Monthly Archives: October 2022

United States explodes first hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1952)

1950s, Cold War


Video: 'Operation IVY MIKE 1952'

(Saturday, November 1, 1952, 7:15 a.m. local time/Friday, October 31, 1952, at 7:15 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time; during the Cold War) — The United States exploded the world’s first hydrogen bomb, code-named “Ivy Mike,” the first full-scale test of a thermonuclear device, today on the island of Elugelab in Enewetak Atoll in the now independent island nation of the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific. Continue reading United States explodes first hydrogen bomb at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands 70 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 1 1952) →

‘White Christmas’ by Bing Crosby peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Oct 31 1942)

1940s, Christmas, Popular Music 1940s

(Saturday, October 31, 1942) — “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby with Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Best Sellers in Stores chart for the first of eleven weeks (Oct. 31, Nov. 7/14/21/28, Dec. 5/12/19/26, 1942, Jan. 2/9, 1943). Continue reading ‘White Christmas’ by Bing Crosby peaks at #1 in USA 80 years ago today (Oct 31 1942) →

Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III following Il Duce’s ‘March on Rome’ 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1922)

1920s


Video: '31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally comes to power'

(Tuesday, October 31, 1922) — Fascism came to Italy today as the cabinet of Prime Minister Benito Mussolini took the oath of office and formally assumed control of the government. Continue reading Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini is appointed prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel III following Il Duce’s ‘March on Rome’ 100 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 31 1922) →

U.S. Vice President James Sherman, 57, dies of Bright’s disease in Utica, New York, just six days before presidential election 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1912)

1910s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ebru Today-DC Connection-27th Vice President James S. Sherman'

(Wednesday, October 30, 1912, 9:12 p.m. EST; during the 1912 United States presidential election campaign) — U.S. Vice President James S. Sherman, currently seeking a second consecutive term of office on the Republican Party ticket with incumbent President William Howard Taft, died tonight of Bright’s disease — a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis — in Utica, New York, just six days before Election Day. Continue reading U.S. Vice President James Sherman, 57, dies of Bright’s disease in Utica, New York, just six days before presidential election 110 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1912) →

Superstorm Sandy slams ashore in New Jersey and slowly marches inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 2012)

2010s


Video: 'Superstorm Sandy' (20 videos)

(Monday, October 29, 2012, approximately 7:30 p.m. EDT; part of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane and 2012–13 North American winter seasons) — The storm that began as Hurricane Sandy and hit several Caribbean countries made landfall tonight in New Jersey — after being reclassified as a still-powerful post-tropical cyclone — and slowly marched inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages. Continue reading Superstorm Sandy slams ashore in New Jersey and slowly marches inland, devastating coastal communities and causing widespread power outages 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 2012) →

The Beatles tape second-ever TV appearance for ‘People And Places’ in Manchester, England 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1962)

1960s, Popular Music 1960s, Television 1960s, The Beatles 1960s


Video: 'The Beatles People and Places November 2 1962'

(Monday, October 29, 1962, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time) — Twelve days after their television debut on the People And Places show, The Beatles returned to Granada TV Centre in Manchester today to tape a second performance for airing on Nov. 2, 1962, at 6:30 p.m. GMT. Continue reading The Beatles tape second-ever TV appearance for ‘People And Places’ in Manchester, England 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1962) →

17,000 Jews murdered as Nazis begin liquidating Pinsk ghetto in eastern Poland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1942)

1940s, The Holocaust, World War II


Video: 'The World at War Extra 8 The Final Solution Auschwitz 5/6' (Rivka Yosselevska describes Pinsk ghetto liquidation at 10:49)

(Thursday, October 29, 1942, 6:30 a.m. Central European Summer Time; during The Holocaust, part of World War II) — Liquidation of the Pinsk Ghetto, a Nazi ghetto created by Nazi Germany for the confinement of Jews living in the city of Pinsk in eastern Poland, began this morning as soldiers of an SS detachment poured into the ghetto, armed with clubs, double-headed axes and accompanied by dogs. Continue reading 17,000 Jews murdered as Nazis begin liquidating Pinsk ghetto in eastern Poland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1942) →