October 11th
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- 1138 Earthquake in Aleppo, Syria, results in approximately 230,000 deaths, becoming one of the deadliest natural disasters in history.
- 1883 U.S. and Canadian railroads adopt a five time-zone system based on the Allegheny Observatory, standardizing time in North America.
- 1960 Hurricane devastates East-Pakistan, now Bangladesh, killing approximately 6,000 people.
- 2018 World's new longest flight takes off from Singapore to Newark, New Jersey, with a flight duration of 17 hours and 52 minutes.
- 1869 Thomas Edison files for a patent on his first invention, an electric vote-counting machine, though Congress does not adopt it.
- 1984 Mario Lemieux makes his NHL debut for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Boston Bruins, scoring on his first shot.
- 1975 ‘Saturday Night Live’ premieres on NBC, becoming an iconic comedy show in American television.
