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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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| Adventures of Superman 247 - Metropolis Football Team Poisoned ep4 | |||||||||||||
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| All-Star Western Theatre 5 - Dude Ranch Serenade - Dale Evans | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dale tries to broadcast her weekly country music show from her new dude ranch. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 191 - Kingston and the 15-Story Disappearing Office Building | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie's old friend Charlie Kingston just bought a 15-story office building for $1 million. When he returns to the building the next day, the building has disappeared! | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 546 - Winner by Proxy | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-08 53 - Judy Allen | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1955-09-08 - 328) The Ventriloquist | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1953-09-08 - 119) Murder on the Treasure Trail | |||||||||||||
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| Cloak and Dagger 18 - Over Ground Railroad | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An O. S. S. agent is sent to occupied Paris to establish a network to help American flyers who have been shot down over France. | ||||||||||||
| Danger Doctor Danfield 4 - Norman Miles | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Norman Miles has been murdered. One of his three greedy relatives obviously did it, but which one? $10,000 in the mail adds to the mystery. | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 47 - First Contact | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Classic story of the first encounter with an alien race and the mutual distrust that would involve—neither ship wishes to be the first to depart for fear of giving away clues of their origin to a potential adversary. Versions of this story also appeared ... | ||||||||||||
| Dimension X 23 - The Outer Limit | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A test pilot on an experimental high altitude aircraft with only ten minutes worth of fuel disappears from radar for ten hours, yet returns safely. Of course, it is impossible, as is his story of contact with aliens and the dire warning they have for Mankind. ... | ||||||||||||
| Dragnet 212 - The Big Lift | |||||||||||||
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| The FBI in Peace and War 467 - Grave Error | |||||||||||||
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| Fu Manchu 107 - Fu Manchu Releases Sean | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 292 - Mystery Baby | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 283 - Looney McCluny | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Old Loony thinks he's struck it rich, but it's just "fool's gold" ... or is it? | ||||||||||||
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| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-08 1286) - The Channel Wing Plane 9 | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1346 - Two Men for One Crime | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Two outlaws frame a rancher's son-in-law and make it appear that he's a cattle rustler. Dan Reid, the Ranger's nephew, is the hero of this adventure. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1816 - The Pelt of Mucho Grande, (part 1) | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2283 - Frontier Town Frameup | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 3066 - The Fugitive | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 316 - Tom, Dick, and Harry | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Ginger Rogers & George Murphy | ||||||||||||
| Mysterious Traveler 76 - Symphony of Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Shortly after a composer buys three tombstones for his sisters, all three die of 'unfortunate' accidents. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 715 - Old Army Buddy | |||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 690 - Design for Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man two-timing his wealthy wife arranges an "accident" for her best friend who knows his secret. This program was previously broadcast on "The Whistler" on August 5, 1951, with a different cast and some changes to the script. | ||||||||||||
| X Minus One 17 - The Martian Death March | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | On a Mars conquered by Earthmen, the few remaining spider-like Martians escape from their reservation and embark on a desperate trek across the deserts to their mountain homelands, led by a human religious fanatic. Story by: Ernest Kinoy | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 179 - Lester Matson Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A man has his factory burned by 2 arsonists who threaten his daughter's life if the police are called in. | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 551 - Charmona Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A sunken yacht and a missing captain are both heavily insured. The grieving wife isn't exactly heartbroken about the loss of either! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures by Morse 36 - The Prowling Dead Introduces Himself | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Dead Men Prowl Part 10 | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 91 - Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Superman brings the bathysphere to the surface. All the gold has been recovered but Pete Escobar sneaks aboard the 'Juanita' to steal it! | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1373 - George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1829 - Mystery of the Silver Buffalo ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 293 - A Swill O' Gunpowder | |||||||||||||
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| Challenge of the Yukon 919 - Dividend on Murder | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-09 54 - Torture Chamber | |||||||||||||
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| The Cisco Kid 1954-09-09 - 224) The Ace of Hearts | |||||||||||||
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| Chase and Sanborn Program 1945-09-09 - Keenan Wynn | |||||||||||||
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| Fort Laramie 33 - The Buffalo Hunters | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Captain Quince is trailing those who are slaughtering buffalo on Indian land. | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 108 - Midnight Meeting At The Great Pyramid | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 175 - Leroy's New Teacher | |||||||||||||
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| The Great Gildersleeve 513 - Helping Raise Ronnie | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 231 - Belle's Back | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Belle Ainsley has returned to Dodge, after three years with a gunman! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on May 14, 1960. | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-09 1287) - The Channel Wing Plane 10 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 283 - Murder Comes at Midnight | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A visit from 'The Gentleman Killer,' who has just escaped from his journey to the death house. | ||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1190 - Grubstake Leads the Way | |||||||||||||
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