Daily Archives: October 16, 2021

German U-boat torpedoes USS Kearny, killing 11 Americans 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #ODT (Oct 17 1941)

1940s, World War II


Video: '1941 German Torpedo Hits USS Kearney World War Two'

(Friday, October 17, 1941, 1:00 a.m. Icelandic Standard Summer Time; during the Kearny incident) — American destroyer USS Kearny (DD 432), dispatched to defend Allied convoy SC 48 from a German wolfpack, was torpedoed today on her starboard side by the German submarine U-568 while on patrol about 350 miles south and west of Iceland, but did not sink. Continue reading German U-boat torpedoes USS Kearny, killing 11 Americans 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #ODT (Oct 17 1941) →

Paul McCartney’s new group Wings completes recording sessions for debut album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1971)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Dear Friend (Home Recording I)'

(Saturday, October 16, 1971) — Former Beatle Paul McCartney and his new British-American rock band, Wings, returned to EMI Studios (Abbey Road) in London today, completing “Dear Friend” with orchestral overdubs for what would become the group’s debut album, Wild Life. Continue reading Paul McCartney’s new group Wings completes recording sessions for debut album 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1971) →

1,900 Jewish men, women and children massacred at Lubny by Nazi death squads 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1941)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'That day in Lubny'

(Thursday, October 16, 1941; during The Holocaust and Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern Front of World War II) — 1,900 Jews, including women and children, were massacred today by German Einsatzgruppen on the outskirts of Lubny in Nazi-occupied Ukraine. Continue reading 1,900 Jewish men, women and children massacred at Lubny by Nazi death squads 80 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1941) →