On This Very Day...

October 11th

  • 1138

    Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, results in approximately 230,000 deaths, becoming one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.

  • 1869

    Thomas Edison files for a patent on his first invention, an electric vote-counting machine, though Congress does not adopt it.

  • 1883

    U.S. and Canadian railroads adopt a five time-zone system based on the Allegheny Observatory, standardizing time in North America. Read Post →

  • 1960

    Hurricane devastates East-Pakistan, now Bangladesh, killing approximately 6,000 people.

  • 1975

    ‘Saturday Night Live’ premieres on NBC, becoming an iconic comedy show in American television.

  • 1984

    Mario Lemieux makes his NHL debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Boston Bruins, scoring on his first shot.

  • 2018

    World's new longest flight takes off from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, with a flight duration of 17 hours and 52 minutes.

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