 852 - The Legend of Robbie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An excellent radio drama with beautiful writing and acting. Harry Bartell portrays a young convict about to be executed in the morning. The story tells of his last day in a way that comes across as a strong plea against the death penalty, | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle 70 - Tarzan and the Lypagor | |||||||||||||
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| Tom Corbett, Space Cadet 38 - Danger in Deep Space ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 51 - Death Has a Thirst | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A triangle affair trapped on a desert island. Madness and alcoholism rampant. | ||||||||||||




