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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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| Screen Guild Theater 264 - Kiss the Boys Good-By | |||||||||||||
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| Screen Guild Theater 23 - Variety Revue | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Cary Grant, Ann Sothern. Mickey tries to get Cary to act in his play, Cary sings a novelty tune about radio. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 166 - Dead Men Talk | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A gangster seems to have disappeared and is thought dead. | ||||||||||||
| The Shadow 165 - Conversation With Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A scientist has discovered a drug that simulates death while the victim remains aware of all that is going on around him. An old rivalry leads to a practical test of the new drug | ||||||||||||
| Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone & Bruce) 182 - The Eyes of Mr Leyton | |||||||||||||
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| Speed Gibson 91 - Marcia Recovers from Vapers of Sleep | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Marsha Winfield tells her story, Chief Ty Po decides to arrest The Octopus. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 893 - The Man in the Fog | |||||||||||||
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| Suspense 440 - The McKay College Basketball Scandal | |||||||||||||
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| Terry and the Pirates 1945-09-24 - Green Fog | |||||||||||||
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| Weird Circle 43 - The Bell Tower | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Based on the short story by Herman Melville. The tale of an Italian genius who built the world's most beautiful tower. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 71 - Blind Alley | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A wealthy but weak young man kills someone while drunk driving. His "friend" tries some blackmail. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 174 - The Man Who Died Twice | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | $400,000 says there's no honor among thieves. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 278 - Sleep, My Pretty One | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman slowly comes to realize that her scientist-boyfriend has injected her with a deadly sleeping sickness to prove his new serum. A fortune teller's prediction seems to be coming true! | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 434 - That Hemsley Affair | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | There's a reward for the capture of a British bandit, the one who has robbed a London bank of ten thousand pounds. A little old lady cashes in, in the strangest way! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 90 - Queen of Quantrills | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 757 - Double-Barreled Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A string of strange robberies in which nothing is ever taken takes Johnny on a wild dove hunt! | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 482 - Meg's Palace Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Johnny is hired by "Byron Kane" of the Intercoastal Maritime and Life Company to investigate a restaurant in Cod Harbor, Massachusetts, which is run by "Meg." One of Meg's competitors is called "Tony Fortino" (after one of the music ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Frank Race 22 - Roughneck's Will | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An old college and OSS buddy makes a desperate call to Frank Race for help. The man is a partner in a large law firm. The matter deals with an old man named Collins who is a recluse and one of the country's 10 richest men. Race's lawyer friend is concerned ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Sam Spade 170 - Indian Caper | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chief Blackcloud has been meeting with engineer Clarence Hobart. Hobart has disappeared and the Chief wants Sam to find him. He is promptly found scalped and a valuable wampum belt is stolen. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 98 - Curse of Dead Man's Island ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Clark Kent and Jimmy Olsen explore the strange house of the lady and her hawk. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 345 - Tiny Men ep9 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1125 - Meteor from Krypton ep2 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1385 - George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss ep17 | |||||||||||||
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| Archie Andrews 1948-09-25 - Free Movie Tickets | |||||||||||||
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| Casey 204 - The Treasure Cave | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Casey, Ann and Logan delve into a series of four strange murders that took place deep inside a cave. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 399 - The Red Mitten | |||||||||||||
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| Cruise of the Poll Parrot 1 - Crew is Hired | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The crew is hired, and the whaling voyage, set in the year 1858, begins. A mysterious Spaniard attacks Captain Dalton on the dock. | ||||||||||||
| Damon Runyon Theater 52 - Dream Sweet Rose | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dream Street Rose tells the story of her friend, a waitress. | ||||||||||||
| Doctor Tim, Detective 4 - The Mystery of the Man from Trouble Creek | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 228 - The Heart of Kali (last show) | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | On the day before a big football game, a campus bully forces a professor to schedule a debate meet at the same time as the game. The professor is duped, but comes through and Frank wins the big game! The University Of Denver "Youth Month Scholarship" ... | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 121 - The Green Death | |||||||||||||
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| Gang Busters 548 - Case of the Cincinnati Narcotics Ring | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 216 - Leila Engaged | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 442 - Doc Judge | |||||||||||||
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| Have Gun, Will Travel 97 - Bringing up Ollie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Paladin visits Ollie and Cora in Colorado, and finds Ollie in jail, and a hero during a jail break. | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-25 1299) - The Channel Wing Plane 22 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 238 - The Lonely Sleep | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A lonely window trimmer invents the ideal mannequin ... and she's so lifelike too! | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 12 - The Lady with No Name | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman with amnesia drops dead in 'The Lion's' office, which leads Jeff to a case of counterfeiters, complicated by Dum-Dum bullets! | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 211 - Tag! You're It! | |||||||||||||
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| Let's Pretend 1954-09-25 - Dick Wittington and His Cat | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1197 - The Voice from the Waterfall | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1510 - Mystery of the Night Marauders | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1823 - Speed of a Gunman, (part 1) Special Series | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2134 - The Old Lady Who Smoked | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 230 - She Married Her Boss | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A romantic comedy about a department store magnate who thinks of nothing but business, and his new wife with nothing but romance on her mind. Stars: Ginger Rogers & George Brent. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 450 - Lucky Partners | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Don Ameche & Lucille Ball | ||||||||||||
| Mark Trail 73 - Purse Strings of Danger | |||||||||||||
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| Michael Shayne 1948-09-25 - 13) Case of the Crooked Wheel | |||||||||||||
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