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1940: Cave paintings in Lascaux, France discovered
1941: A decree signed by Reinhard Heydrich requires Jews aged 6 or over to wear the Star of David with 'Jew' inscribed
1942: The Battle of Milne Bay begins
1943: Italy invaded Allied forces & swiftly surrenders
1944: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates Antwerp in Belgium
1945: Japan's surrender accepted by General MacArthur
1946: Cathay Pacific founded in Hong Kong
1947: A moth causes a malfunction in a Harvard Mark II electromechanical computer. Logged as 'First actual case of bug being found.'
1948: Kim Il-sung declares Democratic People's Republic of Korea
1949: Due to public pressure Iva Toguri D'Aquino is tried & found guilty of broadcasting for Japan as 'Tokyo Rose' during the war
1950: After a single outing in 1941, radio game show 'Truth or Consequences' hosted by Ralph Edwards premieres on television
1951: Science fiction film 'The Day the Earth Stood Still' premieres
1952: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) opens first station in Montreal, Quebec
1953: Future US President John F Kennedy marries Jacqueline Lee Bouvier
1954: The last new episode of The Lone Ranger radio program is broadcast
1955: James Dean dies when his Porsche 550 Spyder has a head-on crash with another car on Route 466
1956: Bell X-2, nicknamed 'Starbuster', first manned aircraft to reach Mach 3, pilot 'Mel' Apt is killed
1957: 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students ar Little Rock Central High
1958: Jack Kilby demonstrates first working microchip, it will revolutionize world of electronics
1959: Luna 2 first spacecraft to reach surface of the Moon (it crash lands)
1960: Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) wins light-heavyweight boxing gold medal at 1960 Olympic Games
1961: U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld dies in air crash
1962: Sonny Liston knocks out Floyd Patterson in first round becoming World Heavyweight Champion
1963: U.S. Senate ratifies Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty between Soviet Union, United Kingdom & U.S.
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| Tales of the Texas Rangers 11 - Candy Man | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of April 14, 1947. An escaped convict leaves a trail of candy wrappers for the Rangers to follow. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A millionaire falls in love with a carnival dancer, marries her and makes her independently wealthy upon his death. Not-too-surprisingly, the elderly husband unbuckles his seat-belt on a roller coaster and is pushed to his death. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 485 - A Matter of Patience | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A businessman's mistress is leaving soon for Brazil, so now's the time to murder his wife! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 25 - White Fury | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 807 - No Matter Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny finds a dead brunette. Her body promptly disappears. | ||||||||||||
| Leonidas Witherall 15 - The Four Killers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The adventures of a boy's school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare, and is very good at solving murders. This story takes place at a mountain resort where a murder has been committed by someone who is very adept at throwing knives. | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 50 - The Baton Sinister | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 251 - Metropolis Football Team Poisoned ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1379 - George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| Blondie 1944-09-17 - (AFRS) Dagwood Gets Amnesia | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 88 - The Apartment Swindler | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The leader of a gang that is swindling people who are desperate to get an apartment, is found murdered. Don't believe the photograph on the desk! | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 140 - Case of the Exploding Car | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A car-bomb goes off and murders the wrong man. Blackie uses a man's first name as his "initial" clue! | ||||||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond 213 - Death On The Diamond | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-17 60 - Ben Ali's Home | |||||||||||||
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| Charlie Chan 1936-09-17 - 57) Col. Willoughby's Baffling Murder Mystery ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-09-17 - 122) Gunplay on the Riverfront | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Program 1944-09-17 - Leo Carillo | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1939-09-17 - 124) Guest Helen Broderick | |||||||||||||
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| Frontier Town 29 - Western Empire | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The government is about to open a vast open range called the Comanche Strip, to homesteaders. Chad Remington predicts that some of the big ranchers, like Mitt Cummings, will be very much against the idea. | ||||||||||||
| Gene Autry's Melody Ranch 1949-09-17 - Doc Reardon Is Tried for Murder | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 135 - Mcgee's Invention | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 254 - We Systematize | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 179 - Thoroughbreds | |||||||||||||
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| Harold Peary 1 - Harold Loses His Job at the Radio Station | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1942-09-17 (0014) Island Escape | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-17 1293) - The Channel Wing Plane 16 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | George Fresno is in town again and selling narcotics. A convict out on parole has some information about George. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1350 - The Ranger Beats the Rope | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1663 - Mistaken Identity | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young prospector who has just struck it rich has been accused of stealing an old lady's poke. John Todd plays the part of a judge as well as Tonto. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 2287 - Barnaby Boggs' Dilemma | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Both Princess Narda and "The Professor" have survived the crash. There's a surprise! | ||||||||||||
| Michael Shayne s1 49 - Mr Dixon's Life In Danger | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An attorney named Nelson Carter needs protection for his client, Gregory Dixon. Mr. Dixon was buried two months before he walked into Carter's office! Apparently a different person was buried; but now Dixon's life is in danger all over again. | ||||||||||||
| Our Miss Brooks 97 - Elopement With Walter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mr. Boynton has joined a volunteer fire department, which leads Mr. Conklin to conclude that Walter and Harriet are eloping. | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 22 - The Jerome J Jerome Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Jerome J. Jerome walks into Diamond's office. He's as nutty as a fruitcake, but he does know the location of a dead body. After solving the case, Dick Powell sings, "I Don't Care For Nothing Baby." | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 141 - Ghost that Giggled | |||||||||||||
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