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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 - Tropical Storm Marco (pictured), recognized as the smallest tropical cyclone on record, makes landfall over in Veracruz, Mexico, where it also dissipated in the same day, only causing minimal damages.