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On this day/Today. 1799 – Jeanne Geneviève Garnerin became the first woman to make a parachute descent, falling 900 metres (3,000 ft) in the gondola of a hot air balloon. 1890 – The Uddevalla Suffrage Association was founded in Uddevalla, Sweden, with the purpose of bringing about universal suffrage. 1928 – The iron lung (example ...
2018 (Thursday) 2017 (Wednesday) 2016 (Tuesday) 2015 (Sunday) October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 81 days remain until the end of the year.
October 13. October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 79 days remain until the end of the year.
October 19. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 73 days remain until the end of the year.
November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar ; 56 days remain until the end of the year.
1962 – The Columbus Day Storm strikes the U.S. Pacific Northwest with record wind velocities. There was at least U.S. $230 million in damages and 46 people died. 1963 – After nearly 23 years of imprisonment, Reverend Walter Ciszek, a Jesuit missionary, was released from the Soviet Union.
1974 – Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. 1978 – Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia. 1982 – Poland bans Solidarity and all other trade unions.
October 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Cinnamon Roll Day (Sweden and Finland) Day of Peace and Reconciliation (Mozambique) Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Lesotho from the United Kingdom in 1966. The beginning of World Space Week (International) World Animal Day.