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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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799 to 1806
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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2600 BC to Present
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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1971 to Present
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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1865 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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1943 to Present
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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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1955 to Present
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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
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Friday Mar 2, 1984 to Present
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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1985 to 2019
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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1095 to 1291
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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1986 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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Jan, 1982 to Present
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
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4th Century to Present
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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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1953 to Present
The headquarters of the World Trade Organization

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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
1935 Quetta earthquake

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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
Freddie Mercury

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Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
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1536 to Present
Gary Ridgway
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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1848 to 1849
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2005 to Present
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Papa John's Pizza is an American pizza restaurant franchise. It runs the fourth largest pizza delive...

Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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Gabriel Fernandez (February 20, 2005 – May 24, 2013) was an eight-year-old American boy from Palmdal...

Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
Christine Lagarde

Christine Madeleine Odette Lagarde is a French politician, businessperson, and lawyer serving as Pre...

Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
Marie Curie
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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1919 to 1933
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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
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Bin Laden

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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
Albert Einstein

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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
Kheops-Pyramid

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26th Century BC 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
Nicaraguan Revolution

The Nicaraguan Revolution encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s ...

Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
Samuel Little

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Friday Jun 7, 1940 to Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
Spiez Castle
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933 to Present
September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist atta...

Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
Eminem
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American r...

Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Margaret Hilda Thatcher was a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...

Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise...

Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name ...

Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician. Considered one of the pioneers o...

Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
John Forbes Nash Image

John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundament...

Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
Eiffel Tower
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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
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
Lionel Messi
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Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both FC Barcelona and the Arge...

Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American political leader, military...

Friday Feb 22, 1732 to Tuesday Dec 14, 1779
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
Ebola virus (SEM)

Ebola virus disease (EVD), or simply Ebola, is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primate...

Jun, 1976 to Present
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
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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
Theresa May
Theresa May

Theresa Mary May MP (born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the U...

Sunday Sep 30, 1956 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
US Airways Flight 1549 (N106US) after crashing into the Hudson River Image

US Airways Flight 1549 was an Airbus A320 which, in the climbout after takeoff from New York City's ...

Thursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present
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
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
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
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