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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Saturday Jul 21, 1951 to Monday Aug 11, 2014
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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1941 to 1945
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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
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Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Thursday Jul 1, 1954 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 1988

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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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1929 to 1933
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
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933 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán)

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Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
Jimmy Hoffa
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Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
Mark Zuckerburg

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Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
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1883 to Present
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
Byzantine Empire

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395 to 1453
Magdi Yacoub
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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Mamie Till

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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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5th Century to 15th Century
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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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Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
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Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from...

1961 to 1989
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Mother Teresa

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Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
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Ancient China

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21st Century BC to 221 BC
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
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