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Bonus puzzle #3 answers

Starting event: The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch (1888)

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1. 653
   Religion

   Pope Martin I was arrested in the Lateran Palace, Rome, and taken to Constantinople

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2. 673
   Politics

   King Wamba of the Visigoths puts down a revolt by Hilderic, governor of Nîmes (France) and rival for the throne

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3. 1096
   War

   First Crusade: Around 800 Jews are massacred in Worms, Germany

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4. 1746
   History

   The College of New Jersey (later renamed Princeton University) receives its charter

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5. 1790
   Invention

   Thomas Saint invents the sewing machine

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6. 1814
   Birth

   Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet and artist, is born

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7. 1821
   Politics

   The Captaincy General of Guatemala declares independence from Spain

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8. 1842
   Books

   Edgar Allan Poe publishes The Pit and the Pendulum

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9. 1843
   Birth

   Henry James, American and British writer, is born

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10. 1888
    BooksStarting event

    The comic novel The Diary of a Nobody by brothers George and Weedon Grossmith first appeared in serial form in Punch

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11. 1945
    Business

    Baskin-Robbins is founded

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12. 1946
    Sport

    Boston Celtics is founded

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13. 1957
    Space

    Sputnik 1 is launched into space

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14. 1967
    Sport

    Oklahoma City Thunder is founded

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15. 1979
    Space

    America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean

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16. 1983
    Disaster

    An explosion at an illegal fireworks factory near Benton, Tennessee, killed eleven people

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17. 1985
    War

    Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead

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18. 1991
    History

    The Warsaw Pact formally disbands

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19. 2005
    Film

    Zathura: A Space Adventure, directed by Jon Favreau, is released

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20. 2011
    Music

    Arctic Monkeys releases the album Suck It and See

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21. 2014
    Film

    The Grand Budapest Hotel, directed by Wes Anderson, is released

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