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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Saturday Aug 13, 985 to Tuesday Feb 13, 1021
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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14th Century to Present
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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1817 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 to Present
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Thursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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900 BC to 27 BC
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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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13th Century to 1966
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 to Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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1536 to Present
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
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Friday Jun 16, 1911 to Present
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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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1975 to Present
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Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
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1703 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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9th Century BC to 146 BC
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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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2600 BC to Present
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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5th Millenium BC to Present
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 to Present
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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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Lucky Luciano

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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
Mohamed Salah
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
Harry S. Truman

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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
Mona Lisa
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1500s to 1517
Francisco Franco

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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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1960 to Present
Diving horse
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1881 to 1993
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
Itzak Stern
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
Rescue equipment in Tham Luang entrance chamber

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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha

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1789 to 1848
Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name ...

Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
Library of Alexandria

The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant li...

280s BC to 642
Juan Trippe
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Juan Terry Trippe was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan A...

Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Men...

Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
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