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May 13, 2022
Dick Calkins, Co-Creator of Buck Rogers Comic Strip, Dead at 67
May 13, 1962 - Dick Calkins, who helped to create the Buck Rogers comic strip, died in Tucson, Ariz., today after a long illness. His age...
Sep 29, 2021
TV: "The Twilight Zone," 10 p.m. on CBS
Sept. 29, 1961 - Tonight on the "The Twilight Zone," a suburban dinner party is interrupted by a bulletin warning of an impending nuclear...
Sep 22, 2021
TV: Tonight on "The Twilight Zone"
Tonight's "Twilight Zone" episode: "The Arrival" Sept. 22, 1961 - Tonight on "The Twilight Zone," Federal aviation investigator Grant...
Sep 15, 2021
TV: "Twilight Zone" Season Three Premiere Tonight
Sept. 15, 1961 - On tonight's Season Three premiere of "The Twilight Zone," two survivors of an apocalyptic battle, a man (Charles...
Sep 10, 2021
Movie: "Master of the World," with Vincent Price and Charles Bronson
Sept. 10, 1961 - Arriving at local movie theatres this week is "Master of the World," a Jules Verne science-fiction drama starring...
Jul 18, 2021
Irwin Allen's "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" Opens
July 18, 1961 - Opening in local theatres today is "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," a science-fiction melodrama from 20th Century-Fox....
Jul 5, 2021
TV: Season Finale on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents"
July 4, 1961 - On tonight's season finale of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," a district attorney's ambition for higher office may ...
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