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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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1961 to 1989
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
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1952 to Present
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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900 BC to 27 BC
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1950s to Present
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
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Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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Wednesday Feb 22, 1905 to Sunday Jun 16, 1907
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
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Monday Jun 2, 1986 to Present
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1986 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 to Present
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
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Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
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1928 to Present
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011
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1930s to Monday Jan 12, 1942
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Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
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1973 to 1979
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Mar, 2009 to Present
Narendra Damodardas Modi Image

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Sunday Sep 17, 1950 to Present
Chris Kyle Image

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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
Nikola Tesla
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Image

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Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
Ayman al-Zawahri

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Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
John Forbes Nash Image

John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundament...

Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
Carlos Slim
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Oct, 2003 to Present
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
Ruby Bridges
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
Alcatraz Island March 1962 Image

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
Zorig Memorial in Ulan-Bator

The Mongolian Revolution of 1990 was a democratic peaceful revolution that started with demonstratio...

Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
Korean War Image
Korean War

The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of Chin...

Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
Jair Bolsonaro Image

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer, ...

Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is cons...

1500s to 1517
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image

The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 3...

Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
Collage of Images From The Vietnam War
Vietnam War

The Vietnam War , also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Again...

Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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
Silvio Berlusconi Image

Silvio Berlusconi (born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who has served ...

Tuesday Sep 29, 1936 to Present
Oculus
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Oculus is a brand of Facebook Technologies, LLC (formerly known as Oculus VR, LLC), a subsidiary of ...

Jul, 2012 to Present
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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and...

Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
Carlos the Jackal Image

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal, is a Venezuelan terro...

Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 to Present
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until ...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 to Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
Alan Turing
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Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philo...

Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
Cathedral of St. Helena
Stuart Long

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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfg...

Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
Statue of Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby (May 4, 1855 – January 14, 1872) was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-centur...

Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
April Fools' Day

April Fools' Day or April Fool's Day (sometimes called All Fools' Day) is an annual custom on April ...

Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
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