1737 - Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta India
1852 - The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland
1941 – Beginning of the People’s Uprising in Macedonia.
MACEDONIAN PEOPLE'S UPRISING DAY
1960 - Hurricane ravages East-Pakistan (6,000 die)
1968 - Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele & Cunningham) made 163 orbits in 260 hours
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CHILD
