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Mass shootings in the United States

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inc...

Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
Q. Servilius Caepio

The Roman Republic was a state of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representatio...

509 BC to 27 BC
Pope John Paul II Image

Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign o...

Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister ...

Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
Marco van Basten

Marcel "Marco" van Basten born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former professional ...

Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
Prince Charles Image

Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Eliza...

Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the Fren...

Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
Seleucid Empire

The Seleucid Empire was a Greek state in Western Asia, during the Hellenistic Period, that existed f...

312 BC to 63 BC
Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath

Gita Gopinath has been the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund since 2019. In that ro...

Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
Bosnian War (The government building in the centre of Sarajevo burns after being hit by tank fire during the siege in 1992) Image
Bosnian War

The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina betwee...

Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
Central Park May Image

The Central Park jogger case (When They See Us) was a criminal case in the United States based on th...

Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, t...

Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
Kobe Bryant Image
Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player...

Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah

Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and the Eg...

Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
Mesopotamian lions and flowers decorated the processional street - Ishtar Gate - Babylon
Babylon

Babylon was the capital city of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, between the 18th and 6th ...

19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who s...

Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Destroyed Yugoslav Army T-55 tank. This tank was hit by a Croatian AT missile, abandoned by its crew and later destroyed by another JNA tank

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the gove...

Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
Tony Blair Image
Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister ...

Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
Malcolm X Image
Malcolm X

Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular fi...

Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Windows

Microsoft Windows, commonly referred to as Windows, is a group of several proprietary graphical oper...

Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
Doss Desmond US Army Image

Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served...

Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos

Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is an American internet and aerospace entrepreneur, me...

Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
Map of conflict zones in Myanmar (Burma) - image

The Conflict in Myanmar is a series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly ...

Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower

The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named ...

Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
Kheops-Pyramid

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid comple...

26th Century BC to Present
(Second Chechen War) A Russian Mi-8 helicopter shot down by Chechen fighters near the Chechen capital, Grozny

Second Chechen War, also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign or officially Counter-terrorist operat...

Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
Itzak Stern
Itzak Stern

Itzak Stern (25 January 1901 – 1969) was a Polish-Israeli Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked for S...

Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
Hurricane Katrina Image

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on...

Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
Crowd at New York's American Union Bank during a bank run early in the Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 19...

1929 to 1933
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The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution...

1848 to 1849
Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an A...

Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
Virus Microscope Infection

SARS-CoV is thought to be an animal virus from an as-yet-uncertain animal reservoir....

Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (14/15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), known as Leonardo da Vinci, was an I...

Apr, 1452 to Friday May 2, 1519
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

Kevin Darnell Hart is an American stand-up comedian and actor....

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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The Holocaust

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between ...

1941 to 1945
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Image

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi for more than 30 years. He was the fou...

Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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3D printing

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD...

1986 to Present
Donald Trump
Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician who was the 45th president of the U...

Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
Sky Petroleum advertisement, Garage and Motor Agent magazine, 7 July 1973

The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization o...

1973 to 1979
Richard Jewell

Richard Allensworth Jewell (born December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007) was an American security guard...

Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
3D medical animation corona virus Image

Corona-viruses are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, the virus...

Dec, 2019 to Present
The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestand...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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Android

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open ...

Oct, 2003 to Present
Hittites
Hittites

The Hittites were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom i...

1750 BC to 1180s BC
Labor Day
Labor day

Labor Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of wor...

1856 to Present
Mikhail Gorbachev Image

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (born 2 March 1931) is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. The e...

Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image

Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person t...

Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2...

Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell (born December 18, 2001) is an American singer and songwriter. ...

Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
Cinnabon logo Image
Cinnabon

Cinnabon is an American chain of baked goods stores and kiosks, normally found in areas with high pe...

Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
Jackie Chan Cannes 2012
Jackie Chan

Chan Kong-sang born 7 April 1954 known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kongese martial arti...

Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festiv...

