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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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Thursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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1750 BC to 1180s BC
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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1929 to 1933
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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1961 to 1989
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

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1956 to Present
Borgo San Lorenzo monument to Fido
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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1856 to Present
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Thursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
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Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
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Thursday Jul 1, 1954 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
Hot Dog
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1200 to Present
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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1952 to Present
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 24, 1902 to Saturday Jun 3, 1989
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1500s to 1517
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
A Colombian marine on a field training exercise

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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
Carlos Slim
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
The Hillsborough Memorial

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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran - 1727 Tabriz earthquake

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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Heinrich Himmler

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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
Prince Charles Image

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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
Louis Armstrong Image

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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
Cristiano Ronaldo

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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
Logo of the Library of Congress

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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
KFC
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1952 to Present
All Giza Pyramids in one shot
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
Ellie Goulding

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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
Anna May Wong
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
Barack Obama Image
Barack Obama

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Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
Statue of Greyfriars Bobby

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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Atari, Inc.

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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
Chris Gardner Sep 2011

Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker...

Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer ...

Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was a free African-American almanac author, ...

Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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
Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American former biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of criminal fraud. ...

Friday Mar 2, 1984 to Present
Eminem
Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American r...

Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, ...

Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree, formerly known as Only $1.00, is an American multi-price-point chain of discount variet...

1986 to Present
Vasily Zaitsev Image

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the...

Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (William Arthur Philip Louis born 21 June 1982) is a member of the...

Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
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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
Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani (11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian Major General in the Islamic Revolut...

Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
Mug shot of Pearl Fernandez

Gabriel Fernandez (February 20, 2005 – May 24, 2013) was an eight-year-old American boy from Palmdal...

Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
Simon Bolivar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco (24 July 1783 ...

Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
FIFA logo

The FIFA World Cup was first held in 1930, when FIFA, the world's football governing body, decided t...

Sunday Jul 13, 1930 to Present
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Adidas

Adidas AG is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that...

Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely consid...

Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
Bill Gates Image
Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, p...

Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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