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David Ben-Gurion (16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State o...

Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain, from 1975 until...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
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Thursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present
Soviet-R-12-nuclear-ballistic missile

The Cuban Missile Crisis, also known as the October Crisis of 1962, the Caribbean Crisis, or the Mis...

Tuesday Oct 16, 1962 to Monday Oct 29, 1962
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Pope Francis

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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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1950s to Present
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán)

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2000s BC to 1697
George W. Bush

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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
The headquarters of the World Trade Organization

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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
Franklin Roosevelt Image

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR...

Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
Mussolini biografia

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Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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2001 to Present
Chris Kyle Image

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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
Schindler, Oskar Image

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
Andrew Yang Image
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
Elon Musk
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Monday Jun 28, 1971 to Present
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot

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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on...

Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
Willem Einthoven

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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

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1865 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
Lothar Meyer
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
Flag of Repubblica Cispadana1

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1815 to 1871
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
The Great Wall of China

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220s BC to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

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282 BC to 133 BC
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
Heinrich Himmler

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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
Louis Armstrong Image

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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
Anyanya Flag

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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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280s BC to 642
John Maynard Keynes

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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
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1268 to 1268
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
Richard Nixon
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
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1883 to Present
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
J.F.Kennedy Image

Often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president o...

Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
Zorig Memorial in Ulan-Bator

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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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Mar, 2009 to Present
Prince Charles Image

Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Eliza...

Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
Mamluk lancers
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The Mamluk Sultanate was a medieval realm spanning Egypt, the Levant and Hejaz that established itse...

1250 to 1517
Plane Crashes Images

The air planes accidents happened in the twentieth century....

Thursday Sep 17, 1908 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
Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to...

Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Ronald Reagan
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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
Assyrian Empire
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2500 BC to 609 BC
X-ray
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
Mark Zuckerburg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist...

Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
Angelina Jolie

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Wednesday Jun 4, 1975 to Present
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MacOS

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1985 to 2019
Russell Bufalino

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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
Bart Millard
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
German Empire

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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
Bitcoin
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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
Gold Room Bretton Woods Participating Nations Display Case - Bretton Woods Conference

The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, so...

Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
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
Google LLC
Google LLC

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related serv...

Friday Sep 4, 1998 to Present
 Dahomey Amazons

The Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed ...

1645 to Nov, 1979
Oculus Rift

Virtual reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from t...

1838 to Present
Ancient China
Ancient China

This is a timeline of Ancient Chinese dynasties, comprising important legal and territorial changes ...

21st Century BC to 221 BC
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit is a board game from Canada in which winning is determined by a player's ability to ...

Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
The logo of Adidas with the three stripes - image
Adidas

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

Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
Juneteenth Flag
Juneteenth

Juneteenth (a portmanteau of June and nineteenth) – also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberati...

Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
Barack Obama Image
Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American attorney and politician who served as t...

Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
Robin Williams 1996 Image

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Born i...

Saturday Jul 21, 1951 to Monday Aug 11, 2014
Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Qaboos bin Said Al Said (18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 197...

Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

Kevin Darnell Hart is an American stand-up comedian and actor....

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Logo of Amazon
Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington. Amaz...

Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
BMW logo
BMW

BMW is a German multinational company which produces automobiles and motorcycles. The company was fo...

Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
Josip Broz Tito Image

Josip Broz (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary...

Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
Sky Petroleum advertisement, Garage and Motor Agent magazine, 7 July 1973

The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization o...

1973 to 1979
Narendra Damodardas Modi Image

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and cu...

Sunday Sep 17, 1950 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
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