Question: when was a series of unfortunate events published
[{'answer': 'September 1999', 'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '568208', 'title': 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', 'start_paragraph_id': 3, 'start_character': 62, 'end_paragraph_id': 3, 'end_character': 76, 'bleu_score': 1.0, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'answer': 'September 30 , 1999 -- October 14 , 2006'}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '568208', 'title': 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', 'start_paragraph_id': 3, 'start_character': 0, 'end_paragraph_id': 3, 'end_character': 612, 'bleu_score': 0.9143543905224231, 'meta': {'yes_no_answer': 'NONE', 'annotation_id': 4110727180456602118}, 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.'}]}, {'provenance': [{'wikipedia_id': '568208', 'title': 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', 'section': 'Section::::Abstract.', 'start_paragraph_id': 3, 'end_paragraph_id': 3, 'meta': {'evidence_span': ['Since the release of the first novel, "The Bad Beginning", in September 1999, the books have gained significant popularity, critical acclaim, and commercial success worldwide, spawning a film, a video game, assorted merchandise and a television series on Netflix. The main thirteen books in the series have collectively sold more than 60 million copies and have been translated into 41 languages. Several companion books set in the same universe of the series have also been released, including "", "The Beatrice Letters" and the noir prequel tetralogy "All the Wrong Questions", which chronicles Snicket\'s youth.', 'in September 1999, the books have gained significant popularity, critical acclaim, and commercial success worldwide, spawning a film, a video game, assorted merchandise and a television series on Netflix.', 'Since the release of the first novel, "The Bad Beginning", in September 1999, the books have gained significant popularity, critical acclaim, and commercial success worldwide, spawning a film, a video game, assorted merchandise and a television series on Netflix.']}}]}]