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History Streak #51 answers

November 3, 2026 · Starting event: Tron, directed by Steven Lisberger, is released (1982)

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1. 701
   Birth

   Li Bai, Classical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty, is born

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2. 994
   War

   Major Fatimid victory over the Byzantine Empire at the Battle of the Orontes

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3. 1096
   Religion

   Pope Urban II confirms the foundation of the abbey of La Roë under Robert of Arbrissel as a community of canons regular

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4. 1756
   Landmarks

   Catherine Palace officially opens

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5. 1798
   History

   Constantine Hangerli arrives in Bucharest, Wallachia, as its new Prince, invested by the Ottoman Empire

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6. 1834
   History

   The looting of Safed commences

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7. 1866
   Music

   Ambroise Thomas's opera Mignon premieres

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8. 1871
   Birth

   Lesya Ukrainka, Ukrainian poet, writer and feminist, is born

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9. 1882
   Art

   Édouard Manet paints A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

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10. 1900
    Politics

    Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor

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11. 1909
    Exploration

    British explorer Aeneas Mackintosh, a member of the Nimrod Expedition, escaped death by fleeing across ice floes

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12. 1930
    History

    Sovnarkom establishes decree time in the USSR

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13. 1972
    Disaster

    Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures

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14. 1982
    FilmStarting event

    Tron, directed by Steven Lisberger, is released

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15. 1983
    Music

    Madonna releases the album Madonna

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16. 1988
    War

    A bomb on board Pan Am Flight 103 detonated over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270 people

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17. 1991
    Politics

    Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing Mercosur, the South Common Market

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18. 1992
    Books

    Costello's, a New York City bar popular with journalists, writers, novelists, and cartoonists, closed

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19. 2002
    Film

    Resident Evil, directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, is released

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20. 2006
    Landmarks

    Berlin Central Station officially opens

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21. 2009
    Books

    Haruki Murakami publishes 1Q84

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