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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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1941 to 1945
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Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Wednesday Feb 22, 1905 to Sunday Jun 16, 1907
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
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1200 to Present
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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1865 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
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Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
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494 to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 to Present
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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1940s to Present
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1110s BC to 730s BC
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2005 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
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900 BC to 27 BC
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
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Friday Jun 16, 1911 to Present
Joseph Goebbels

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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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1815 to 1871
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
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5th Millenium BC to Present
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
The official opening of the League of Nations.

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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Angela Merkel

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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
 Dahomey Amazons

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1645 to Nov, 1979
Theodore Roosevelt

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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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2600 BC to Present
Zinedine Zidane - image

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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
Stan Lee
Stan Lee

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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
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HTC

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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football playe...

Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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