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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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| Description: | An attorney believes that his client may be marrying a murderer who plans on poisoning his new bride to take over her estate. Story by: Walker T. Field | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 942 - A Strange Day in May | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The story is based on the events of April 16, 1947. The Texas City/Galveston disaster is the backdrop for a plan to have a wanted man switch identities with an unidentified corpse. | ||||||||||||
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| The Whistler 484 - Guilty Conscience | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An escaped convict, now a prosperous merchant, is blackmailed just before his daughter's wedding. There's just one way to handle a blackmailer! The program is also known as "Letter From Yesterday". | ||||||||||||
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| Leonidas Witherall 14 - Murder at Dandy's Dream | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Leonidas Witherall goes to the mountains to vacation and has to a save a man from a wire. However, he soon stumbles into fake diamonds and a real murder. | ||||||||||||
| Philip Marlowe 49 - The Rustin Hickory | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A teacher from Ferndale, Nebraska, is in big trouble. A photo helps to end the confusion. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 248 - Metropolis Football Team Poisoned ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| The Falcon 298 - Worried Champion | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Blackie dons tights and grease-paint to perform in, "The Mikado." Murder takes a bow, with marked cards found on the corpse. | ||||||||||||
| Boston Blackie 139 - Lighthouse Ghost | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A ship-owner loses four ships near the same lighthouse ... for very mysterious reasons. | ||||||||||||
| Bulldog Drummond 212 - Murder In Death House | |||||||||||||
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| Chandu the Magician 1948-09-10 55 - Story Teller | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Chad Reminton rescues a crowd of children from a runaway team. The stage coach has disappeared. Dick and Knute, working for Fanning caused the trouble. Maude Jackson and her husband Jim are being threatened by another stage coach company. | ||||||||||||
| Gang Busters 597 - Case of the Red Hot Readers | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Kramer has been attacked by a man who selects women whose faces are well-known. He first calls them on the telephone. | ||||||||||||
| The Lone Ranger 1347 - Bait for the Trap | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | When Dan Reid is framed for robbery and murder, the Ranger uses one of his many disguises to help. John Todd plays the part of a judge as well as Tonto! | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | Rumor has it that Mr. Conklin has been fired and is now taking in laundry! | ||||||||||||
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| Description: | The wealthy Van Dyke family is being victimized by Professor Leonardo, a phony spiritualist. Diamond is asked to help. After the case, Dick Powell sings, "Don't Blame Me." | ||||||||||||
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