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History Streak #13 answers
September 26, 2026 · Starting event: James Cameron's Titanic is released in theaters in the United States. It will become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time (adjusted for inflation) (1997)
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1613Politics
King James I of England successfully mediates the Treaty of Knäred between Denmark and Sweden
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1795
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1893Birth
Mao Zedong, 1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China, is born
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1898Science
Marie and Pierre Curie announce the discovery of an element that they name radium
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1901Art
The first large-scale showing of Van Gogh's paintings takes place in Paris, as 71 are shown at the Bernheim-Jeune gallery, 11 years after his death
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1920Sport
The National Football League is established, as the American Professional Football Association
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1926Books
English detective story writer Agatha Christie disappears from her home in Surrey; on December 14 she is found under her husband's mistress's surname at a Harrogate hotel
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1933Exploration
The first flight over Mount Everest is made by the British Houston-Mount Everest Flight Expedition, led by the Marquis of Clydesdale, and funded by Lucy, Lady Houston
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1934History
American outlaws Bonnie and Clyde are ambushed and killed by police in Bienville Parish, Louisiana
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1959War
In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana
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1961Music
Judy Garland performs in a legendary comeback concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City
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1967Birth
Nicole Kidman, Australian-American actress, producer, and model, is born
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1970
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1977Disaster
Three members of the rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd die in a charter plane crash outside Gillsburg, Mississippi, three days after the release of their fifth studio album Street Survivors
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1990TV
The comedy television series of Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean first airs on ITV in the United Kingdom
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1993
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1994War
NFL star O. J. Simpson and his friend Al Cowlings flee from police in a white Ford Bronco. The low-speed chase ends at Simpson's Los Angeles mansion, where he surrenders
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1997FilmStarting event
James Cameron's Titanic is released in theaters in the United States. It will become the fourth highest-grossing film of all time (adjusted for inflation)
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2014Politics
Narendra Modi succeeds Manmohan Singh as the 14th Prime Minister of India
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2021
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2022