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History Streak #9 answers
September 22, 2026 · Starting event: Jeff Bezos founds Amazon (1994)
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1554Politics
Princess Elizabeth is imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of working with the organizers of Wyatt's rebellion for the overthrow of Queen Mary of England
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1785Politics
Thomas Jefferson is appointed the new U.S. Minister to France, and Benjamin Franklin's request for permission to return home is accepted
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1856War
Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross as a British military decoration
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1892History
Prince George (later George V of the United Kingdom) becomes Duke of York
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1894
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1902
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1946Birth
Donald Trump, American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States, is born
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1954Science
Dwight D. Eisenhower gives his "domino theory" speech, during a news conference
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1957Music
At the age of fifteen, Paul McCartney meets John Lennon and his band, the Quarrymen, at the St Peter's Church Hall fête in Woolton
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1989Sport
Arsenal F.C. defeat Liverpool F.C. by 2 goals to nil at Anfield, in the final game of the season, to win the Football League First Division
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1994
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1997Disaster
Diana, Princess of Wales, her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris
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2004
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2005
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2008
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2010History
First (test) Instagram posts made by co-developers Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom in San Francisco; the service launches publicly on October 6
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2014
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2017
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2020Disaster
COVID-19 pandemic: Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine
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2021War
U.S. president Joe Biden becomes the first U.S. president to formally recognize the Ottoman killings of Armenians during World War I as genocide
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2022