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A bit of October 11th history…
1737 - Earthquake kills 300,000 and destroys half of Calcutta, India
1939 - NAACP organizes legal defense and education fund
1945 - Chinese Civil War begins between Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s Communist party
1975 - “Saturday Night Live” premiers on NBC (pictured)
1992 - 1st 3-way US Presidential debate - Bush, Clinton, Perot
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