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1940: Coventry attacked by 500 Luftwaffe bombers
1941: HMS Ark Royal is torpedoed
1942: Casablanca premieres at the Hollywood Theater in New York
1943: Roosevelt, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek meet at Cairo in Egypt to discuss ways to defeat Japan
1944: 32 Lancaster bombers finally sink German battleship Tirpitz
1945: The Nuremberg Trials begin at the Palace of Justice
1946: U.N.E.S.C.O. a specialized agency of the U.N. is formed
1947: Hughes H-4 Hercules ('Spruce Goose') makes first & only flight
1948: Takahe, thought to be extinct rediscovered in New Zealand
1949: Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse & Narayan Apte are executed
1950: Harry Hay helps found the 'Mattachine Society', one of the first gay-liberation organizations
1951: 'Gigi' opens on Broadway starring Audrey Hepburn
1952: The Mousetrap by Agatha Christie opens in West End of London
1953: British Natural History Museum announce Piltdown Man is a hoax
1954: Godzilla directed by Ishiro Honda, premieres in Tokyo, the first Japanese Kaiju film
1955: Johnny Cash, 'The Man in Black', makes his 1st chart appearance with 'Cry Cry Cry'
1956: Aged 21, Floyd Patterson becomes youngest undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
1957: Soviet Union launch Sputnik 2, on board is a dog named Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth
1958: Missile, part of the Atlas program, becomes first InterContinental Ballistic Missile to fly full range
1959: MGM releases Ben-Hur starring Charlton Heston. The movie will win 11 Academy Awards
1960: Another Polaris missile is test-launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida
1961: United Nations General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant to position of acting Secretary-General
1962: Britain & France sign agreement to develop the iconic Concorde supersonic airliner
1963: President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas
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| Perry Mason 1345 - Untitled | |||||||||||||
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| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 28 - The Singing Critic | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A comic show with a song-hating neighbor and a satire on other radio detectives. Dick sings, "A Hundred-and-One Tons Of Fun" after the story. | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 144 - Miss Godby's School for Girls | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young girl is kidnapped and held for $200,000 ransom. If the money isn't paid, the girl won't be killed, she'll be married! One of the minor characters, a dizzy teenager, mentions that she's studying Dianetics! | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 29 - Going My Way | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: James Stewart, Loretta Young, Edward Arnold, Fuzzy Knight. Love will find a way ... in a department store setting. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 172 - Mansion of Madness | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | During a violent storm, Lamont Cranston and Margot find shelter in a mysterious and just-by-happenstance nearby castle. | ||||||||||||
| Speed Gibson 97 - Ready for Attack on the Octopus | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There'll be a hot time in the old pass tonight! The Octopus is determined to fight it out. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 899 - Till Death Do Us Part | |||||||||||||
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| Tales of the Texas Rangers 18 - The White Suit | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of June 23, 1947. A convict escapes from a small jail. The manhunt is aided by the prisoner's white jail clothes and a small walkie-talkie. Joel McCrea reads,"The Official Ranger's Prayer". | ||||||||||||
| The Unexpected 117 - Free Passage | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A beautiful woman stows away on a ship heading to America. | ||||||||||||
| Weird Circle 49 - Mad Monkton | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An adaptation of Wilkie Collins's ghost story. It is said that hereditary madness blights the Monkton family, heirs to the huge domain of Wincot Abbey. Rumours in the neighbourhood are that Alfred, the youngest scion, has inherited this insanity. His odd behaviour ... | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 180 - Harvest of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The program is announced as being the one hundredth program of the series. Murder down on the farm with a good double-whammy surprise ending. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 284 - The Big Prison | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A tale of murder at an isolated hunting lodge, and an attempted escape from Alaska. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 440 - Just Like a Man | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man decides to murder his wealthy wife for the usual reasons. | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 250 - Red Measles and Black Death | |||||||||||||
