Daily Archives: May 29, 2014

‘Dial M for Murder’ opens in New York City 60 years ago today (May 29 1954)


Video: 'Dial M for Murder' trailer

(Saturday, May 29, 1954)Dial M for Murder, a crime thriller film about a straying husband who frames his wife for the murder of the man he’d hired to kill her, opened today in New York City at the Paramount theater.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, the film starred Ray Milland, Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings and John Williams.

Eisenhower deals with strain of planning D-Day 70 years ago this hour (May 29 1944)


Video: 'Ten Days to D-Day 1/7' (May 29, 1944, at 10:01)

(Monday, May 29, 1944, 8:00 a.m. British Double Summer Time (BDST)/2:00 a.m. Eastern War Time(EWT); 8 days before the Normandy landings on the Western Front of World War II) — U.S. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander in charge of the D-Day landings, perfects his golf swing, chain smokes and thinks about his family back home while at his headquarters at his headquarters near the south coast of England.   Continue reading Eisenhower deals with strain of planning D-Day 70 years ago this hour (May 29 1944)