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(Wednesday, January 16, 1952) — The church and the army joined today in Paris in a glittering spectacle to honor Gen. Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, a French military hero of World War II and commander in the First Indochina War who died January 11.
Video: 'The Greatest Show on Earth' trailer
(Thursday, January 10, 1952) — The Greatest Show on Earth, a drama film set in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, premiered today in New York City. Continue reading ‘The Greatest Show on Earth’ premieres in New York 60 years ago today (1952)
(Wednesday, January 9, 1952, 12:30 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Harry S Truman summoned the nation today to “move full steam ahead” in its rearmament drive because the “threat of world war is still very real.”
The president, in his annual State of the Union message, charted a stern course of continued high taxes, greater military expansion, tougher wage-price controls, fewer civilian goods and more foreign aid.
Video: POW lists exchanged (at 3:29)
(Tuesday, December 18, 1951) — In a big step toward resolving difficilites over an armistice in the Korean War, the communists today turned over a list of 11,559 prisoners, 3,198 of them Americans, far short of United Nations estimates of 100,000 or more missing. The UN command handed the communists a list of 132,474 Chinese and North Korean prisoners.
Video: Truce line negotiations (at 8:24)
(Thursday, November 27, 1951) — Truce negotiators in the Korean War signed a ceasefire line agreement today, designating the 38th parallel as the demarcation line between North and South Korea.
Video: 'The Séance' (clip)
(Monday, November 26, 1951, 9 p.m. EST) — Lucy suddenly becomes interested in numerology and superstitions on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
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(Sunday, November 18, 1951, 6:30 p.m. ET) — See It Now, a newsmagazine and documentary series, debuted tonight on CBS-TV with the first live simultaneous coast-to-coast TV transmission.
The series was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly with Murrow serving as host.
'I Love Lucy' open
(Monday, November 5, 1951, 9 p.m.) — Lucy is deeply engrossed in a brand-new whodunit, called “The Mockingbird Mystery,” and is, understandably, a nail-biting wreck on tonight’s episode of the legendary TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
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Video: Truce talks resume (at 7:11)
(Thursday, October 25, 1951) — Allied and Communist negotiators resumed the Korean truce talks at Panmunjom today, appointing a subcommittee to study the deadlock on the position of a cease-fire line.
Video: 'Be A Pal' (clip)
(Monday, October 22, 1951, 9:00 p.m. ET) — In order to keep the honeymoon from ending with Ricky, Lucy consults a book that leads to all sorts of hilarious situations on tonight’s episode of the TV sitcom I Love Lucy.
