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Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Sunday Sep 17, 1950 to Present
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Sunday Dec 25, 1932 to Sunday Dec 25, 1932
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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900 BC to 27 BC
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1670s to 1680
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 24, 1902 to Saturday Jun 3, 1989
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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1883 to Present
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
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2018 to 2025
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1929 to 1933
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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1950s to Present
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Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
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Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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1952 to Present
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
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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 Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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1817 to Present
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5th Century to 15th Century
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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1971 to Present
Michael Jordan

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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 to Present
Albert Einstein

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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
Father's Day
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1908 to Present
Mexican Revolution

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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Lacoste

Lacoste is a French company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier. It sel...

Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
Hirohito
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Hirohito was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning f...

Monday Apr 29, 1901 to Saturday Jan 7, 1989
Marc O'leary

Between 2008 and 2011, a series of rapes in the suburbs around Seattle and Denver were perpetrated b...

Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011
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
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
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Saturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935
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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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1848 to 1849
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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