Today in history: October 28, 'Perfect Storm' forms east of Nova Scotia. Also on this date, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. PUBLISHED: October 28, 2026 at 4:00 AM EDT Today is Wednesday, Oct. 28, the 301st day of 2026. There are 64 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 28, 1991, what became known as "The Perfect Storm" began forming hundreds of miles east of Nova Scotia; lost at sea during the storm were the six crew members of the Andrea Gail, a fishing boat from Gloucester, Massachusetts. Also on this date: In 1636, the General Court of Massachusetts passed a legislative act establishing Harvard College. In 1858, Rowland Hussey Macy opened his first New York store at Sixth Avenue and 14th Street in Manhattan. In 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France, was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. In 1919, Congress passed the Volstead Act, which provided the means for enforcement of a Prohibition-era ban on alcohol, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt rededicated the Statue of Liberty on its 50th anniversary. In 1962, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev informed the United States that he had ordered the dismantling of missile bases in Cuba; in return, the U.S. secretly agreed to remove nuclear missiles from U.S. installations in Turkey as the two superpowers brought an end to the Cuban missile crisis. In 2001, the families of people killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in New York gathered at ground zero in lower Manhattan for a memorial service filled with prayer and song. In 2012, the San Francisco Giants won their second World Series title in three years, beating the Detroit Tigers to complete a four-game sweep. In 2018, the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the World Series in five games. In 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company was rebranding itself as Meta, an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, while keeping the Facebook name for the social network itself. In 2022, Paul Pelosi, the 82-year-old husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was severely beaten by a hammer-wielding assailant who broke into their San Francisco home. Less than three weeks later, Nancy Pelosi announced she would remain in the House but step down as speaker in the next Congress. In 2024, the Pentagon disclosed that North Korea had sent about 10,000 troops to Russia to train and likely fight against Ukraine, a move seen as piling more pressure on Ukraine's overstretched army and stoking geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific region. Today's birthdays: * Actor Jane Alexander is 87. * Actor Dennis Franz is 82. * Actor-singer Telma Hopkins is 78. * Actor Annie Potts is 74. * Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is 71. * Talk show host-comedian Sheryl Underwood is 63. * Football Hall of Famer Steve Atwater is 60. * Actor-comedian Andy Richter is 60. * Actor Julia Roberts is 59. * Football Hall of Famer Terrell Davis is 54. * Country singer Brad Paisley is 54. * Actor Joaquin Phoenix is 52. * Actor Gwendoline Christie is 48. * Actor Matt Smith is 44. * Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean is 39. * Tennis player Taylor Fritz is 28. * Actor Nolan Gould is 28.

Macy's and AHRC NYC partner to create Accessible Viewing Area on Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(R) route. AHRC New York City is providing an Accessible Viewing Area for Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade(R), for individuals with disabilities and their families. AHRC NYC's Accessible Viewing Area offers a designated Parade viewing location and access to ADA-compliant amenities to help support a comfortable and inclusive experience. Advance reservations are required. Please note that capacity is limited and registration is first come, first served. Event location details will be shared directly with confirmed attendees prior to Thanksgiving Day. Frequently asked questions. May I bring a companion? Companion registration information is provided during the registration process. When will location information be shared? Viewing location details will be sent directly to confirmed guests before Thanksgiving Day. What accommodations will be available? AHRC NYC will provide a variety of accessibility accommodations and ADA-compliant amenities. What should I bring? Detailed arrival and event information will be shared with confirmed registrants before the event. What happens if capacity is reached? Additional registrants may be placed on a waitlist if space becomes available. AHRC New York City: Advocating for people with intellectual, developmental, and other disabilities to lead full and equitable lives.

Macy's small-format Cherry Hill Route 70 store expected to close. Timing unclear. The Macy's small-format store on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, which opened in 2024, is expected to close based on updated marketing documents from the shopping center's property owner combined with new retailer announcements. To be very clear, the Cherry Hill Mall Macy's is remaining open. They are unaffected by this news. For the Route 70 small-format Macy's store, an October 15 update of the property owner's online marketing documents, identified the exact location of a recently announced Wayfair store within its Garden State Park Marketplace shopping center (which also home to Wegmans, Best Buy, Home Depot and more). The updated online leasing plan places Wayfair across two connected storefronts: the former Christmas Tree Shops and the Macy's immediately to its left. While the property owner's document indicates Macy's space will taken over by upcoming tenant Wayfair, a closing date for the Route 70 Macy's has not been announced. An interesting aspect of this is on the opposite (right) side of the former Christmas Tree Shops is Dick's Sporting Goods. That store has already announced it is closing ahead of its relocation to the new Dick's House of Sport at Cherry Hill Mall. With Christmas Tree Shops already empty and Dick's preparing to leave, those two spaces might seem like the obvious combination for Wayfair. But the square footage tells a different story. When I first worked on the Wayfair announcement with fellow local blogger Neil from the popular Facebook page "A View From Evesham", 42Freeway both did the simple math a few weeks ago using the announced store size and immediately had the same reaction: "Wow, Macy's is going to close." To explain, the former Christmas Tree Shops is listed at 50,000 square feet. The adjacent Dick's Sporting Goods space is also listed at 50,000 square feet. Combining those two would create a 100,000-square-foot store. But Wayfair's official corporate announcement says its upcoming Cherry Hill location will be 86,000 square feet. So it wouldn't "add up" that the soon to close Dick's Route 70 store was part of the Wayfair project. But guess what, guys? The Macy's unit is listed at 36,000 square feet. So if you add that to the 50,000-square-foot Christmas Tree Shops, you get exactly the 86,000 square feet Wayfair announced! So while I trust Edgewood Properties to accurately identify tenants on its own leasing documents, the square footage provides another clear piece of support for the layout shown in the updated plan. There is another interesting detail in the property's marketing materials: the shopping center is identified as fully leased. That makes me wonder whether Dick's still has an active lease it will continue paying after the Route 70 store closes. That is my interpretation of the leasing information; the document does not establish the remaining terms of Dick's lease. As for Macy's, I would imagine the store could remain open through the holiday shopping season, but that is speculation. A closing timetable remains unannounced. Shoppers also still have the much larger, full-size Macy's nearby at Cherry Hill Mall. Closing a store only about two years after opening would certainly be a short run. But in some quick research, I also found reports that Macy's recently announced the closing of its small-format Ramsey, New Jersey, location after approximately one year. For Cherry Hill, the updated property-owner plan points to Wayfair taking over the Macy's space alongside the former Christmas Tree Shops. Links and location. Macy's Route 70 Cherry Hill - Expected To Close Market Place at Garden State Park 2130 Route 70 Cherry Hill NJ 08002