Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/October/7

October 7

• 1737 - The
  1737 Calcutta cyclone hit Calcutta, India killing at least 3,000 people. Until recently, it was thought that this natural disaster was an earthquake and not a tropical cyclone
  .
• 2008 -
  Veracruz, Mexico
  , where it also dissipated in the same day, only causing minimal damages.