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| Wild Bill Hickok 102 - Madmen of Moon Mountain | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 24 - Island of Tin-Yutan | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny's in the South Seas, complete with beautiful girls dressed in sarongs, pearls, and two killers with a machine gun! aka The South Sea Adventure | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 763 - Monticello Mystery Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There's been a murder at an ideal trout lake near Port Jarvis, New York. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 149 - Murder Under The Big Top | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 6 - The Bruce Partington Plans | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Frank Race 28 - Six Week Cure | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A dude ranch in Reno is the location of several murders and some double dealings. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Sam Spade 176 - Cheesecake Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sam receives a call and is told to stop in at a grill and order a sandwich. Hidden in the sandwich is a picture of a blonde and a $50 bill. The three words on the photo say, 'Find the girl!' | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 116 - Yellow Mask and the 5 Million Dollar Jewel Robbery ep14 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Lefty and Joe double-cross The Yellow Mask by stealing the jewels being delivered by a policeman. Clark Kent finally gets the chance to break out of the concrete tank, but The Yellow Mask gets the drop on him. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 375 - Headless Indian ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1155 - Atom Man ep20 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1415 - Disappearance of Clark Kent ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1610 - Ruler of Darkness ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Archie Andrews 1948-11-06 - Locked out of the House | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Babe Ruth 1949-11-06 - 6) Sweet William | |||||||||||||
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| Blondie 1939-11-06 - 19 Uncle Gideon and Aunt Bessie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blondie's Aunt Bessie and Uncle Gideon Sneevle are moved into the new house built by Mr. Dithers. They're supposed to be a loving couple with warm soft lights, but are hardly that! | ||||||||||||
| Casey 210 - The Blonde's Lipstick | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Laura Neely disappears with $10,000 in cash she had collected for the City Welfare Fund, much to Casey's embarrassment. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 405 - The Last Laugh | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 829 - Friend in Need | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1934-11-06 xxx - Miniature Statue Recovered | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A telegram informs Inspector Chan that Romano knew that Landini's new will had not been signed. Romano accuses Ah Sing of sneaking into Madame Landini's room. Cecile is caught acting furtively...and with a gun! Charlie Chan says, "When a man is seen ... | ||||||||||||
| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 7 - Johnny & Sue Remain Onboard Ship | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Why did Mr. Grange change his mind, does he have a treasure map? | ||||||||||||
| Dick Tracy 1947-11-06 - 1192) The Case of the Honorable Mr Malice | |||||||||||||
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| Doctor Tim, Detective 10 - The Mystery of the Poisoner at Large | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Multiple cases of food poisoning are making an entire neighborhood sick. Where are the bacteria coming from? | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 366 - The Big Odd | |||||||||||||
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| Ellery Queen 150 - Vanishing Magician | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A has-been vaudevillian promises to disappear from a house to win a $25,000 bet. A wartime mystery! | ||||||||||||
| Frank Merriwell 110 - The Doubtful Alibi | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frank uses a horseless carriage to put out a fire and some fancy detective work to catch the culprit responsible for it. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 222 - Marjorie Plans Engagement | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 134 - Smoking Out the Beedles | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jim Beedle and his wife refuse to leave their forty acres. They claim they bought it from Pat Clay, but can't prove it. The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on November 5, 1955. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 187 - The Second Choice | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Andy Hill, a reformed gunfighter, must be returned to Oklahoma Territory to stand trial for murder. | ||||||||||||
| Gunsmoke 448 - Jedro's Woman | |||||||||||||
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| Have Gun, Will Travel 103 - The Odds | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Out in Nebraska, Paladin meets young Jim Buford, who's tired of farm life and is looking for action. He starts by shooting Paladin! | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1942-11-06 xxxx) - Russian Adventure - Part 50 | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1947-11-06 1329) - Hop And Tank In The Movies 18 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 244 - The Wailing Wall | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A tale about a man who strangles his wife and is haunted by her moans ... for forty years! | ||||||||||||
| Inner Sanctum Mystery 479 - Twice Dead | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman apparently has returned from the dead. A box with $100,000 is missing, and an idiot brother is suffocated in the basement. | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 18 - The Lady with Too Much Hair | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jeff is hired to guard a man's beautiful daughter while she's at finishing school, but murder gets to class first. A narcotics angle and a wig store figure in the caper. | ||||||||||||




