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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
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1st Century to Present
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Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
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May, 1969 to 1970
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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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1986 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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1881 to 1993
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
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1016 to Present
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1536 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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1856 to Present
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Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
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Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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1268 to 1268
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Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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1990 to 1998
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Adolf Hitler
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Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
Cathedral of St. Helena
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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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5th Century to 15th Century
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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1919 to 1933
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
Logo of the Library of Congress

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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
April Fools' Day

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Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
Elizabeth Woodville

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1437 to Wednesday Jun 8, 1492
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
Jeff Bezos
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

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282 BC to 133 BC
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Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person t...

Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
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