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History Streak #34 answers
October 17, 2026 · Starting event: St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated (1892)
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1516
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1597Politics
Governor Gonzalo Méndez de Canço begins to suppress a native uprising against his rule in what is now the US state of Georgia
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1687War
Morean War: The Parthenon in Athens, used as a gunpowder depot by the Ottoman garrison, is partially destroyed after being bombarded during the Siege of the Acropolis by Venetian forces
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1789War
Fletcher Christian, the acting lieutenant on board the Royal Navy ship Bounty, led a mutiny against the commander William Bligh in the South Pacific
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1815Politics
The U.S. Senate creates a select committee on finance and a uniform national currency, predecessor of the United States Senate Committee on Finance
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1869Science
Prospectors in Moliagul, Australia, discovered the largest alluvial gold nugget ever found, known as the Welcome Stranger
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1886Books
Robert Louis Stevenson publishes Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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1892
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1897
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1908Sport
Inter Milan is founded on Football Club Internazionale, following a schism from A.C. Milan
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1951
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1973
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1976History
In a wine competition in Paris, French judges shocked the wine industry by rating California wines higher than French ones
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1987Disaster
Aeroflot Flight N-528 crashes at Berdiansk Airport in present-day Ukraine, killing eight people
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1988History
While claiming the right of innocent passage through Soviet territorial waters in the Black Sea, the American cruiser USS Yorktown and destroyer USS Caron were bumped by Soviet warships
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1998History
Iraq disarmament crisis begins: Iraq announces it would no longer cooperate with United Nations weapons inspectors
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1999
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2008Film
High School Musical 3: Senior Year, directed by Kenny Ortega, is released
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2011
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2012