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1956
Science Fiction Theatre: Man Who Didn’t Know

Science Fiction TheatreThe 51st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Arthur Franz and Susan Cummings.

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Science Fiction Theatre: End Of Tomorrow

Science Fiction TheatreThe 52nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Christopher Dark and Diana Douglas.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Phantom Car

Science Fiction TheatreThe 53rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars John Archer and Rachel Ames.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Beam Of Fire

Science Fiction TheatreThe 54th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Frank Morris and Wayne Gerstle.

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DuMont goes dark

DuMont Television NetworkThe first American TV network to go out of business transmits its final broadcast, a live boxing match from New York. The DuMont Television Network has simply run out of money, despite countless innovations that will be adopted by its competitors in years to come: the first made-for-TV movie, the first sitcom, the first soap opera, the first interstate coax cable link between stations (connecting the east coast to St. Louis), and the first to sell ad time within a single show to multiple advertisers, rather than letting a single advertiser sponsor an entire show (usually controlling the content as well). DuMont was also home to the first American science fiction TV series, Captain Video and his Video Rangers, which thrilled young viewers between 1949 and 1955. The DuMont Network goes off the air after operating for only ten years. The DuMont name continues to be used by its core of owned-and-operated stations in major cities, though that business unit will eventually rename itself Metropolitan Media, and later Metromedia. (Ironically, the Metromedia stations will eventually be purchased by the nascent Fox Broadcasting Company in the 1980s, becoming the core of another upstart TV network.)

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Legend of Crater Mountain

Science Fiction TheatreThe 55th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marilyn Erskine and Bradford Jackson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Living Lights

Science Fiction TheatreThe 56th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Skip Homeier and Joan Sinclair.

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The first hard disk drive

IBM RAMACIBM announces the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting) mainframe, a computer as large as two refrigerators, containing the new 350 Disk Storage Unit, the world’s first hard disk drive. The nearly-six-foot-high drive consists of a huge metal case surrounding a towering stack of 50 double-sided magnetic platters, adding up to a total capacity of four megabytes. In 1958, IBM will introduce the option to double capacity by adding a second stack of drive platters to the casing. The 305 RAMAC and 350 Disk Storage Unit together weigh over a ton, and are leased to IBM’s clients for $3,200 per month.

Science Fiction Theatre: Jupitron

Science Fiction TheatreThe 57th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bill Williams and Toni Gerry.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Throwback

Science Fiction TheatreThe 58th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Peter Hansen and Ed Kemmer.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Miracle Of Doctor Dove

Science Fiction TheatreThe 59th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Gene Lockheart, Cyril Delevanti, and Rhodes Reason.

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Science Fiction Theatre: One Thousand Eyes

Science Fiction TheatreThe 60th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Vincent Price and Jean Byron.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Brain Unlimited

Science Fiction TheatreThe 61st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Arthur Franz and Diana Douglas.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Death At My Fingertips

Science Fiction TheatreThe 62nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars June Lockhart (Lost In Space).

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Science Fiction Theatre: Survival In Box Canyon

Science Fiction TheatreThe 63rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars DeForest Kelley (Star Trek) and Bruce Bennett.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Voice

Science Fiction TheatreThe 64th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Donald Curtis and Kristine Miller.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Three Minute Mile

Science Fiction TheatreThe 65th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marshall Thompson and Martin Milner.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Last Barrier

Science Fiction TheatreThe 66th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars William Ching and Tom McKee.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Signals From The Moon

Science Fiction TheatreThe 67th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bruce Bennett and Michael Fox.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Doctor Robot

Science Fiction TheatreThe 68th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Peter Hansen and Whit Bissell.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Human Circuit

Science Fiction TheatreThe 69th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marshall Thompson and William Ching.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Miracle Hour

Science Fiction TheatreThe 70th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Dick Foran and Jean Byron.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Sun Gold

Science Fiction TheatreThe 71st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marilyn Erskine and Ross Elliott.

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1957
Science Fiction Theatre: Facsimile

Science Fiction TheatreThe 72nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Arthur Franz and Donald Curtis.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Killer Tree

Science Fiction TheatreThe 73rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bill Williams and Bonita Granville.

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