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Stuart Long

Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who de...

Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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
Chernobylreactor

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a closed nuclear power plant near the abandoned city of Pripyat...

Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
Schindler, Oskar Image

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
Borgo San Lorenzo monument to Fido
Fido (dog)

Fido (1941 – June 9, 1958) was an Italian dog that came to public attention in 1943 because of his d...

1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
Battle of Madrid (Spanish Civil War)

The Spanish Civil War was a civil war in Spain fought from 1936 to 1939. Republicans loyal to the le...

Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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
Westminster Palace

The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords...

1016 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
Garry Kasparov Image

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

Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who develope...

Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepren...

Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
2008 Sichuan earthquake

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occur...

Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey

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
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
Diving horse
Diving horse

A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into ...

1881 to 1993
Xanana Gusmão - image

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, is an East Timorese politician. A former militant, he was the first Presiden...

Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanth...

Saturday Aug 30, 1930 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
Intel microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing uni...

Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
HTC Image
HTC

HTC Corporation is a Taiwanese consumer electronics company headquartered in Xindian District, New T...

Thursday May 15, 1997 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
Yersinia pestis
Plague

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

14th Century to Present
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Meditation

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5th Millenium BC to Present
Jair Bolsonaro Image

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

Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
A painting dedicated to the founders of Black History Month, the Black United Students at Kent State University, by Ernie Pryor

Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United States, where it is also known...

Feb, 1969 to Present
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Kroger

The Kroger Company, is an American retail company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, O...

1883 to Present
Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name, The Rock, is an American-Can...

Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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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
Library
Libraries

The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Topics o...

2600 BC to Present
Chocolate
Chocolate

Chocolate is a preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that are made in the form of a liquid, ...

15th Century BC to Present
X-ray
X-ray

X-ray, or X-radiation, is a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays h...

Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family, as well as motherhood, maternal bon...

Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho

Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Friday Mar 21, 1980 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
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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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian...

Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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
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X-box

Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. It represents a series of video game co...

Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
Caracas (Venezuela), March 5, 2014. The Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, participated in the commemoration of the death of Commander Hugo Chávez Image

The Bolivarian Revolution is a political process in Venezuela that was led by Venezuelan President H...

Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
The official opening of the League of Nations.

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission...

Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Halimah Yacob
Halimah Yacob

Halimah binti Yacob is a Singaporean politician who is the current President of Singapore. Formerly ...

Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Internet

The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts to interconnect computer networks that aro...

1950s to Present
Rajputana 1909

The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famin...

May, 1969 to 1970
NATO flag

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

Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
Symbian OS logo Image
Symbian OS

Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphon...

1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
Stephen Hawking Image

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmo...

Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

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

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Willem Einthoven

Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. He invent...

Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington. Amaz...

Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
Robin Williams 1996 Image

Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and comedian. Born i...

Saturday Jul 21, 1951 to Monday Aug 11, 2014
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
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
Chris Gardner Sep 2011

Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker...

Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
Mamluk lancers
Mamluks

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

1250 to 1517
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Visa Inc.

Visa Inc. (also known as Visa, stylized as VISA) is an American multinational financial services cor...

Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
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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
Kingdom of Pergamon

The Attalid dynasty or the Kingdom of Pergamon ​was a Hellenistic Greek dynasty that ruled much of A...

282 BC to 133 BC
First Sino-Japanese War Image

The First Sino-Japanese War, also known as the Chino-Japanese War, was fought between China and Japa...

Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
Portrait d'Ibrahim Pacha

Ibrahim Pasha was a general in the Egyptian army and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and un...

1789 to 1848
A jack-o'-lantern, one of the symbols of Halloween
Halloween

Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of Hallows' Even or Hallows' Evening), also known as Allhallo...

1745 to Present
Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40...

Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
The Beatles Image
The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The line-up of John Lennon, Paul ...

Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
Walt Disney Image
Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pionee...

Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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
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
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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
Rosa Parks Image
Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her ...

Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
Cleopatra and Caesar
Cleopatra

Cleopatra VII Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and its last active ruler. A m...

69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
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
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
The logo of the Finnish telecommunications company, Nokia Corporation
Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consume...

Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
1997 Asian financial crisis

The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and South...

Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
Alan Turing
Alan Turing

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philo...

Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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Sofia Kenin

Sofia Anna Kenin is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Ass...

Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author....

Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
disasters

A natural disaster is a sudden event that causes widespread destruction, major collateral damage or ...

Friday Dec 13, 115 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
Father's Day
Father's Day

Father's Day is a day of honoring fatherhood, paternal bonds, as well as the influence of fathers in...

1908 to Present
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
Armenian Genocide

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

1914 to 1923
Ottoman Empire Coat of arms

The Ottoman Empire was a state that controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northe...

1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
Jim Carrey Image
Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, ...

Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
Chumlee
Chumlee

Austin Lee Russell (born September 8, 1982), better known by his stage name Chumlee, is an American ...

Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
Logo entreprise OnePlus Image
OnePlus

One Plus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., commonly referred to as OnePlus, is a Chinese smartphone m...

Monday Dec 16, 2013 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
Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder,...

Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
Muhammad Ali Pasha

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
Graves at Arlington on Memorial Day Image
Memorial day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military per...

Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animated images. The more general te...

1940s to Present
George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 4...

Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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
Chris McCandless Image

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968– August 1992), also known by the pseudonym Alexand...

Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
Black Friday
Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, whi...

1952 to Present
Marie Curie
Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pione...

Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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
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
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
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
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
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