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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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| Chase and Sanborn Program 1941-09-21 - W.C. Fields | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 77 - The Fortune of Vargas | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 521 - Scandal Sheet | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A magazine published only for blackmail picks on a young starlet, using an innocent reporter just out of school. | ||||||||||||
| Flash Gordon 21 - Pit of Fire | |||||||||||||
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| Frontier Gentleman 33 - Indian Lover | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Crow Dog, an Indian accused of murder makes no defence - then escapes. | ||||||||||||
| The Great Gildersleeve 4 - Marjorie's Girlfriend Visits | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 331 - Gildy the Songwriter | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 337 - Big Girl Lost | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 525 - The Corpse Nobody Loved | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman finds a dead body in a taxi. She calls the police for protection. . . a bad mistake. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Harry's crossing the Atlantic on the Princess Ann, planning to swindle to Lady Barbara Follet. However, what about her lovely companion? | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 882 - Bad Water | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 889 - So Big | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 847 - I Confess | |||||||||||||
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| Mysterious Traveler 171 - Death Has a Thousand Faces | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After two attempts on his life, the older wife of a meek and mild man seems to be trying to murder him. | ||||||||||||
| Nick Carter, Master Detective 306 - The Case of the Two-Faced Firemaster | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A study in illegal guns and the clues that lead to their manufacturer. | ||||||||||||
| Philo Vance 11 - The Backstage Murder Case | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After a theatre has been robbed, the star receives a threatening letter and her understudy is murdered. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | A famous actor's face has been burned into a thing of horror. When plastic surgery fails, he goes off the deep end. This script would be used again on "The Shadow" on May 23, 1954 and re-titled, "The Orchid". | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 110 - The Bluebeard of Bellac | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A serial killer is at large in Nazi-occupied France. A woman begins to suspect her doctor husband may be the murderer in question. Story by: Sylvia Richards | ||||||||||||
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| Tarzan of the Apes 8 - Did the Bottle Really Go Overboard | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 481 - Imperfect Alibi Matter ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Sergeant Burns' soldier son is killed by hit-and-run driver. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Frank Maclise is killed in a bar and an unexpected phone call provides an important clue. | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 102 - The White Carnation | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 253 - Metropolis Football Team Poisoned ep10 | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 552 - Icebound | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-22 63 - Betty and Bob | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-09-22 - 331) Messenger of Doom | |||||||||||||
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| Cloak and Dagger 20 - Operation Sellout | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A two-man mission into occupied France to locate a German submarine base is turned into a three-man mission. | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | An actress with a deformed face can be cured by a miraculous cream, but the formula for the cream has been stolen! | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 25 - Dr Grimshaws Sanitorium | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A private detective, after having an auto accident with a suspicious hearse from a sanitarium, investigates posing as a patient. To his horror, he discovers fiendish experiments performed by a Nazi doctor. Alternative: An Private Eye infiltrates an insane asylum ... | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 49 - Requiem | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two grounded astronauts are offered one more chance by an aging tycoon who will stop at nothing to achieve his lifetime dream of setting foot on the Moon. Versions of this story also appeared on Beyond Tomorrow and X Minus One. Story by: Robert Heinlein | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 626 - Dumb Luck | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A dumb blonde tries to pull an inheritance swindle and winds up marrying the insurance man she's trying to gyp! | ||||||||||||
| The FBI in Peace and War 469 - The Windfall | |||||||||||||
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| Gang Busters 400 - Case of the Red Evening Dress | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 294 - Leroy Jealous of Baby | |||||||||||||
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