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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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| Popeye the Sailor Man - Popeye vs. the Trolly Car | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Popeye is not speaking to Olive Oyl, but does manage to stop a runaway trolley (after three bowls of Wheatena!). | ||||||||||||
| Richard Diamond, Private Detective 21 - The Van Dyke Seance Case | |||||||||||||
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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." | ||||||||||||
| Rocky Jordan 97 - Trail of the Assassin | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | An American named Lindt is murdered right outside Rocky's Cafe Tambourine. The suspicion naturally falls on Rocky Jordan. Beware the orange-handled knife of the Singori Assassins! , | ||||||||||||
| The Saint 140 - Horrible Hamburger | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | After a lousy dinner, a flat tire is followed by a dead body in the trunk. The Saint is asked, "Mr. Templar, what do you think about television?" He replies, "I think about it as little as possible." | ||||||||||||
| Screen Guild Theater 262 - Private Worlds | |||||||||||||
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| Speed Gibson 89 - Splinter is Cared For | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Splinters reveals the secret slave caravan being assembled by The Octopus. Approximately one minute has been deleted from the middle of the program. | ||||||||||||
| Suspense 438 - The Evil of Adelaide Winters | |||||||||||||
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| Weird Circle 41 - The Phantom Picture | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Based on a "The Story of the Young Italian" by Washington Irving. Featuring an artist's involvement with murder and a grotesque canvas. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 69 - Tangled Web | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A couple must be married to collect a large inheritance, but each is married to someone else. The show almost goes down the drain when time runs out and the announcer has to describe the end of the story. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 121 - Local Storm | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mrs. Wentworth, an old lady in rural England, is threatened by a killer ... or is she? A clever story with several twists. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 172 - Phone Call from Death | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A woman's best friend is murdered while she's on the phone with the woman ... or was she? The program has a double-surprise ending! | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 276 - Bridge on Black Mountain | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A museum worker, about to be fired for padding his expense account, puts murder on exhibit. | ||||||||||||
| The Whistler 432 - Golden Penny | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A chess game on the high seas, with a yacht, $100,000 in cash, and a beautiful woman as the stakes! | ||||||||||||
| Wild Bill Hickok 86 - Daring of Digby Dean | |||||||||||||
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| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 472 - Confidential Matter ep1 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Ed Morgan, one of Johnny's best pals, seems to have embezzled $80,000 before his death. While hiring Johnny, the executive for "Eternity Mutual Insurance" reminisces about when the company was located in the "Johnstone Building". | ||||||||||||
| Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar 755 - Buyer and the Cellar Matter | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The producer of old horror films is the key to a missing henpecked commission buyer. | ||||||||||||
| Abbott & Costello Children's Show 41 - Guest Red Ryder | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | First Song: Underneath the Arches | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Frank Race 20 - Fourth Round Knockout | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Mark Donovan drags Frank Race to a boxing match in Brooklyn to see a young heavyweight, Freddie Natchez, who is an up-and-comer. The young man is handling his opponent with ease until the 4th round when a simple blow by the other guy knocks Natchez out. Donovan ... | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 92 - Professor Thorpe's Bathysphere ep8 | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Pete Escobar and Carlos steal the gold after knocking Captain Maddox unconscious. Meanwhile, Bill Wentworth and Jimmy Olsen plan to hire a boat to search for the 'Juanita. | ||||||||||||
| Adventures of Superman 1115 - Dr. Bly's Confidence Gang ep5 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of Superman 1375 - George Latimer, Crooked Political Boss ep7 | |||||||||||||
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| Adventures of the Sea Hound 1942-09-11 - Trapped Below | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Captain Silver has a plan for breathing under water! Ku Kai sees through the plan and rescues the Captain from Smith. Nazi propaganda is concealed with turtle shells. Bogart has captured Jerry! | ||||||||||||
| Archie Andrews 1948-09-11 - Fixing Flat Tire | |||||||||||||
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| Archie Andrews 1948-09-11 - Borrows a Tire Jack | |||||||||||||
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| Blackstone 50 - Crimes on a Merry-Go-Round | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | The brass rings on a merry-go-round are the clues to a narcotics ring. Blackstone explains the "Gravity Defied" trick. | ||||||||||||
| Blue Beetle 47/48 - Jewel Mystery Of Channel Island | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | he Blue Beetle begins an investigation of jewel robberies on an island resort. / Recovering from a hundred foot jump into the sea, the Blue Beetle captures the jewel thief. | ||||||||||||
| Casey 202 - Graveyard Gertie | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Casey and Ann meet a strange old lady in a cemetery at midnight. They also meet her strange friend Roger, a stuffed snake! The script was used previously on the series on February 25, 1946. | ||||||||||||
| Challenge of the Yukon 397 - Alibi | |||||||||||||
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| Crime Does Not Pay 49 - Horse Face | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | 'Horse Face' plans to take over the cheap nightclub owned by 'Dimes'. Two cops are murdered during the dispute, but a dying cop gives a very distinctive description of the shooter. | ||||||||||||
| Damon Runyon Theater 50 - Neat Strip | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | How Viola Rose, stripper gets mixed up with a Yale guy. | ||||||||||||
| Dick Tracy 1947-09-11 - 1152) The Case of the Low Hi-jack | |||||||||||||
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| Dragnet 168 - The Big Tear | |||||||||||||
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| Escape 226 - Carnival in Vienna | |||||||||||||
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| Frank Merriwell 102 - The Live Ghost | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A one-time coach at Yale is plagued by thieves, murderers, and arsonists. | ||||||||||||
| Fu Manchu 109 - Trapped In The King's Chamber | |||||||||||||
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| Gunsmoke 440 - About Chester | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Doc Adams has been missing for four days. Marshal Dillon and Chester set out to find him, but Chester finds trouble along the way! The script was used on the Gunsmoke television series on February 25, 1961. | ||||||||||||
| Have Gun, Will Travel 95 - Deadline | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Paladin becomes a railroad foreman and enlists the aid of Hey Boy's 'Celestial Dragon Society' to beat a construction deadline. | ||||||||||||
| Hop Harrigan 1947-09-11 1289) - The Channel Wing Plane 12 | |||||||||||||
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| Inner Sanctum Mystery 236 - The Last Story | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A story about a reporter who falls in love with the girl with the yellow eyes ... the one who's "born to kill"! | ||||||||||||
| Jeff Regan, Investigator 10 - Cain and Abel and the Santa Maria | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A little silver ship has been stolen, and Jeff has been hired to get it back. | ||||||||||||
| Let George Do It 209 - The White Elephant | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1191 - Chinook Totem Pole | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1504 - Border Smugglers | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 1817 - The Sign of the Buffalo Head, (part 2) | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2128 - Property Rights | |||||||||||||
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| The Lone Ranger 2754 - The Fourth Man | |||||||||||||
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| Lux Radio Theater 228 - The Awful Truth | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | A love-hate marriage comedy about a cheating husband being divorced from his like-minded wife. Stars: Cary Grant & Claudette Colbert. The story was used on The Lux Radio Theatre again on March 10, 1941 and January 18, 1955. | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 448 - Break of Hearts | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Orson Welles & Rita Hayworth | ||||||||||||
| Lux Radio Theater 711 - The Heiress | |||||||||||||
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| Description: | Stars: Olivia de Havilland & Louis Calhern | ||||||||||||
| Mercury Theatre 10 - Julius Caesar (Rehearsal) | |||||||||||||
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