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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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Saturday Nov 5, 1988 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
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Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
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Monday Jun 2, 1986 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Friday Sep 4, 1998 to Present
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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1850 to Present
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1883 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
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Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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1953 to Present
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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494 to Present
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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1437 to Wednesday Jun 8, 1492
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15th Century BC to Present
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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1789 to 1848
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
PlayStation Network

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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
Rwandan genocide

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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
Orderly repatriation of Argentine army POWs 1982
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Algerian War

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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

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1956 to Present
Charles de Gaulle

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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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1919 to 1933
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Walt Disney

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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
Qasem Soleimani

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Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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4th Century to Present
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