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History Streak #21 answers

October 4, 2026 · Starting event: The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren (1858)

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1. 1567
   Birth

   Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer, string player, choirmaster, and priest, is born

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2. 1616
   Landmarks

   The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco

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3. 1638
   Birth

   Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher, is born

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4. 1790
   Landmarks

   The District of Columbia is established as the capital of the United States after signature of the Residence Act

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5. 1795
   Politics

   The Batavian Republic was established the day after William V fled the Dutch Republic as a result of the Batavian Revolution in Amsterdam

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6. 1812
   Books

   Wilhelm Grimm publishes The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats

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7. 1833
   Politics

   United States President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President elect Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina's defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis

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8. 1850
   History

   United States senator Daniel Webster delivered a speech advocating compromise on slavery, which proved to be unpopular with abolitionists in his home state

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9. 1858
   ReligionStarting event

   The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren

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10. 1888
    Art

    Lawrence Alma-Tadema paints The Roses of Heliogabalus

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11. 1924
    TV

    The Royal Greenwich Observatory begins broadcasting the hourly time signals known as the Greenwich Time Signal

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12. 1932
    War

    Last day of the Battle of Boquerón between Paraguay and Bolivia during the Chaco War

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13. 1936
    Books

    The trilogy The Adventure Girls, by the children's author Clair Blank, was copyrighted by A. L. Burt

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14. 1941
    War

    Fântâna Albă massacre: Between two hundred and two thousand Romanian civilians are killed by Soviet Border Troops

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15. 1959
    Space

    The Soviet Luna 1, the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon, was launched by a Vostok rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome

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16. 1993
    Music

    Deep Purple releases the album The Battle Rages On

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17. 1997
    Disaster

    Comair Flight 3272 crashes in Raisinville Township in Monroe County, Michigan, killing 29 people

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18. 1998
    Business

    The Key brand is launched

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19. 2002
    Film

    Equilibrium, directed by Kurt Wimmer, is released

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20. 2003
    Film

    X2, directed by Bryan Singer, is released

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21. 2011
    Music

    Jennifer Lopez releases the album Love?

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