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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Monday Jun 2, 1986 to Present
Freddie Mercury

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Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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1930s to Monday Jan 12, 1942
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14th Century to Present
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Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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1016 to Present
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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Saturday Jun 28, 1919 to Saturday Jan 10, 1920
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
Library of Alexandria

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280s BC to 642
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
Current Bhutan flag

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1949 to Present
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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26th Century BC to 10th Century
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Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
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Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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494 to Present
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Thursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 to Present
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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2000s BC to 1697
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
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1908 to Present
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Jun, 1976 to Present
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
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1745 to Present
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Internet

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1950s to Present
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Jim Carrey

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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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568 to 774
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Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 to Present
Spiez Castle
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933 to Present
Heysel plan

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Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Frank Sinatra

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Sunday Dec 12, 1915 to Thursday May 14, 1998
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Cleopatra

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69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

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1865 to Present
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Tony Blair

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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution...

1848 to 1849
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Ciro Immobile

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Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
Christine Lagarde

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician, businessperson, and lawyer serving as Pre...

Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
A painting dedicated to the founders of Black History Month, the Black United Students at Kent State University, by Ernie Pryor

Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known...

Feb, 1969 to Present
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Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968– August 1992), also known by the pseudonym Alexand...

Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
W. E. B. Du Bois

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
Atlantic Charter

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Thursday Aug 14, 1941 to Present
Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha

Ibrahim Pasha was a general in the Egyptian army and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and un...

1789 to 1848
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The Holocaust

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1941 to 1945
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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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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
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