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Symbian OS

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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan was the Alb...

Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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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
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Bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011), also rendered Usama bin Ladin,...

Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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
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
Armed soldiers stand guard in Sarawak

The Communist insurgency in Sarawak occurred in Malaysia from 1962 to 1990, and involved the North K...

Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake

The 1990 Manjil–Rudbar earthquake occurred on June 21 at 00:30:14 local time in northern Iran. The s...

Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Wa...

Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
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Arameans

The Arameans were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical ...

1110s BC to 730s BC
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The air planes accidents happened in the twentieth century....

Thursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present
United Nations

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

Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Qaboos bin Said Al Said (18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 197...

Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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
Johan Cruyff
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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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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
Temple of Hephaestus - Athens, Greece - Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece period in Greek history lasting from around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Emp...

9th Century BC to 146 BC
Martial arts
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Kobe Bryant

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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Gulf War

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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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
MOTHER'S DAY
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
Simon Bolivar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco (24 July 1783 ...

Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
Akio Morita
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Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka....

Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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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
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1971 to Present
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The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resi...

Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought between the Union and the Confede...

Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 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
Garry Kasparov Image

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion,...

Saturday Apr 13, 1963 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
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
The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built ...

220s BC to Present
Romulus and his twin brother Remus
Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy, or the regal period of ancient Rome, was ...

750s BC to 509 BC
1970 Ancash earthquake

The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31 May off the ...

Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
Slobodan Milošević Image

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia (ori...

Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Shakira

Shakira Isabel Mebarak is a Colombian singer, songwriter, dancer, businesswoman, and philanthropist...

Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
Eminem
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Marlon Brando

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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, and author. In the 19...

Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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
River Phoenix
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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James Bond

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1953 to Present
Albrecht Kossel

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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Linux

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Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
Angelina Jolie

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Wednesday Jun 4, 1975 to Present
Rescue equipment in Tham Luang entrance chamber

In June and July 2018, a junior association football team was rescued from the Tham Luang Nang Non c...

Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
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Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animated images. The more general te...

1940s to Present
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Lucky Luciano

Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania in November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an infl...

Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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The Holocaust

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1941 to 1945
Jair Bolsonaro Image

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

Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
Library
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The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Topics o...

2600 BC to Present
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Xiaomi

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

Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
Slovenian Territorial defense military drills held in March 1991 Image

The Ten-Day War, or the Slovenian Independence War, was a brief conflict that followed the Slovenian...

Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (N...

Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille Rashaun "Shaq" O'Neal (born March 6, 1972) is a retired professional American basketball p...

Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
The Hillsborough Memorial

The Hillsborough disaster was a fatal human crush during an association football match at Hillsborou...

Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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
British army in Brunei
Brunei revolt

The Brunei revolt was a December 1962 insurrection in the British protectorate of Brunei by opponen...

Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
Martin Bormann

Martin Ludwig Bormann was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He ga...

Sunday Jun 17, 1900 to Wednesday May 2, 1945
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
Gold Room Bretton Woods Participating Nations Display Case - Bretton Woods Conference

The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Friday Jul 21, 1944
Marvel Studios

Marvel Studios, LLC (originally known as Marvel Films from 1993 to 1996) is an American film studio ...

Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 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
Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and a lea...

Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current President of Turkey sin...

Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
Steven Spielberg image

Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of th...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or the Hungarian Uprising, was a nationwide revolution against the...

Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
Howard Hughes 1938 Image

Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, inves...

Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
Cyprus flag

Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities...

Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer ...

Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong also known by his courtesy name Mao Runzhi and the title Chairman Mao as Chairman of th...

Tuesday Dec 26, 1893 to Thursday Sep 9, 1976
PlayStation Network

PlayStation Network (PSN) is a digital media entertainment service provided by Sony Interactive Ente...

Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit is a board game from Canada in which winning is determined by a player's ability to ...

Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
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
Iranian Revolution Image

The Iranian Revolution also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, was a series of ...

Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish general and politician...

Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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
Princess Diana Image

Was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and th...

Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
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IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, ki...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Bicycle
Bicycle

A bicycle, also called a bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered, pedal-driven, single-tr...

1817 to Present
Zinedine Zidane - image

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French former professional footba...

Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran - 1727 Tabriz earthquake

The 1727 Tabriz earthquake occurred on 18 November with an epicenter near Tabriz in northwest Iran....

Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
Resignation of the non-Communist ministers in February 1948

The 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état was an event late that February in which the Communist Party of Cz...

Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, som...

1536 to Present
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, so...

Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle, lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920, that transform...

Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
Mamluk lancers
Mamluks

The Mamluk Sultanate was a medieval realm spanning Egypt, the Levant and Hejaz that established itse...

1250 to 1517
Red Dog statue

Red Dog (c. 1971 – 21 November 1979) was a kelpie/cattle dog cross that was well known for his trave...

1971 to Wednesday Nov 21, 1979
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was a British physician, notable as the first ...

Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
AirPods
Airpods

AirPods are wireless Bluetooth earbuds designed by Apple. They were first released on September 7, 2...

Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfg...

Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (1797 – November 26, 1883) was an African-American abolitionist and women's rights a...

1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
Josip Broz Tito Image

Josip Broz (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary...

Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
Yersinia pestis
Plague

Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Symptoms include fever, wea...

14th Century 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
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