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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Tuesday Sep 29, 1936 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 22, 1905 to Sunday Jun 16, 1907
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
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1986 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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2005 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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1986 to Present
Oculus Rift

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1838 to Present
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312 BC to 63 BC
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May, 1969 to 1970
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Zorig Memorial in Ulan-Bator

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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
Garry Kasparov Image

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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
Statue of Greyfriars Bobby

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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Mar, 2009 to Present
Christine Lagarde

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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
Ayman al-Zawahri

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Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
Armenian Genocide

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1914 to 1923
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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1110s BC to 730s BC
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Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
Anna May Wong
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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5th Millenium BC to Present
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Thursday Aug 21, 1930 to Friday Feb 15, 2002
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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1956 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Wednesday Sep 24, 1902 to Saturday Jun 3, 1989
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Saturday Aug 13, 985 to Tuesday Feb 13, 1021
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Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
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Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
Assyrian Empire
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2500 BC to 609 BC
Ronaldinho
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Nobel Prize
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
Willem Einthoven

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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
1935 Quetta earthquake

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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
Brexit
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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17th Century to Present
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
Ellie Goulding

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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
Anyanya Flag

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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
Angela Merkel Image
Angela Merkel

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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
Mikhail Gorbachev Image

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. The e...

Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
The World Bank
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The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides interest-free loans and grant...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
Westminster Palace

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1016 to Present
John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was a British economist whose i...

Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Shaquille O'Neal

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Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
Pope John Paul II Image

Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign o...

Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
Labor Day
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1856 to Present
Marie Curie
Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pione...

Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville (c. 1437 – 8 June 1492) was queen of England as the spouse of King Edward IV fro...

1437 to Wednesday Jun 8, 1492
Battle of Madrid (Spanish Civil War)

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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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Ford

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarter in Dearborn,...

Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
Xerox headquarters in Norwalk
Xerox

Xerox Holdings Corporation (also known simply as Xerox) is an American corporation that sells print ...

Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 to Present
PlayStation Network

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

Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
Sherry Dyson
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Sherry Dyson is Mathematical expert. She was known because of his husband Chris Gardner. Chris is a ...

1950s to Present
Statue of Waghya at Raigad Fort
Waghya

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1670s to 1680
Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha

Ibrahim Pasha was a general in the Egyptian army and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and un...

1789 to 1848
Osama bin Laden Image
Bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011), also rendered Usama bin Ladin,...

Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
Buckingham Palace

Buckingham Palace is the London residence and administrative headquarters of the monarch of the Unit...

1703 to Present
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