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Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, is an East Timorese politician. A former militant, he was the first Presiden...

Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
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1928 to Present
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Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narco...

Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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1953 to Present
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmo...

Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
Etruscan mother and child

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900 BC to 27 BC
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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1950s to Present
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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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1268 to 1268
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Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
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Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
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Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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799 to 1806
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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5th Millenium BC to Present
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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509 BC to 27 BC
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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1250 to 1517
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
Abraham Lincoln

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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
Coverture
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13th Century to 1966
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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
W. E. B. Du Bois

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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1908 to Present
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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
Flag of the United States

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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
Mona Lisa
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1500s to 1517
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
Chocolate
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15th Century BC to Present
Oculus
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Jul, 2012 to Present
Library
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2600 BC to Present
Louis Armstrong Image

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an A...

Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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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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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
Kheops-Pyramid

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26th Century BC to Present
Yersinia pestis
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14th Century to Present
Zlatan Ibrahimović - image

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. Primar...

Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
April Fools' Day

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Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
YouTube
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
Iran-Iraq War Image

The Iran–Iraq War began on 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, and ended on 20 August 1988, w...

Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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
Alan Turing
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
Mexican Revolution

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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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
Facebook Image

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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
Sojourner Truth

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1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
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Robert Fulton

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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
Chernobylreactor

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

Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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
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
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and music...

Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
Flag of Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1...

1919 to 1933
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MacOS

MacOS is a series of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. si...

1985 to 2019
Zara
Zara

Zara SA, stylized as ZARA, is a Spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo in Galicia. The company sp...

1975 to Present
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
Pelé Image
Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, (born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professio...

Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho

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

Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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
Shakira Image
Shakira

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

Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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
Prince Harry Image
Prince Harry

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charl...

Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
Nelson Mandela Image

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and ph...

Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
Mehan Markle Image

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (born on August 4th, 1981) is an American former actress and a member of t...

Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
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
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BMW

BMW is a German multinational company which produces automobiles and motorcycles. The company was fo...

Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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
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
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Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational technology company that provides telecommuni...

Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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