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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
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1817 to Present
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Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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Saturday Jul 21, 1951 to Monday Aug 11, 2014
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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1838 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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1250 to 1517
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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4th Century to Present
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Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
The official opening of the League of Nations.

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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Thursday Jul 1, 1954 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
The Hillsborough Memorial

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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
Francisco Franco

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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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1200 to Present
Heinrich Himmler

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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
Frederick Douglass

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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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1952 to Present
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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1536 to Present
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
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305 BC to 30 BC
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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1268 to 1268
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Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
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1848 to 1849
John Maynard Keynes

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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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14th Century to Present
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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
King Edward VIII
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
Mohamed Aly Image

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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
Emmanuel Macron Image

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Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
Reddit
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
Bill Gates Image
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
Margaret Thatcher Image

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
Mass shootings in the United States

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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
Akio Morita
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
1970 Ancash earthquake

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Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
Marco van Basten

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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
Donald Trump
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician who was the 45th president of the U...

Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
The World Bank
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
Ayman al-Zawahri

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of al-Qaeda and a current or former member an...

Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
X-ray
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
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
Byzantine Empire

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395 to 1453
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party (N...

Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
Battle during the Second Crusade
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1095 to 1291
Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Anne Holmes is an American former biotechnology entrepreneur convicted of criminal fraud. ...

Friday Mar 2, 1984 to Present
Jimmy Hoffa
Jimmy Hoffa

James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) ...

Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
United Nations

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Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
Chris Kyle Image

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
PlayStation Network

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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
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X-box

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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
Library
Libraries

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2600 BC to Present
LeBron James
LeBron James

LeBron Raymone James Sr. (born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for ...

Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
Fulton Image
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
Armed soldiers stand guard in Sarawak

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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
Hugo Chávez
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 to Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
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MacOS

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

1985 to 2019
Spiez Castle
Spiez Castle

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933 to Present
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