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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 29, 1936 to Present
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
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1500s to 1517
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1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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933 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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26th Century BC to 10th Century
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Jun, 1976 to Present
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
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Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Dec, 2019 to Present
The headquarters of the World Trade Organization

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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
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1789 to 1848
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
Anna May Wong
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
Seleucid Empire

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312 BC to 63 BC
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
Gustav Stresemann

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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
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1438 to 1533
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Rosa Parks

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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
Adolf Hitler
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Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
1783 Calabrian earthquakes

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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
Martin Luther King Image

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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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
Gary Ridgway
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
Assyrian Empire
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Pelé

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Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
Vladimir Lenin

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Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
King Edward VIII
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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The Beatles

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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
Chernobylreactor

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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

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282 BC to 133 BC
Lucky Luciano Image
Lucky Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania in November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an infl...

Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
Louis Armstrong Image

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
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who develope...

Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Meditation

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5th Millenium BC to Present
Anyanya Flag

The First Sudanese Civil War (also known as the Anyanya Rebellion or Anyanya I, after the name of th...

Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
The World Bank
World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides interest-free loans and grant...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong also known by his courtesy name Mao Runzhi and the title Chairman Mao as Chairman of th...

Tuesday Dec 26, 1893 to Thursday Sep 9, 1976
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