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Cavalcade of Stars – two episodes hosted by Jerry Lester (June 3, 1950, and another 1950 show, although it has been suggested that the latter is a collection of skits from two episodes) and several hosted by Jackie Gleason (clips from August 19 and September 2, 1950; August 26, 1950, October 10, 1951, and clips of one or two other episodes)
Throughout the middle of the twentieth century, the Cold War tensions between the United States of America and the Soviet Union heightened. [1] In an effort to boost American citizens' confidence in their government, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower decided to become involved in the Space Race and in the late 1950s launched Project Mercury. [1]
One of the later examples of lost TV shows, this was a Christmas calendar originally broadcast on Danish television by DR. Half of the 24 episodes were wiped some time in the mid-80s, as were many of DR's productions made before 1987, where DR made an agreement with "Statens Mediesamling" to archive all future productions. The Let's Go Show
After the Apollo 1 fire took the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee on January 27, 1967, Bergman discovered and revealed the existence of a NASA document that became known as the Phillips Report, which led to a minor scandal complicating NASA's recovery from the fire, and causing administrator James E. Webb much ...
1 Yuri Gagarin: 12 April 1961 Vostok 1: First crewed spaceflight. Reached Low Earth Orbit (LEO), flew around the Earth one time. 2 Alan Shepard (1) 5 May 1961 Mercury-Redstone 3 : First American crewed spaceflight. Did not reach Earth orbit, maximum altitude: 187 km (116 miles). [1] [2] 3 Gus Grissom (1) 21 July 1961 Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty ...
September 18 – The Paul Winchell Show debuts on NBC with the title The Speidel Show. October 4 – Four Star Revue debuts on NBC (1950–1953). [4] October 5 – The comedy quiz show You Bet Your Life, featuring Groucho Marx, premieres (1950–1961). October 12 – The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show debuts (1950–1958).
Apollo 1, initially designated AS-204, was planned to be the first crewed mission of the Apollo program, [1] the American undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. It was planned to launch on February 21, 1967, as the first low Earth orbital test of the Apollo command and service module .
The Joan Edwards Show: DuMont: July 4, 1950 November 19 Starlit Time: DuMont: April 9, 1950 November 20 The Susan Raye Show: DuMont: October 2, 1950 November 25 Country Style: DuMont: July 29, 1950 December 1 TV Shopper: DuMont: November 1, 1948 December 15 Hold That Camera: DuMont: August 27, 1950 Unknown date Cartoon Teletales: ABC 1948 The ...