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Friday Apr 23, 1858 to Saturday Oct 4, 1947
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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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220s BC to Present
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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
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Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
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Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
Hot Dog
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1200 to Present
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
Buckingham Palace

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1703 to Present
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Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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1986 to Present
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Monday Apr 29, 1901 to Saturday Jan 7, 1989
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1971 to Wednesday Nov 21, 1979
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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4th Century to 469
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
Aaron Hernandez Image

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Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
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Wednesday Sep 24, 1902 to Saturday Jun 3, 1989
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1952 to Present
Jimmy Hoffa
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Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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1437 to Wednesday Jun 8, 1492
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Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
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Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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1953 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
Richard Nixon
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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1838 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
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Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
Willis Carrier Image

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Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
Irish War of Independence

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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Theodore Kaczynski
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Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
Heinrich Himmler

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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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
Warren Buffett

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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Barack Obama

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Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
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Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
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Lucky Luciano

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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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1940s to Present
Russell Bufalino

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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Nintendo

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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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Spanish Flu

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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
Penicillin
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1928 to Present
Emmanuel Macron Image

Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician serving as Presi...

Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, (born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professio...

Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
Cathedral of St. Helena
Stuart Long

Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who de...

Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

Kevin Darnell Hart is an American stand-up comedian and actor....

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American politician and soldier w...

Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
Mehan Markle Image

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born on August 4th, 1981) is an American former actress and a member of t...

Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
Shakira Image
Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, businesswoman, and philanthropist...

Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
Ancient China
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21st Century BC to 221 BC
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous youn...

Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.) is an American automotive and energy company based in Palo...

Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 to Present
Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Ru...

Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

is a French billionaire heiress and an author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian re...

Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
Crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 19...

1929 to 1933
Theresa May
Theresa May

Theresa Mary May MP (born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the U...

Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
PlayStation Network

PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Ente...

Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán)

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for i...

2000s BC to 1697
Nuclear power
Nuclear Power

Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions that release nuclear energy to generate heat, which mo...

1943 to Present
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