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Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
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Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 16, 1962 to Monday Oct 29, 1962
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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4th Century to Present
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Jan, 1982 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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1986 to Present
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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
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Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Thursday Aug 21, 1930 to Friday Feb 15, 2002
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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1961 to 1989
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
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Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
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1838 to Present
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1960 to Present
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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26th Century BC to Present
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Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
Assyrian Empire
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Gary Ridgway
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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4th Century to 469
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1268 to 1268
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1919 to 1933
The Great Wall of China

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220s BC to Present
John Maynard Keynes

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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Rosa Parks

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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
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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
Bicycle
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1817 to Present
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Lacoste

Lacoste is a French company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier. It sel...

Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
Theodore Kaczynski
Ted Kaczynski

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Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
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