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History Streak #43 answers
October 26, 2026 · Starting event: The Rolling Stones releases the album Bridges to Babylon (1997)
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The full timeline
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42 BC
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139
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1521Politics
The Diet of Worms ends when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, issues the Edict of Worms, declaring Martin Luther an outlaw
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1650War
Victory over the royalists in the Battle of Dunbar opens the way to Edinburgh for the New Model Army during the English invasion of Scotland
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1782Politics
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail premiered in Vienna, after which Emperor Joseph II anecdotally remarked that it had "too many notes"
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1806History
At the insistence of Napoleon, Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg and thirteen minor principalities leave the Holy Roman Empire and form the Confederation of the Rhine
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1809War
The second day of the Battle of Eckmühl: The Austrian army is defeated by the First French Empire army led by Napoleon and driven over the Danube in Regensburg
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1850
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1868
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1905
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1927Disaster
The Italian cruise liner SS Principessa Mafalda sank when a propeller shaft broke and fractured the hull, resulting in 314 deaths
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1959
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1981History
One of the largest investigations by a British police force ends when serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, the "Yorkshire Ripper", is arrested in Sheffield, South Yorkshire
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1987Business
Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation
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1988
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1994Sport
The rest of the Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike
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1997MusicStarting event
The Rolling Stones releases the album Bridges to Babylon
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1999
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2004History
The United States lifts economic sanctions imposed on Libya 18 years previously, as a reward for its cooperation in eliminating weapons of mass destruction
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2015
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2017