(Saturday, October 30, 1982) — “Who Can It Be Now?” by Men at Work peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Who Can It Be Now?’ by Men at Work peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1982)
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‘Athena’ by The Who peaks at #28 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1982)
(Saturday, October 30, 1982) — “Athena” by The Who peaked at #28 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for three weeks. Continue reading ‘Athena’ by The Who peaks at #28 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 30 1982)
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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)
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)
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The Beatles tape second-ever TV appearance for ‘People And Places’ in Manchester, England 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1962)
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)
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17,000 Jews murdered as Nazis begin liquidating Pinsk ghetto in eastern Poland 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 29 1942)
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)
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‘Burning Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)
(Saturday, October 28, 1972) — “Burning Love” by Elvis Presley peaked at #2 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Burning Love’ by Elvis Presley peaks at #2 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)
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‘City of New Orleans’ by Arlo Guthrie peaks at #18 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)
(Saturday, October 28, 1972) — “City of New Orleans” by Arlo Guthrie peaked at #18 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘City of New Orleans’ by Arlo Guthrie peaks at #18 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)
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‘From the Beginning’ by Emerson, Lake & Palmer peaks at #39 in USA 50 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 28 1972)
(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)
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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)
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)
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Earliest surviving recorded interview of The Beatles conducted 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 27 1962)
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)
