Daily Archives: October 29, 2022

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) →