On This Day in History October 11, 2018

Historical Events 1138  Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000 1634  Burchardi flood - "the second Grote Mandrenke" kills about 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany 1737  Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta, India 1797  Battle of Camperdown (Kamperduin): British navy defeats Dutch fleet 1945  Chinese civil war begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong's Communist Party 1962  Second Vatican Council (21st ecumenical) convened by Pope John XXIII 1986  Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Amitabh Bachchan 76th Birthday Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 - 1962) Henry John Heinz (1844 - 1919) Maria Bueno 79th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Edith Piaf (1915 - 1963) Meriwether Lewis (1774 - 1809)