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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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May, 1969 to 1970
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4th Century to 469
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Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
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1914 to 1923
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Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
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1971 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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1750 BC to 1180s BC
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
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280s BC to 642
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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312 BC to 63 BC
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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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1929 to 1933
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Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
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Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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1016 to Present
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1703 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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1536 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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1919 to 1933
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
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21st Century BC to 221 BC
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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17th Century to Present
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1943 to Present
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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1955 to Present
Zara
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1975 to Present
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Dec, 2019 to Present
Michael Ballack

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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
The World Bank
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
Patch Adams
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Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
1997 Asian financial crisis

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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
Bicycle
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1817 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
Bernard Arnault

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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
Adolf Hitler
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Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

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1865 to Present
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Jan, 1982 to Present
Raúl Castro Image
Raúl Castro

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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Lacoste

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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
Titanic
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
Sherry Dyson
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1950s to Present
Chocolate
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15th Century BC to Present
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1095 to 1291
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