On this day... October 11:

On this day...

October 11:  National Coming Out Day (international) 1142 – The Treaty of Shaoxing, ending the Jurchen campaigns against the Song Dynasty, was formally ratified when a Jin envoy visited the Southern Songcourt. 1634 – A storm tide on the coast of North Frisiacaused a massive flood that killed at least 8,000 people and split the island of Strand into three smaller islands. 1797 – French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses in the Battle of Camperdown. 1941 – Armed insurgents from the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia attacked Axis-occupied zones in the city of Prilep, beginning the National Liberation War of Macedonia. 1962 – Pope John XXIII (pictured) convened the Second Vatican Council, the first Roman Catholic ecumenical council in 92 years.