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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
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Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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509 BC to 27 BC
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Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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1971 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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1881 to 1993
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Thursday Aug 14, 1941 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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1986 to Present
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5th Millenium BC to Present
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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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1850 to Present
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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1st Century to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
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Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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Sunday Sep 24, 1905 to Monday Nov 1, 1993
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Friday Feb 22, 1732 to Tuesday Dec 14, 1779
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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Friday Apr 23, 1858 to Saturday Oct 4, 1947
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
Carlos Slim
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Saturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935
Harry S. Truman

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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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Thursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present
Lothar Meyer
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
Palace of Versailles

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Saturday Jun 28, 1919 to Saturday Jan 10, 1920
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
Lionel Messi
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Pedro Alonso LĂłpez is a Colombian serial killer and child rapist who murdered a minimum of 110 young...

Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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1953 to Present
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the Central Intelligen...

Monday Apr 17, 1961 to Thursday Apr 20, 1961
The World Bank
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the younger daughter of King George VI and Queen Elizabet...

Thursday Aug 21, 1930 to Friday Feb 15, 2002
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Linux

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating...

Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 25, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is w...

Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Kosovo War

The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started in late February 1998 and lasted until 1...

Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
Armenian Genocide

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1914 to 1923
Elizabeth Blackwell

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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
Oculus
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated an...

494 to Present
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
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Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animated images. The more general te...

1940s to Present
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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Algerian War

The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution was foug...

Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's Day

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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Lat...

1095 to 1291
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán)

The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for i...

2000s BC to 1697
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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
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