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Bonus puzzle #8 answers
Starting event: Modern Talking releases the song "Brother Louie" (1986)
The full timeline
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1106War
In the Battle of Tinchebray in Normandy, the invading King Henry I of England captured his brother Robert Curthose
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1227Politics
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is excommunicated by Pope Gregory IX for his failure to participate in the Crusades during the Investiture Controversy
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1386War
Turco-Mongol conqueror Timur captured and sacked the Georgian capital Tbilisi and forced King Bagrat V to convert to Islam
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1681History
Charles II grants a land charter to William Penn for the area that will later become Pennsylvania
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1737Birth
Thomas Paine, American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist, is born
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1837
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1860
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1887
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1897
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1904Transport
The first underground segment of the New York City Subway opened, connecting New York City Hall with Harlem
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1910Disaster
An underground explosion at the Hulton Bank Colliery No. 3 Pit in Over Hulton, Westhoughton, England, kills 344 miners
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1933
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1934
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1947Politics
Jawaharlal Nehru took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years
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1957
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1983Sport
The Irish-bred race horse Shergar was stolen by gunmen, who demanded a £2 million ransom
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1986
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1990
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2003
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2013
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2022Film
Everything Everywhere All at Once, directed by Daniel Scheinert, is released