October 11

Today in History
• 1138 - Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, kills an estimated 230,000
• 1737 - Earthquake reported to have killed 300,000 and destroyed half of Calcutta in India
• 1811 - The Juliana, 1st steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation
• 1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland
• 1881 - David Houston patents roll film for cameras
• 1887 - A Miles patents elevator
• 1890 - Daughters of American Revolution founded
• 1922 - First woman FBI "special investigator", Alaska Davidson, appointed


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Emergency Nurses Day
• General Pulaski Memorial Day
• It's My Party Day
• National Bring Your Teddy Bear to School Day
• ?National Fossil Day
• National Pet Obesity Day
• National Sausage Pizza Day
• Southern Food Heritage Day

Birthdays
• 1593 - Nicolaas Tulp, Mayor of Amsterdam (1654-71)
• 1611 - Hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome
• 1671 - Frederik IV, King of Denmark and Norway (1699-1730)
• 1738 - Arthur Phillip, British admiral, 1st Governor of New South Wales (1788-92)
• 1758 - Wilhelm Olbers, astronomer and physician, discovered asteroids (Pallas and Vesta)
• 1821 - George Williams, English philanthropist and founder of YMCA
• 1844 - Henry John Heinz, entrepreneur who founded prepared-foods company
• 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, American diplomat, activist and First Lady of the United States