Monthly Archives: November 2020

Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: '912 days of the Warsaw Ghetto' (Nov. 15, 1940, at 5:53)

(Friday, November 15, 1940; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — The Warsaw Ghetto in occupied Poland, the largest of all the Nazi ghettos during World War II, was officially sealed today by a 9.8-foot high wall topped with barbed wire, cutting off 380,000 Jews from the rest of the world. Continue reading Germans seal off Warsaw Ghetto, cutting off 380,000 Jews 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 15 1940) →

Marshall University football players among 75 people killed in West Virginia plane crash 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1970)

1970s


Video: 'Southern airways Flight 932 - 1970'

(Saturday, November 14, 1970, 7:36 p.m. EST) — Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed tonight into a hillside near Kenova, West Virginia, killing all 75 people aboard, including 37 players and 5 coaches from the Marshall University football team. Continue reading Marshall University football players among 75 people killed in West Virginia plane crash 50 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1970) →

Former Beatle John Lennon records last musical performance 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1980)

1980s, Popular Music 1980s, The Beatles 1980s


Video: 'You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love) [14 November 1980]'

(Friday, November 14, 1980) — Three days before the release of Double Fantasy, his first studio album in five years (with his wife, Yoko Ono), former Beatle John Lennon recorded an electric guitar demo for his song “You Saved My Soul (With Your True Love)” today at his home at The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Continue reading Former Beatle John Lennon records last musical performance 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1980) →

Pilot Eugene B. Ely becomes first aviator to take off from a ship 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1910)

1910s


Video: 'How Eugene Ely Performed The First Ever Flight From A Ship | Wings Of War'

(Monday, November 14, 1910, 3:32 p.m. local time) — Pilot Eugene B. Ely became the first aviator to take off from a ship today as his Curtiss Pusher rolled off a sloping platform on the deck of the scout cruiser USS Birmingham off Hampton Roads, Virginia, paving the way towards the development of aircraft carriers as part of modern naval fleets. Continue reading Pilot Eugene B. Ely becomes first aviator to take off from a ship 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1910) →

German planes destroy 60,000 buildings in English town of Coventry 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1940)

1940s, World War II


Video: 'Coventry Aka Coventry Cathedral (1940)'

(Thursday, November 14, 1940, 7:20 p.m.-Friday, November 15, 1940, 6:15 a.m. BST; during the Coventry Blitz on the Western Front of World War II) — A massive night time raid tonight on Coventry, England, by 437 German He 111 bombers, dubbed Operation Mondscheinsonate (Moonlight Sonata), killed 568 (the exact figure was never precisely confirmed) people, injured another 863 and destroyed 60,000 buildings (including the city’s 14th Century cathedral). Continue reading German planes destroy 60,000 buildings in English town of Coventry 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1940) →

‘Georgia on My Mind’ by Ray Charles peaks at #1 in USA 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 14 1960)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s

(Monday, November 14, 1960) — “Georgia on My Mind” by Ray Charles peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
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