Daily Archives: October 1, 2021

Battle of Moscow begins as Germans renew drive on Russia’s largest city 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1941)

Video: '110 - A Huge New German Offensive Begins - Operation Typhoon! - WW2 - October 3, 1941' (Oct. 2, 1941, at 1:48)

(Thursday, October 2, 1941, 5:30 a.m. Moscow Standard Time; during the Battle of Moscow, part of the Eastern Front of World War II) — Having been diverted by Adolf Hitler’s order to move south to eliminate Russian forces at Kiev (which resulted in a huge triumph), German forces today resumed their advance on Moscow, largest city of the Soviet Union, with an offensive code-named Typhoon on a 370-mile sector of the Eastern Front during World War II. Continue reading Battle of Moscow begins as Germans renew drive on Russia’s largest city 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 2 1941) →

Video: 'Roger Maris 1961 - 61st Home Run as Called by Red Barber, WPIX-TV, 10/1/1961'

(Sunday, October 1, 1961, 1:46 p.m. EDT) — Baseball player Roger Maris of the New York Yankees hit his 61st home run of the season in the fourth inning of the last game of the season (against the Boston Red Sox) today at Yankee Stadium in New York, breaking Babe Ruth’s 34-year-old record of 60 set in 1927. Continue reading Roger Maris breaks Babe Ruth’s season home-run record with 61st round-tripper 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1961) →

Video: 'Majdanek Concentration Camp' (23 videos)

(Wednesday, October 1, 1941; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — Majdanek (or Lublin), a Nazi concentration and extermination camp built and operated by the SS on the outskirts of the city of Lublin during the German occupation of Poland in World War II, became operational today. Continue reading Majdanek concentration camp near Lublin in German-occupied Poland becomes operational 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 1 1941) →

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