Video: 'TV Land Debut, April 29, 1996'
(Monday, April 29, 1996, 8:00 p.m. EDT) — TV Land, an American basic cable and satellite television channel, launched today as a 24-hour offshoot of Nickelodeon’s successful nighttime classic television block Nick at Nite.
Video: 'The Man Who Knew Too Much' trailer
(Wednesday, April 29, 1956) — The Man Who Knew Too Much, a suspense thriller film about international spies who kidnap a doctor’s son when he stumbles on their assassination plot, premiered today the at 9th Cannes Film Festival. Continue reading ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’ opens at Cannes Film Festival 70 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1956)
Video: 'I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal Fragment)'
(Friday, April 29, 1966, approximately 7:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m. British Summer Time) — The English rock band The Beatles continued production of their seventh studio album Revolver this afternoon at EMI Studio 3 in London, as they attempted to remake John Lennon’s “I’m Only Sleeping.” Continue reading The Beatles attempt another remake of ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ 60 years ago this hour (Apr 29 1966)
Video: 'Japanese war criminals go on trial in Tokyo Newsreel PublicDomainFootage.com'
(Monday, April 29, 1946, during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East) — Former Japanese prime ministers Hideki Tojo (1941–44), Kiichiro Hiranuma (1939), Koki Hirota (1936–37) and Kuniaki Koiso (1944–45), and 24 co-defendants were indicted today in Tokyo for war crimes, ranging from the murder of thousands of Americans at Pearl Harbor, to conspiracy “to secure military, naval, political and economic domination of the whole world.” Continue reading 28 former Japanese officials go on trial in Tokyo as war criminals 80 years ago today (Apr 29 1946)
Video: 'Real archival footage from 1916 Easter Rising, Dublin'
(Saturday, April 29, 1916) — The Easter Rising armed insurrection in Dublin to push for an end to British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic collapsed today as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities. Continue reading Easter Rising collapses as Irish nationalists surrender 110 years ago today (Apr 29 1916)
