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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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1865 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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1645 to Nov, 1979
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
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1956 to Present
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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Friday Jun 7, 1940 to Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
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1952 to Present
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Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Sunday Jul 13, 1930 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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1850 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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1848 to 1849
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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Mar, 2009 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
Titanic
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
Certosa di Pavia
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4th Century to 469
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Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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2005 to Present
Ruby Bridges
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
Second Sino-Japanese War (Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces in Battle of Shanghai 1937) Image

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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Tuesday Dec 26, 1893 to Thursday Sep 9, 1976
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Sunday Oct 9, 1966 to Present
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Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
Statue of Waghya at Raigad Fort
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1670s to 1680
The logo of the Finnish telecommunications company, Nokia Corporation
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
Pope John Paul II Image

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Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
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World War 1

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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
Ho Chi Minh
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Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
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The Beatles

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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
Willem Einthoven

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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image

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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
Coverture
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13th Century to 1966
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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of th...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
Marcus Garvey
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H.E. The Right Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican po...

Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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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
Igor Stravinsky

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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
Gary Ridgway
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
Justin Trudeau Image

Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd an...

Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
German Empire

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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

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221 BC to 220
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