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History Streak #14 answers
September 27, 2026 · Starting event: The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, is released (1994)
The full timeline
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1066War
William, Duke of Normandy, assembles a fleet (around 700 warships) at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, in readiness for an invasion of England
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1653
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1849Books
American author Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore under mysterious circumstances; it was the last time he was seen in public before his death four days later
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1881Politics
President James A. Garfield dies eleven weeks after being shot. Vice President Chester A. Arthur becomes the 21st president of the United States
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1894Religion
Wedding of Nicholas II of Russia and Alix of Hesse in the Grand Church of the Winter Palace at Saint Petersburg
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1903Sport
Atlético Madrid is founded as a professional association football club in Spain
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1930
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1939Politics
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom arrive in Quebec City, to begin the first-ever tour of Canada by Canada's monarch
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1945War
Hermann Göring surrenders himself to the United States Army near Radstadt
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1963History
Malcolm X makes a historic speech in Detroit, Michigan ("Message to the Grass Roots")
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1967Disaster
Jim Morrison and The Doors defy CBS censors on The Ed Sullivan Show, when Morrison sings the word "higher" from their #1 hit Light My Fire, despite having been asked not to
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1980
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1982Disaster
Princess Grace of Monaco dies after having suffered a car crash a few days previously
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1991Sport
Michael Schumacher, regarded as one of the greatest Formula One drivers in history, makes his Formula One debut at the Belgian Grand Prix
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1994FilmStarting event
The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, is released
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1997
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2003
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2005
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2008History
Iron Man is released in theaters, starting the Marvel Cinematic Universe
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2017
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2019Film
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, directed by Quentin Tarantino, is released