Category Archives: 2010s

245 people killed in Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 2013)

2010s


Video: 'Brazil Nightclub Fire Kills 245 People (January 27, 2013)'

(Sunday, January 27, 2013, 2:00-2:30 a.m. Brasília Summer Time) — Flames raced through a crowded nightclub in southern Brazil early today killing 245 people as panicked partygoers gasped for breath in the smoke-filled air, stampeding toward a single exit partially blocked by those already dead. Continue reading 245 people killed in Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 27 2013) →

President Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden publicly sworn in for second terms 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 2013)

2010s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Inauguration of Barack Obama 2013'

(Monday, January 21, 2013, 11:50 a.m. EST) — President Barack Hussein Obama II of Illinois re-took the oath of office today for a second term as the 44th president of the United States at the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Continue reading President Barack Obama, VP Joe Biden publicly sworn in for second terms 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 21 2013) →

Gunman, 20, kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then takes his own life 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 2012)

2010s


Video: 'LIVE: State police in CT address school shooting'

(Friday, December 14, 2012, approximately 9:35-9:40 a.m. EST; during the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting ) — A gunman with a semi-automatic rifle killed 20 first-graders and six adult staff members today at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then took his own life as police arrived. Continue reading Gunman, 20, kills 20 first-graders and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, then takes his own life 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 14 2012) →

Music royalty rocks out for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York City 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 2012)

2010s, movies 2010s, Popular Music 2010s, Television 2010s


Video: '12-12-12 The Concert For Sandy Relief Parte 1'

(Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 7:30 p.m.-Thursday, December 13, 1:20 a.m. EST) — 12-12-12: The Concert for Sandy Relief, a benefit concert held in response to Hurricane Sandy, which devastated portions of the Northeastern United States, the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic in late October 2012, was held tonight at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Continue reading Music royalty rocks out for Sandy Relief at Madison Square Garden in New York City 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Dec 12 2012) →

At least 117 people killed after fire sweeps through clothing factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 2012)

2010s


Video: 'Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Leaves 112 Dead'

(Saturday, November 24, 2012, 6:50 p.m. Bangladesh Standard Time; during the 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire) — At least 117 people died and over 200 were injured tonight and Sunday in a fire at a garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, the deadliest factory fire in the nation’s history. Continue reading At least 117 people killed after fire sweeps through clothing factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 24 2012) →

U.S. President Barack Obama re-elected over Republican Mitt Romney 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 2012)

2010s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'ABC NEWS - ELECTION NIGHT- 2012 (7.00 P.M E.T - 2.00 A.M E.T)'

(Tuesday, November 6, 2012; during the 2012 United States presidential election) — Democratic President Barack Obama of Illinois was re-elected the 44th president of the United States today, defeating Republican former Governor Mitt Romney of Massachusetts. Continue reading U.S. President Barack Obama re-elected over Republican Mitt Romney 10 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Nov 6 2012) →

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) →

President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bristle on foreign policy in third and final debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 2012)

2010s, U.S. Presidents


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

(Monday, October 22, 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 wrapped up a series of three presidential debates tonight with a bristling exchange over America’s place in the world as each sought to portray the other as an unreliable commander in chief in a dangerous era. Continue reading President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney bristle on foreign policy in third and final debate 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 22 2012) →

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

2010s, U.S. Presidents


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) →

Vice President Biden and Paul Ryan quarrel aggressively in VP debate, offering contrasts 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 2012)

2010s, Television 2010s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Biden vs. Ryan: The 2012 vice presidential debate'

(Thursday, October 11, 2012, 9:00–10:30 p.m. EDT; during the 2012 United States presidential election campaign) — Vice President Joe Biden and Representative Paul Ryan fiercely quarreled at the only vice-presidential debate of the general election campaign tonight in Newlin Hall on the campus of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. Continue reading Vice President Biden and Paul Ryan quarrel aggressively in VP debate, offering contrasts 10 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Oct 11 2012) →