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History Streak #30 answers
October 13, 2026 · Starting event: José Hernández publishes Martín Fierro (1872)
2 players · best streak 3/20
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1157
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1345
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1431
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1674Politics
John III Sobieski was elected by the szlachta as the monarch of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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1798Politics
The Pitt–Tierney duel takes place on Putney Heath outside London. A bloodless duel between the prime minister of Great Britain William Pitt the Younger and his political opponent George Tierney
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1814Disaster
A cease fire agreement, called the Convention of Moss, ends the Swedish–Norwegian War
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1821
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1857
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1872
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1892
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1911Landmarks
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior
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1920War
The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence
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1924History
Gee Jon became the first person in the United States to be executed by lethal gas
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1947
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1967
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2015History
The Refugio oil spill deposited 142,800 U.S. gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto an area in California considered one of the most biologically diverse coastlines of the west coast
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2020