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Apr, 1919 to Dec, 1919
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Feb, 1969 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
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Jan, 1982 to Present
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Saturday Nov 5, 1988 to Present
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1789 to 1848
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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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15th Century BC to Present
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
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2018 to 2025
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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1952 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
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900 BC to 27 BC
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Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
Sojourner Truth

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1797 to Monday Nov 26, 1883
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
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Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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13th Century to 1966
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
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Thursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present
Sooronbay Jeenbekov

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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
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Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
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Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
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282 BC to 133 BC
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Sunday Dec 25, 1932 to Sunday Dec 25, 1932
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Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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1110s BC to 730s BC
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1971 to Wednesday Nov 21, 1979
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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1949 to Present
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
Hungarian–Romanian War (Romanian Cavalry in Budapest during the Hungarian-Romanian War of 1919) Image

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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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Friday Sep 4, 1998 to Present
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Chichen Itza

Chichen Itza was a large pre-Columbian city built by the Maya people of the Terminal Classic period....

5th Century to 15th Century
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Sunday Dec 12, 1915 to Thursday May 14, 1998
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Pedro Alonso López 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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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
Nanjing Road during Xinhai Revolution

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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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1985 to 2019
Charles de Gaulle

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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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32nd Century BC to 332 BC
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The Weimar Republic, officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1...

1919 to 1933
Iran-Iraq War Image

The Iran–Iraq War began on 22 September 1980, when Iraq invaded Iran, and ended on 20 August 1988, w...

Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
Q. Servilius Caepio

The Roman Republic was a state of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representatio...

509 BC to 27 BC
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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
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Android

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open ...

Oct, 2003 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
Martin Luther King Image

Was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in...

Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
Caracas (Venezuela), March 5, 2014. The Foreign Minister of Ecuador, Ricardo Patiño, participated in the commemoration of the death of Commander Hugo Chávez Image

The Bolivarian Revolution is a political process in Venezuela that was led by Venezuelan President H...

Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
Martial arts
Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as...

4th Millenium BC to Present
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Cameras

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

4th Century 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
Dollar Tree
Dollar Tree

Dollar Tree, formerly known as Only $1.00, is an American multi-price-point chain of discount variet...

1986 to Present
Mesopotamian lions and flowers decorated the processional street - Ishtar Gate - Babylon
Babylon

Babylon was the capital city of Babylon, a kingdom in ancient Mesopotamia, between the 18th and 6th ...

19th Century BC to 539 BC
Halimah Yacob
Halimah Yacob

Halimah binti Yacob is a Singaporean politician who is the current President of Singapore. Formerly ...

Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Waghya

Waghya, (meaning tiger in Marathi), was a mixed-breed pet dog of Maratha king Shivaji Maharaj, known...

1670s to 1680
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, so...

Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, ...

Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
Oculus
Oculus

Oculus is a brand of Facebook Technologies, LLC (formerly known as Oculus VR, LLC), a subsidiary of ...

Jul, 2012 to Present
Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese novelist and short story writer whose spare, lyrical, subtly-shaded...

Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
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