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History Streak #49 answers
November 1, 2026 · Starting event: A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing (1979)
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801War
King Louis the Pious captures Barcelona from the Moors after a siege of several months
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1475
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1553Politics
Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed the successor to King Edward VI of England, beginning her disputed reign as the "Nine Days' Queen"
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1703History
In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one of the Forty-seven Ronin commit seppuku (ritual suicide) as recompense for avenging their master's death
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1776
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1838
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1840
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1864Politics
U.S. Congress passed the Coinage Act, which authorized the minting of the two-cent piece, the first U.S. coin to bear the phrase "In God We Trust"
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1890
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1918
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1930
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1961
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1969Film
On Her Majesty's Secret Service, directed by Peter R. Hunt, is released
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1975Disaster
Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60
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1979TransportStarting event
A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing
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1993
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1997War
In Luxor, Egypt, 62 people are killed by six Islamic militants outside the Temple of Hatshepsut, known as Luxor massacre
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1999
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2004Music
A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumps approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers
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2013History
A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines
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2025