Question: Which World Series were won by the New York Yankees prior to October 26, 1996?
Answer(s):
answer: 1961 World Series
answer: 1939 World Series
answer: 1947 World Series
answer: 1950 World Series
answer: 1956 World Series
answer: 1927 World Series
answer: 1953 World Series
answer: 1977 World Series
answer: 1932 World Series
answer: 1951 World Series
answer: 1937 World Series
answer: 1936 World Series
answer: 1949 World Series
answer: 1941 World Series
answer: 1962 World Series
answer: 1923 World Series
answer: 1952 World Series
answer: 1958 World Series
answer: 1938 World Series
answer: 1928 World Series
answer: 1943 World Series
answer: 1978 World Series

SPARQL query:
PREFIX ns: <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/>
SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.0cqt41)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.0cqt41 ns:sports.sports_team.championships ?x .
?x ns:time.event.end_date ?num .
FILTER (?num < "1996-10-26"^^xsd:dateTime) . 
}