The 27th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves. Noel Neill takes over the role of Lois Lane in the second season premiere.
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The 28th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Hugh Beaumont (Leave It To Beaver) guest stars.
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The 29th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Lawrence Dobkin guest stars.
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The 30th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Lane Bradford guest stars.
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The 31st episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Vera Marshe guest stars.
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The 32nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Peter Mamakos guest stars.
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The 33rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Leon Askin guest stars.
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The 34th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Leonard Mudie guest stars.
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The 35th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Ben Welden guest stars.
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The 36th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Carleton Young guest stars.
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The 37th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Frank Scannell guest stars.
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The 38th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Jonathan Hale guest stars.
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The 39th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Sterling Holloway guest stars.
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The 40th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Damian O’Flynn guest stars.
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The 41st episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Tito Vuolo guest stars.
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The 42nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Billy Wayne guest stars.
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The 43rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Tyler MacDuff guest stars.
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The 44th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Elisha Cook Jr. and Paul Fix guest star.
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The 45th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Steve Pendleton guest stars.
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The 46th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. William Forrest guest stars.
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The 47th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Vic Perrin (The Outer Limits) guest stars.
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The 48th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Herb Vigran guest stars.
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The 49th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Virginia Christine guest stars.
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The 50th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Lawrence Ryle guest stars.
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The United States’ thermonuclear testing program Operation Castle commences with the first detonation, code named Castle Bravo, on a reef near Bikini Atoll. The most powerful hydrogen bomb detonation carried out by the American military during the 20th century, Castle Bravo has a yield of 15 megatons, three times greater than predicted, with a blast radius of over four miles. Radioactive fallout spreads over 7,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean, including neighboring islands and a Japanese fishing boat, with both populations showing symptoms of radiation sickness shortly afterward, forcing evacuations and later reparations.
The 51st episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Sterling Holloway guest stars.
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The 52nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Judy Nugent guest stars in the second season finale, and the final episode of the series to be filmed in black & white.
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The fifth episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Defense Plant Gambling, is the first television script sold by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. 
Formerly the Weather Bureau-Army-Navy Severe Weather Unit, the recently-renamed Severe Local Storms Warning Service (SELS) relocates from Washington D.C. to Kansas City, Missouri. The new location puts the SELS closer to the American midwest, a hotbed of severe weather during the spring months, as well as placing it in close proximity to a major telecommunications hub (at this point, the SELS is reliant almost entirely on teletype transmissions). Additionally, precise definitions of what constitutes a severe thunderstorm (winds in excess of 50mph, wind gusts in excess of 75mph, and hail in excess of an inch in diameter) are established, as well as a concerted effort to target its weather bulletins to more precise geographic regions.
The 28th episode of the syndicated series Mr. District Attorney, starring David Brian, is broadcast in the United States. This story, titled Wife Killer, is future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry‘s second television script sale. Roddenberry is moonlighting as a novice TV writer while still on active duty with the Los Angeles Police Department. Due to Roddenberry’s current police employment, the episode is credited to his pseudonym, Robert Wesley. Though no longer commercially available, the original film prints are held by the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
The first Godzilla movie, Gojira, debuts in Japan. Directed by Ishiro Honda and starring Akira Takarada, Momoko Kochi and Akihiko Hirata, the film is intended to be an allegory to the ravages of the atomic bomb rather than the beginning of a franchise (though the door is clearly left open to a sequel by dialogue at the close of the movie). The franchise proper will not begin until the first sequel five years later. In the meantime, an American dub of the movie attracts worldwide attention to Gojira, eventually rechristening the character Godzilla for much of the world. 
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The first episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre premieres on stations across the U.S. Unusually for its day, the series is filmed in color (Ziv’s way of future-proofing the show with the widespread adoption of color TV roughly a decade away). The episode stars William Lundigan, the future star of another Ziv-produced science fiction series, Men Into Space.
The second episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre premieres on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Don DeFore and Warren Stevens.
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The third episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Richard Arlen and Jess Barker.
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The 53rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Sterling Holloway guest stars in the third season premiere, and the first episode of the series to be filmed in color.
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