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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Thursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present
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Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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1929 to 1933
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1956 to Present
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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17th Century to Present
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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
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1438 to 1533
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Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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1789 to 1848
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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Alan Turing
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
The Hillsborough Memorial

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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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312 BC to 63 BC
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Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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1817 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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2000s BC to 1697
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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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2005 to Present
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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750s BC to 509 BC
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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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1949 to Present
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Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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1500s to 1517
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
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Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
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568 to 774
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21st Century BC to 221 BC
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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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1953 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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1016 to Present
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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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Indira Gandhi

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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
Chocolate
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15th Century BC to Present
Michael Jordan

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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
Elliot Page
Elliot Page

Elliot Page (born Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page; February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor and producer. H...

Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and politician...

Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
Sojourner Truth

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1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
Jeff Bezos
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Kobe Bryant

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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Canon Camera
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4th Century to Present
Financial crisis of 2007–2008

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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

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Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
Thanksgiving Dinner
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1536 to Present
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IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, ki...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He served as Prime Minister of North Viet...

Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Che Guevara

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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR...

Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 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
Alcatraz Island March 1962 Image

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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World War 1

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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
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Antibiotic

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Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 to Present
A laser beam used for welding
Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimula...

1960 to Present
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
Ancient India

According to consensus in modern genetics, anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian su...

31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a c...

1865 to Present
Ellie Goulding

Elena Jane Goulding (30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when sh...

Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
Battle during the Second Crusade
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The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Lat...

1095 to 1291
April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom on April ...

Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake

The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred on June 21 at 00:30:14 local time in northern Iran. The s...

Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
Mushroom cloud above Nagasaki after atomic bombing
Atomic Bomb

A nuclear weapon (also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, A-bomb, or nuclear b...

Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
Father's Day
Father's Day

Father's Day is a day of honoring fatherhood, paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in...

1908 to Present
Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to ...

Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Scythian

The Scythians Saka, Sakae, Iskuzai, or Askuzai, were an ancient nomadic people of Eurasia, inhabitin...

1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military...

Friday Feb 22, 1732 to Tuesday Dec 14, 1779
Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a lea...

Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabet...

Thursday Aug 21, 1930 to Friday Feb 15, 2002
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