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History Streak #42 answers
October 25, 2026 · Starting event: The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes (1905)
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1147War
Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum
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1454Religion
The papal bull Romanus Pontifex awards the Kingdom of Portugal exclusive trade and colonization rights to all of Africa south of Cape Bojador
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1529
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1709War
Great Northern War: Swedish forces under Charles XII were defeated by Russian troops led by Peter the Great at the Battle of Poltava
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1789Space
With the first use of his 1.2-metre (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, later named Enceladus
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1803
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1819
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1835Business
P. T. Barnum begins his career as a showman and circus entrepreneur by exhibiting Joice Heth, an octogenerian African slave whom he claims was George Washington's nursemaid
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1849History
Boilers of the steamboat Louisiana explode as she pulls back from the dock in New Orleans, killing more than 150 people
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1905TransportStarting event
The Wright brothers pilot the Wright Flyer III in a new world record flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes
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1917
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1931
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1934
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1955
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1987
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1989Politics
Margaret Thatcher's new local government tax, the Community Charge (commonly known as the "poll tax"), is introduced in Scotland
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1991Disaster
An eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines deposited large amounts of particulate matter into the atmosphere, enough to briefly lower global temperatures by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F)
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1993
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2002
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2004History
The first parkrun, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK
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2021