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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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| The Cisco Kid 1958-09-23 - 648) The Vandals | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1954-09-23 - 228) Gate of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Comic Weekly Man 231 - Back at School, First Comic - Hopalong Cassidy | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-09-23 - Ann Baxter | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 417 - Overexposure | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A case of blackmail, using the newly available invention, the tape recorder. | ||||||||||||
| Fibber McGee and Molly 24 - Anything to Get Out of Scrubbing the Back Porch | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 35 - The Woman at Horse Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | While out on patrol after an Indian uprising, Captain Lee Quince and his men come across a woman digging a grave. After learning her husband died from gangrene the day before, they realize she is suddenly alone in a desolated location with no nearby help or assistance. | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 120 - Secret Television Transmitter | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 177 - Leila Returns Home | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 233 - Box O' Rocks | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Packy Roundtree doesn't attend his own funeral out at Boot Hill, even though his coffin is only filled with rocks! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on December 5, 1959. | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1942-09-23 (xxxx) Messerschmidt Cannon - Part 3 | |||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-23 1297) - The Channel Wing Plane 20 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 285 - The Dead Laugh | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An unmerciful judge is unconcerned when a condemned man swears revenge. The shoe slowly changes to another foot! | ||||||||||||
| The Lineup 12 - Gas Station Robbery | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 883 - Moccasin Prints | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1196 - Hoofmarks to Nowhere | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1509 - Guns Across The Border | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 274 - The Westerner | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The "cattlemen," led by Judge Roy Bean, take on the "homesteaders," down in Texas. Stars: Gary Cooper & Doris Davenport | ||||||||||||
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| Screen Guild Theater 315 - Susan and God | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Barney is victimized by a large jungle moth, Kinka comes down with Black Water fever. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 13 - A Passage to Benares | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Professor Henry Poggioli, psychologist, investigates a murder in Trinidad. Story by: T.S. Stribling | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Classic tale of a world-renowned hunter who gets shipwrecked on an island owned by a madman who shares his passion for the hunt, except that he hunts only the most dangerous of game—human beings. Two versions were made, one with Orson Welles, the other ... | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 944 - At the Point of a Needle | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A young Mexican is obviously the killer of a young accountant in Lover's Lane. | ||||||||||||
| Tarzan of the Apes 10 - A Fight Aboard Ship | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 808 - Deadly Crystal Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Weatherwell's jewels have been stolen; they were worth $300,000! Johnny nearly has a traffic accident with a beautiful woman, then sits next to her on an airplane, then meets her at Mrs. Weatherwell's house when she returns the missing jewels! | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes 182 - The Eyes of Mr Leyton | |||||||||||||
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| Leonidas Witherall 16 - Murder at the State Fair | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Three different people threaten the life of a miserable old women. When she is found dead at the state fair, all are suspect. | ||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 254 - Metropolis Football Team Poisoned ep11 | |||||||||||||
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| The Falcon 300 - Friendly Target | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mitch and Connie are two criminals trapped in a dark alley. Connie gets away by turning on Mitch, and the cops kill Mitch. | ||||||||||||
| Bold Venture 27 - Murder in the Yucatan Peninsula | |||||||||||||
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| Boston Blackie 89 - The Abbott Painting | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie promises to steal the valuable Abbott painting in just 5 hours. He plans to exchange it for a cigarette lighter that links Shorty to a murder. Henry Rice promptly double-crosses Blackie and calls the cops. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 141 - "Old 86" is Missing | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | In a plot stolen from Arthur Conan Doyle, a steam train named "Old 86" disappears along with a shipment of diamonds. | ||||||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond 214 - Escape Into Death | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 553 - Old Ben's Gold | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-24 65 - Message for N | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-09-24 - 124) The Brimstone Stampede | |||||||||||||
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| Dick Tracy 1945-09-24 - 660) The Case of the Man Without a Head | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Program 1944-09-24 - Dorothy Lamour | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Hour 1939-09-24 - 125) Guest Anita Louise | |||||||||||||
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| Frontier Town 30 - The Case Of Oil Trouble | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chief Blue Fox has signed over the oil drilling rights on the tribe's land to K.C. Leonard, an unscrupulous promoter from Kansas City. aka Six Gun Lawyer | ||||||||||||
