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Christopher Scott Kyle was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War an...

Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

1268 to 1268
Certosa di Pavia
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4th Century to 469
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Saturday Jun 23, 2018 to Jul, 2018
Kheops-Pyramid

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26th Century BC to Present
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A camera is an optical instrument used to record images. At their most basic, cameras are sealed box...

4th Century to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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1815 to 1871
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company he...

Friday Jun 16, 1911 to Present
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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
Ho Chi Minh
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Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He served as Prime Minister of North Viet...

Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
Joe Biden
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
Bicycle
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A bicycle, also called a bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered, pedal-driven, single-tr...

1817 to Present
1970 Ancash earthquake

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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
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
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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
Current Bhutan flag

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1949 to Present
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
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Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
Ruins of Machu Picchu Inca empire
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1438 to 1533
Martial arts
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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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
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
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot

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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
Diving horse
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1881 to 1993
Kevin Hart
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
April Fools' Day

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Thursday Apr 1, 1582 to Present
Michael Jordan

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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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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
Irish War of Independence

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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
Oculus Rift

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1838 to Present
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1250 to 1517
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Friday Feb 22, 1732 to Tuesday Dec 14, 1779
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
Richard Nixon
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 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
The Great Stupa at Sanchi
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
Marie Curie
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
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The Beatles

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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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Rosa Parks

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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey

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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
LeBron James
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on...

Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
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Tesla, Inc.

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Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 to Present
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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
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
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
Michael Phelps Image

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most ...

Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
Putin Image

Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence o...

Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
Bill Gates Image
Bill Gates

William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, author, p...

Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
Sculpture of Shep

Shep was the name given to a herding dog that appeared at the Great Northern Railway station one day...

1930s to Monday Jan 12, 1942
disasters

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

Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 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
Indira Gandhi Image
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
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, con...

Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
Daniel Craig - Film Premiere "Spectre" - James Bond
James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer ...

1953 to Present
Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantium, was the continuati...

395 to 1453
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

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Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
Elliot Page
Elliot Page

Elliot Page (born Ellen Grace Philpotts-Page; February 21, 1987) is a Canadian actor and producer. H...

Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
Pope John Paul II Image

Karol Józef Wojtyła (18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign o...

Tuesday May 18, 1920 to Saturday Apr 2, 2005
Harald V Image
Harald V

Harald V is the King of Norway, having ascended to the throne upon the death of his father King Olav...

Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
Flag of Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the s...

Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
Amancio Ortega Portrait

Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936) is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder a...

Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CT...

Monday Jun 28, 1971 to Present
The logo for Zoom Video Communications

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (stylized as zoom or simply Zoom) is an American communications tech...

Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
Ebola virus (SEM)

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

Jun, 1976 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
Osama bin Laden Image
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
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
A Colombian marine on a field training exercise

The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the gove...

Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American technology and media services provider and production company headquart...

Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who...

Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
AirPods
Airpods

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

Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 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
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
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
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
Magdi Yacoub
Magdi Yacoub

Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub is an Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothora...

Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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OnePlus

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

Monday Dec 16, 2013 to Present
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Image

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence move...

Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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
Library
Libraries

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

2600 BC to Present
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