17th Century to Present
Depiction of the earthquake in an engraving from 1696, possibly showing Catania - 1693 Sicily earthquake

The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on Januar...

Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international pea...

Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
Hirohito
Hirohito

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
Flag of the United States

The flag of the United States of America, often referred to as the American Flag or U.S. flag, is th...

Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
Eminem
Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American r...

Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
Alfred Nobel Image
Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engin...

Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
The Headquarters of the UNCTAD are located at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as an interg...

Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
Kremlin, Russia Image

The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on 26 December 1991, officially granting self-governing...

Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
H1N1 navbox Image
Spanish Flu

The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. La...

Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
Best Buy opens its 800th store in Chicago, Illinois
Best Buy

Best Buy Co., Inc. is an American multinational consumer electronics retailer headquartered in Richf...

Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
Stalin's Image
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin born in 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary a...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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
Hachiko Image
Hachikō

Hachikō (November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) was a Japanese Akita dog remembered for his remarkable l...

Saturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

Major events in the Early sub-period include the Qin unification of China and their replacement by t...

221 BC to 220
The Second Boer War

The Second Boer War (11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902) was fought between the British Empire and two Bo...

Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
Mendeleev

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is best remembered for formulating...

Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
First Chechen War (A Chechen fighter stands near the government palace building during a short lull in fighting in Grozny, Chechnya) Image

The First Chechen War, also known as the First Chechen Сampaign, First Russian-Chechen war, or offic...

Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
Mamie Till at Emmett's funeral
Mamie Till

Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley was an American educator and activist. She was the mother of Emmett Till...

Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
Xiaomi logo Image
Xiaomi

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company founded in April 2010 and headquartered in Beiji...

Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
Current Bhutan flag

The national flag of Bhutan is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features a dragon fro...

1949 to Present
Joe Biden
Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 47th ...

Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
Samsung wordmark (Logo) - image
Samsung

Samsung is a South Korean multinational conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. It compr...

Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 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
Battle during the Second Crusade
Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Lat...

1095 to 1291
Asia Minor map

The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

1268 to 1268
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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and so...

Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
Sculpture of Shep

Shep was the name given to a herding dog that appeared at the Great Northern Railway station one day...

1930s to Monday Jan 12, 1942
Sherry Dyson
Sherry Dyson

Sherry Dyson is Mathematical expert. She was known because of his husband Chris Gardner. Chris is a ...

1950s to Present
Flag of Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the s...

Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
King Juan Carlos Image
Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain, from 1975 until...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
IOS Logo Image
iOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusivel...

2005 to Present
Ruby Bridges
Ruby Bridges

Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the fi...

Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
Prime minister David Ben-Gurion Image

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
Vasily Zaitsev Image

Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the...

Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
NATO flag

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernme...

Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
Gustav Stresemann

Gustav Ernst Stresemann (10 May 1878 – 3 October 1929) was a German statesman who served as Chancell...

Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to...

Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Galileo Galilei

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaulti de Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronome...

Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
Papa John's Pizza logo Image

Papa John's Pizza is an American pizza restaurant franchise. It runs the fourth largest pizza delive...

Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami

The 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the S...

Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
(1905 Russian Revolution) A train overturned by striking workers at the main railway depot in Tiflis

The Russian Revolution of 1905 was a wave of mass political and social unrest that spread through va...

Wednesday Feb 22, 1905 to Sunday Jun 16, 1907
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, m...

Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, was the Ottoman government's systemati...

1914 to 1923
Statue of Waghya at Raigad Fort
Waghya

Waghya, (meaning tiger in Marathi), was a mixed-breed pet dog of Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj, known...

1670s to 1680
Microsoft Corporation current (2019) logo
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, ...

Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
Ancient India

According to consensus in modern genetics, anatomically modern humans first arrived on the Indian su...

31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
Theodelinda married Agilulf

The Kingdom of the Lombards also known as the Lombard Kingdom; later the Kingdom of Italy, was an ea...

568 to 774
Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goal...

Thursday Aug 14, 1941 to Present
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