Daily Archives: September 29, 2012

Starr returns to Liverpool to complete TV special 20 years ago today (1992)


Video: 'Ringo Starr - Going Home' (performances captured on July 6, 1992; interviews were done Sept. 29,1992)

(Tuesday, September 29, 1992) — Ex-Beatle Ringo Starr returned to his birthplace of Liverpool today to film a walking tour of the city for the Disney Channel television special Ringo Starr: Going Home, featuring clips from a July 6 concert with his All-Starr band before 2,300 people at the Empire Theatre

Girl, 12, dies in first Chicago Tylenol murder 30 years ago today (1982)


Video: 'Chicago Tylenol Murders'

(Wednesday, September 29, 1982) — Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide claimed the first of seven victims in the Chicago area today, twelve-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village, Illinois. To date, the case remains unsolved.

‘My Fair Lady’ closes on Broadway after record 2,717 performances 50 years ago today (1962)


Video: 'My Fair Lady "Wouldn't It Be Lovely" on The Ed Sullivan Show' (Mar. 19, 1961)

(Saturday, September 29, 1962) — The musical My Fair Lady closed on Broadway (at The Broadway Theatre) today after 2,717 performances, a record at the time.