Video: 'the beach boys - don't back down ( alternate take ) 1964'
(Wednesday, April 29, 1964, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. PDT) — The Beach Boys completed five tracks today for their album All Summer Long at Western Recorders studio in Hollywood: “Don’t Back Down,” “Drive-In,” “Carl’s Big Chance,” “Hushabye” and “Wendy.” Continue reading The Beach Boys complete five tracks for ‘All Summer Long’ album 50 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1964)
Video: 'John Lennon & Harry Nilsson in Central Park'
(Sunday, April 28, 1974) — Former Beatle John Lennon appeared briefly with Harry Nilsson today at a March of Dimes benefit concert in New York’s Central Park.
Video: 'The Funeral of President Nixon'
(Wednesday, April 27, 1994, 4:00 p.m. PDT) — Former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon was remembered at an outdoor funeral service today attended by all five of his successors at the Nixon presidential library in Yorba Linda, California. Nixon, who had served from 1969 to 1974, had passed away Apr. 22, 1994, at the age of 81 of natural causes.
Video: 'The Beatles - "Love Me Do" / "P.S. I Love You" (U.S. Mono Single - Tollie)'
(Monday, April 27, 1964) — The single “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” by The Beatles was released today in the U.S.on the Tollie label.
Video: '1994 Death/Arrival in California of President Richard Nixon 1of6'
(Tuesday, April 26, 1994, 12:30 p.m. PDT) — In a scene worthy of “King Lear,” the usually sunny California sky unleashed thunder, lightning, rain and hail today as the body of former U.S. President Richard Nixon returned to his birthplace in a plain wooden coffin covered by a flag for burial on Apr. 27, 1994. Nixon, who had served from 1969 to 1974, had passed away Apr. 22, 1994, at the age of 81. Continue reading Nixon’s body flown west for burial 20 years ago this hour (Apr 26 1994)
Video: 'Vietnam a Television History Episode 1' (Geneva Conference at 51:54)
(Monday, April 26, 1954; during the First Indochina War, part of the Cold War) — The Geneva Conference, organized to find a way to settle outstanding issues on the Korean peninsula and to unify Vietnam and discuss the possibility of restoring peace in Indochina, convened today in Geneva, Switzerland.
Video: 'Seven Samurai' trailer
(Monday, April 26, 1954) — Seven Samurai, a 1954 Japanese period adventure drama film about a poor village that recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves from bandits, opened today in Japan.
Directed by Akira Kurosawa, the film starred Takashi Shimura and Toshiro Mifune.
(Friday, April 26, 1994, 8:15 p.m. JST) — China Airlines Flight 140, a Taiwanese Airbus A-300, crashed tonight while landing in Nagoya, Japan, killing 264 people. There were seven survivors (click here for a video report).
Video: 'Wrigley Field: Historic Moments - Trailer'
(Thursday, April 23, 1914) — Chicago’s Wrigley Field, then called Weeghman Park, hosted its first major league game today as the Chicago Federals defeated the Kansas City Packers 9-1.
Video: 'Joseph McCarthy Congressional Hearings'
(Thursday, April 22, 1954; during the Second Red Scare) — The McCarthy-Army hearings, a Senate hearing derived from Senator Joseph McCarthy’s hunt for communists in the United States, were televised live beginning today, continuing through June 17, 1954.
