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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
World War II
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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2000s BC to 1697
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1908 to Present
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Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu (26 August 1910 – 5 September 1997), commonly known as Mother Teresa and honour...

Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
Java

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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
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1914 to 1923
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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an A...

Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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13th Century to 1966
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resi...

Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
Anna May Wong
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
Igor Stravinsky

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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
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Che Guevara

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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
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Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal, is a Venezuelan terro...

Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 to Present
Marvel Studios

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Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 to Present
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
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Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
Angelina Jolie

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Wednesday Jun 4, 1975 to Present
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Jan, 1982 to Present
April Fools' Day

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Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution...

1848 to 1849
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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1815 to 1871
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Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
The official opening of the League of Nations.

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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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482 to Thursday Nov 14, 565
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Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Walt Disney

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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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Oppo

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2001 to Present
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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1971 to Present
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Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
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509 BC to 27 BC
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of th...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
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Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the Na...

Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or the Hungarian Uprising, was a nationwide revolution against the...

Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
Bicycle
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1817 to Present
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Gulf War

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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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Sepp Blatter

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Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
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The Conflict in Myanmar is a series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly ...

Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current President of Turkey sin...

Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Kroger

The Kroger Company, is an American retail company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, O...

1883 to Present
Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football playe...

Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Angela Merkel Image
Angela Merkel

Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German politician serving as Chancellor of Germany since 2005. She serve...

Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of...

Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
Russell Bufalino

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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
Muhammad Ali Pasha

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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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
Ruins of Machu Picchu Inca empire
Inca Empire

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1438 to 1533
Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath

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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
Cathedral of St. Helena
Stuart Long

Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who de...

Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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Vodafone

Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office is l...

Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights a...

1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
NATO flag

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernme...

Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American film actor and politician who...

Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanth...

Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
First Sino-Japanese War Image

The First Sino-Japanese War, also known as the Chino-Japanese War, was fought between China and Japa...

Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
Queen Elizabeth II at NASA

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later Kin...

Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 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
Windmills
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A wind turbine, or alternatively referred to as a wind energy converter, is a device that converts t...

1st Century to Present
Statue of Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby (May 4, 1855 – January 14, 1872) was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-centur...

Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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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Corona-viruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, the virus...

Dec, 2019 to Present
Black Friday
Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, whi...

1952 to Present
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Prince Harry

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charl...

Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Wa...

Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman, politician, c...

Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Nintendo

Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a Japanese multinational consumer electronics and video game company headquart...

Saturday Sep 23, 1989 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
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho

Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Chris Gardner and his Son

Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner was born to Chris Gardner and Jackie Medina, on 28 January 1981. ...

Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Popeyes

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits...

Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

The Attalid dynasty or the Kingdom of Pergamon ​was a Hellenistic Greek dynasty that ruled much of A...

282 BC to 133 BC
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