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History Streak #4 answers
September 17, 2026 · Starting event: Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death (1903)
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681Politics
Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain
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1216Religion
Pope Honorius III approves the Dominican Order through the papal bull of confirmation Religiosam vitam
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1293Disaster
An earthquake strikes Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 23,000
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1738History
At a Moravian meeting in Aldersgate, London, John Wesley experienced a spiritual rebirth, leading him to launch the Methodist movement
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1797Books
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe writes the poem The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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1817
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1860
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1889
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1903BusinessStarting event
Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company records the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death
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1906
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1946History
United Nations Security Council Resolution 13 relating to acceptance of Siam (now Thailand) to the United Nations is adopted
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1955War
The Bandung Conference ends: Twenty-nine non-aligned nations of Asia and Africa finish a meeting that condemns colonialism, racism, and the Cold War
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1968
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1971
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1975
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1990Sport
Buster Douglas, a 42:1 underdog, knocks out Mike Tyson in ten rounds at Tokyo to win boxing's world Heavyweight title
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