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History Streak #7 answers

September 20, 2026 · Starting event: Bode Museum officially opens (1904)

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1. 929
   War

   Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg

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2. 1525
   Politics

   Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, beginning the practice of clerical marriage in Protestantism

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3. 1621
   War

   Execution of 27 Czech noblemen on the Old Town Square in Prague as a consequence of the Battle of White Mountain

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4. 1786
   Birth

   Carl Maria von Weber, German Romantic composer, is born

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5. 1791
   Politics

   The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, collectively known as the Bill of Rights, were ratified

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6. 1830
   Music

   Vincenzo Bellini's opera I Capuleti e i Montecchi premieres

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7. 1852
   Landmarks

   Helsinki Cathedral officially opens

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8. 1862
   Birth

   Aristide Briand, politician, statesman, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate from France, is born

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9. 1898
   Music

   Pietro Mascagni's opera Iris premieres

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10. 1904
    LandmarksStarting event

    Bode Museum officially opens

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11. 1936
    Books

    H. P. Lovecraft publishes At the Mountains of Madness

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12. 1954
    Science

    Georgetown–IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York at the head office of IBM

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13. 1955
    Disaster

    An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men

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14. 1961
    Invention

    Tony Hoare publishes the quicksort sorting algorithm

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15. 1969
    Film

    The Diamond Arm, directed by Leonid Gaidai, is released

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16. 1982
    Books

    Isaac Asimov publishes Foundation's Edge

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17. 1991
    Comics

    The comic Sailor Moon first appears

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18. 1998
    Film

    Shakespeare in Love, directed by John Madden, is released

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19. 2001
    Games

    The video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney is released

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20. 2008
    Games

    The video game Silent Hill: Homecoming is released

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21. 2012
    History

    At least 26 Chinese miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua, Sichuan Province

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