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History Streak #31 answers
October 14, 2026 · Starting event: The Hard Rock Cafe brand is launched (1971)
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869Disaster
The 8.4–9.0 Mw Sanriku earthquake strikes the area around Sendai in northern Honshu, Japan. Inundation from the tsunami extended several kilometers inland
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1448War
Skanderbeg and Gjergj Arianiti signed a peace treaty to end the Albanian–Venetian War
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1521War
Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapulapu
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1760Landmarks
The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school building in the U.S. dedicated to educating Black children, opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion
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1789Politics
In New York City, the first Congress of the United States meets, putting the United States Constitution into effect
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1831Politics
Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage
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1880
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1891Birth
Sergei Prokofiev, Russian and Soviet pianist, composer and conductor, is born
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1892
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1906
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1910Transport
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performed the first takeoff from a ship, flying from a makeshift deck on USS Birmingham in Hampton Roads, Virginia
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1911
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1915
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1956History
USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first person to exceed Mach 3. Shortly thereafter, the Bell X-2 goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed
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1958
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1971
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1972Music
The Spiders from Mars releases the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
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1996
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2003
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2008
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2011