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April 30, 1939 –On a very hot New York Sunday, The 1939 World’s Fair had its grand opening, with 200,000 people in attendance. The April 30 date coincided with the anniversary of George Washington’s inauguration as President in New York City. Although many of the pavilions and other facilities were not quite ready for thisContinue reading “The 1939 World’s Fair”

April 29, 1979 – ABC TV cancelled the series Battlestar Galactica earlier in the month, making the episode that aired on this date, The Hand of God, the last episode of the series. Apollo reveals that the Galactica was launched “over 500 yahren ago.” According to BattlestarWiki, fans have established a “yahren” (equivalent to aContinue reading “The finale of Battlestar Galactica – the original series”

April 29, 1964 – The Toho Studios released their first cross-over monster movie Mosura tai Gojira (Godzilla vs. the Thing (Mothra)) in Japan on this date. This is the first Godzilla film without newly-shot American footage added for the American release. 1964 was the only year when Toho released two Godzilla movies in the sameContinue reading “The premiere of Mosura tai Gojira”

April 29, 1961 –ABC’s Wide World of Sports, debuted on this date. Rather than focus on one sport, it presented a variety of athletic events in one show. Each week, Wide World of Sports transported the viewer across the United States and around the world. In addition to presenting races, bouts, and meets (often liveContinue reading “ABC’s Wide World of Sports premiered”

April 29, 2005 –Buena Vista releases a somewhat confusing (for the uninformed) but amusing version of Douglas Adams classic sci-fi classic, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, starring Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def, Zooey Deschanel and the voices of Stephen Fry and Alan Rickman on this date. This was the ninth version of theContinue reading “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy premiered”

Today is International Dance Day. The date was chosen in commemoration of the death of the greatly influential dancer, choreographer and innovator Jean-Georges Noverre (1727-1810). The goals of Dance Day are to increase the awareness of the importance of dance among the general public, as well as to persuade governments all over the world toContinue reading “We’ve got a lot of celebrating to do”

April 28, 1945 –Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were captured by partisan fighters and executed (castrated and hung upside down on a meat hook – well, Mussolini had his junk removed – Clara, well, she just got hung.) Just because you can get the trains to run on time does notContinue reading “Il Duce met his end”

April 28, 1985 –The first single from Bryan Ferry’s album Boys and Girls, Slave To Love, was released on this date. The album, Boys and Girls, featured many brilliant guitarists, including Dire Straits’ Mark Knopfler, Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour, Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bryan Adams‘ guitarist Keith Scott.

April 28, 1941 –… I was always taught that you don’t think you are anything special ’cause there’s always someone who is more special than you. Just be the best you that you can be.. Ann-Margret Olsson, actress, singer and dancer, was born on this date.

April 28, 1975 –Former Beatle Ringo Starr appeared NBC-TV’s The Smothers Brothers Show performing his No No Song with hosts Tom and Dick Smothers, on this date. Later that evening, Tom Snyder interviewed ex-Beatle John Lennon on The Tomorrow Show on April 8, 1975. The show was broadcast on this date. At the time, noContinue reading “A plethora of Beatles”