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History Streak #3 answers
September 16, 2026 · Starting event: The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor (1886)
The full timeline
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1006Astronomy
The brightest supernova in recorded history appears in the constellation Lupus
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1173Architecture
Construction begins on the bell tower that becomes the Leaning Tower of Pisa
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1609Poetry
Shakespeare's sonnets are first published, possibly without his consent
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1726
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1736Birth
James Watt, whose steam engine powered the Industrial Revolution, is born
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1839Photography
The French Academy of Sciences announces the daguerreotype photography process
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1850Astronomy
Vega becomes the first star other than the Sun to be photographed
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1851
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1878Photography
Eadweard Muybridge photographs a galloping horse to prove all four hooves leave the ground
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1882Energy
Pearl Street Station in New York becomes the first power plant to sell electricity to customers
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1886LandmarkStarting event
The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor
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1892
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1893Medicine
Daniel Hale Williams performs one of the first successful open-heart surgeries in the US
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1907
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1915Invention
Georges Claude patents the neon tube for use in advertising signs
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1929Comics
Tintin makes his first appearance, in Tintin in the Land of the Soviets
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1953TV
KUHT in Houston becomes the first public television station in the United States
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1966
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1987
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1990Dinosaurs
Sue, the most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found, is discovered in South Dakota
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2004