Daily Archives: October 16, 2022

Presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bring bare fists to debate rematch 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 2012)


Video: 'Obama vs. Romney: The second 2012 presidential debate'

(Tuesday, October 16, 2012, 9:00-10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney engaged tonight in one of the most intense clashes in a televised presidential debate, with tensions between them spilling out in interruptions, personal rebukes and accusations of lying as they parried over the last four years under Obama and what the next four would look like under a President Romney. Continue reading Presidential rivals Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bring bare fists to debate rematch 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 2012)

George Harrison performs at Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1992)


Video: 'George Harrison - If Not For You (Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert - 1992)'

(Friday, October 16, 1992, concert scheduled to begin at 8:00 p.m. EDT) — During the star-studded celebration, ex-Beatle George Harrison performed “If Not for You” and “Absolutely Sweet Marie” tonight before a sold-out crowd of 18,000 at Madison Square Garden in New York City during the Bob Dylan Columbia Records 30th anniversary tribute concert. Continue reading George Harrison performs at Bob Dylan tribute concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City 30 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1992)

Cuban Missile Crisis begins as U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed that reconnaissance photographs reveal the presence of nuclear missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1962)


Video: 'Shall we wipe Cuba off the Map? | The Cuban Missile Crisis I Day 01' (October 16, 1962 at 0:23)

(Tuesday, October 16, 1962, 8:45 a.m. EDT; during the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — The Cuban Missile Crisis, a confrontation between between the United States and the Soviet Union that is often considered the closest the Cold War came to escalating into a full-scale nuclear war, began this morning when National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy informed U.S. President John F. Kennedy that a U-2 mission flown over western Cuba two days before had taken photographs of (not yet operational) Soviet nuclear missile sites. Continue reading Cuban Missile Crisis begins as U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed that reconnaissance photographs reveal the presence of nuclear missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 16 1962)