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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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4th Century to Present
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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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1850 to Present
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Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous youn...

Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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The Holocaust

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1941 to 1945
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Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Meditation

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5th Millenium BC to Present
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26th Century BC to 10th Century
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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2018 to 2025
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011
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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
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1908 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 to Present
Lothar Meyer
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
Battle during the Second Crusade
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1095 to 1291
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
Warren Buffett

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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
Armenian Genocide

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1914 to 1923
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
Queen Elizabeth II at NASA

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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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1750 BC to 1180s BC
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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1st Century to Present
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Latter & Blum, ABR, SRS, e-PRO, SFR, GRI, MRP 2018 President of Louisiana REALTORS, and she is well-...

1955 to Present
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
Rwandan genocide

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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
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Thursday Jul 1, 1954 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
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Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
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900 BC to 27 BC
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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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1950s to Present
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
Current Bhutan flag

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1949 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 to Present
Aureus of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor
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27 BC to 395
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
Orderly repatriation of Argentine army POWs 1982
Falklands War

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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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
Bart Millard
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
Ayman al-Zawahri

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of al-Qaeda and a current or former member an...

Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
Samuel Little

Samuel Little was an American serial killer who confessed to murdering 93 people, all women. He was ...

Friday Jun 7, 1940 to Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Chris Gardner and his Son

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Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

Major events in the Early sub-period include the Qin unification of China and their replacement by t...

221 BC to 220
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494 to Present
Flag of Christmas Island

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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image

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Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
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1960 to Present
Galileo Galilei

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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
Algerian War Image
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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Pope Francis

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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
Zlatan Ibrahimović - image

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. Primar...

Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

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282 BC to 133 BC
Slobodan Milošević Image

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia (ori...

Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
Elizabeth Blackwell

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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
Carter G. Woodson

Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Associat...

Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
Rajputana 1909

The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famin...

May, 1969 to 1970
Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the...

Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
Ronaldinho
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Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who...

Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 to Present
Stan Lee
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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author....

Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
Mohamed Salah
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Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Eg...

Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
Financial crisis of 2007–2008

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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
Soviet-R-12-nuclear-ballistic missile

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Tuesday Oct 16, 1962 to Monday Oct 29, 1962
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
World War II
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World War II (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), also known as Second World War, was a global war that ...

Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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