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Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
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Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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1953 to Present
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1095 to 1291
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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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Jun, 1976 to Present
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1955 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Sunday Oct 9, 1966 to Present
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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
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494 to Present
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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1016 to Present
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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Sunday Sep 24, 1905 to Monday Nov 1, 1993
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known f...

Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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1268 to 1268
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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1986 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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2000s BC to 1697
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Oct, 2003 to Present
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House o...

Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

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Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
Nanjing Road during Xinhai Revolution

The Xinhai Revolution, also known as the Chinese Revolution or the Revolution of 1911, was a revolut...

Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits...

Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
KFC
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KFC (short for Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Lo...

1952 to Present
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Amazon

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

Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
Anna May Wong
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Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, con...

Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
Kheops-Pyramid

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26th Century BC to Present
King Edward VIII
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Edward VIII later Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor (Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick Davi...

Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
Diego Maradona

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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
W. E. B. Du Bois

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
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Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, inves...

Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
German Empire

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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
Doss Desmond US Army Image

Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served...

Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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1883 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
A Colombian marine on a field training exercise

The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the gove...

Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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HTC

HTC Corporation is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New T...

Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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Meditation

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5th Millenium BC to Present
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