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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
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Saturday Aug 3, 1963 to Friday Sep 29, 2017
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Latter & Blum, ABR, SRS, e-PRO, SFR, GRI, MRP 2018 President of Louisiana REALTORS, and she is well-...

1955 to Present
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
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1789 to 1848
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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220s BC to Present
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
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1908 to Present
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
John Maynard Keynes

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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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1095 to 1291
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Friday Apr 23, 1858 to Saturday Oct 4, 1947
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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1971 to Wednesday Nov 21, 1979
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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1950s to Present
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Dec, 2019 to Present
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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
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Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
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Monday Jun 28, 1971 to Present
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Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
Tony Hawk
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Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
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14th Century to Present
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Friday Jun 16, 1911 to Present
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an A...

Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Friday Mar 2, 1984 to Present
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1986 to Present
Donald Trump
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Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
Stan Lee
Stan Lee

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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
Jimmy Hoffa
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Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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1838 to Present
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1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
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Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd an...

Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
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2600 BC to Present
Alan Turing
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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Alfred Nobel

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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
Anna May Wong
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Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, con...

Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
Orderly repatriation of Argentine army POWs 1982
Falklands War

The Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over...

Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
Ebola virus (SEM)

Ebola virus disease (EVD), or simply Ebola, is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primate...

Jun, 1976 to Present
Gold Room Bretton Woods Participating Nations Display Case - Bretton Woods Conference

The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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The United States Invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause occurred between mid-December 1...

Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
1997 Asian financial crisis

The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and South...

Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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MacOS

MacOS is a series of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. si...

1985 to 2019
Gustav Stresemann

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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
Current Bhutan flag

The national flag of Bhutan is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features a dragon fro...

1949 to Present
Bernard Arnault

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (born March 5, 1949) is a French billionaire business magnate, and art ...

Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
Slobodan Milošević Image

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia (ori...

Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 27 October 1945), popularly known simply as Lula, is a Brazilian pol...

Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 to Present
Asia Minor map

The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

1268 to 1268
Schindler, Oskar Image

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfg...

Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40...

Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
Margaret Thatcher Image

Margaret Hilda Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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