Monthly Archives: October 2022

‘From the Beginning’ by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, October 28, 1972) — “From the Beginning” by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaked at #39 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘From the Beginning’ by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972) →

Soviets agree to remove nuclear missiles in Cuba after America pledges not to invade Caribbean island, effectively ending Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1962)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'To Save the World Takes Only One Good Man | The Cuban Missile Crisis | Day 13'

(Sunday, October 28, 1962, 9:00 a.m. EST/5:00 p.m. Moscow Standard Time; the thirteenth and final day of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — Radio Moscow announced today that the Soviet Union had accepted a proposed solution to end the Cuban Missile Crisis, releasing the text of a letter from Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev affirming that the missiles will be removed in exchange for a non-invasion pledge from the United States. Continue reading Soviets agree to remove nuclear missiles in Cuba after America pledges not to invade Caribbean island, effectively ending Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1962) →

Earliest surviving recorded interview of The Beatles conducted 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962)

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


Audio: 'The Beatles first radio interview (10/27/1962)'

(Saturday, October 27, 1962, 8:45 p.m. British Summer Time) — Members of the British rock music group The Beatles were interviewed tonight for Radio Clatterbridge at Hulme Hall in Birkenhead, England, for the radio program Sunday Spin, limited to closed-circuit broadcasting in Cleaver and Clatterbridge, two local hospitals, for broadcast the next day. Continue reading Earliest surviving recorded interview of The Beatles conducted 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962) →

American U-2 pilot shot down over Cuba by Soviet surface-to-air missile in only combatant fatality of Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Black Saturday, Nuclear War on Autopilot | The Cuban Missile Crisis | Day 12'

(Saturday, October 27, 1962, around noon EDT, day twelve of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — U.S. Air Force Maj. Rudolf Anderson Jr. became the first and only combatant fatality of the Cuban Missile Crisis today when his U-2F Dragon Lady (the third CIA U-2A, modified for air-to-air refueling) reconnaissance aircraft was shot down by one of two Soviet-supplied S-75 Dvina (NATO designation SA-2 Guideline) surface-to-air missiles that were fired at his aircraft high over Banes, Cuba. Continue reading American U-2 pilot shot down over Cuba by Soviet surface-to-air missile in only combatant fatality of Cuban Missile Crisis 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962) →

131 hostages killed as Russian special forces burst into Moscow theater held by Chechen guerrillas 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 26 2002)

2000s


Video: 'Facts About Moscow's 2002 Hostage Crisis At The Dubrovka Theater'

(Saturday, October 26, 2002, raid began at 5:20 a.m. Moscow Daylight Time; during the Moscow theater hostage crisis) — A four-day hostage siege by Chechen rebels at the crowded Dubrovka Theater in Moscow ended today with 131 of the 850 captives dead, most from a knockout gas used by Russian special forces who stormed the theater; all 40 rebels also died. Continue reading 131 hostages killed as Russian special forces burst into Moscow theater held by Chechen guerrillas 20 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 26 2002) →

U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson dares Russian ambassador to deny existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1962)

1960s, Cold War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'CUBA - ROCKET PHOTO'S SHOWN TO UNITED NATIONS - SOUND'

(Thursday, October 25, 1962, evening EST; day ten of the Cuban missile crisis, part of the Cold War) — In a dramatic confrontation today before the United Nations Security Council in New York City, U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba. Continue reading U.S. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson dares Russian ambassador to deny existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1962) →

The Beatles perform three songs for BBC radio’s ‘Here We Go’ program 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1962)

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


Video: 'BEATLES EN HERE WE GO OCT 26, 1962'

(Thursday, October 25, 1962, 8:00-8:45 p.m. British Summer Time) — The still largely known British rock music band The Beatles performed three songs tonight at Playhouse Theater in Manchester, England, for tomorrow’s 5:00 p.m. BBC Light Programme Here We Go. Continue reading The Beatles perform three songs for BBC radio’s ‘Here We Go’ program 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 25 1962) →

‘The Manchurian Candidate’ opens in New York City 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1962)

1960s, Cold War, Movies 1960s


Video: 'The Manchurian Candidate' trailer

(Wednesday, October 24, 1962; during the Cuban Missile Crisis, part of the Cold War) — The Manchurian Candidate, an American neo-noir psychological political thriller film about the son of a prominent, right-wing political family who has been brainwashed as an unwitting assassin for an international communist conspiracy, opened today at the Astor Theatre, 1537 Broadway in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Continue reading ‘The Manchurian Candidate’ opens in New York City 60 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 24 1962) →