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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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2005 to Present
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Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Eliza...

Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who was the eighth President of the FIFA (Fr...

Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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1975 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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Oct, 2003 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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1750 BC to 1180s BC
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Tuesday Oct 16, 1962 to Monday Oct 29, 1962
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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
Current Bhutan flag

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1949 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
Oculus Rift

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1838 to Present
1935 Quetta earthquake

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Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
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Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
Francisco Franco

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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
Itzak Stern
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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May, 1969 to 1970
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Buckingham Palace

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1703 to Present
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Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
Napoleon Bonaparte
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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1960 to Present
El Castillo (pyramid of Kukulcán)

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2000s BC to 1697
Richard Branson

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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
Michael Ballack

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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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312 BC to 63 BC
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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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1940s to Present
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Monday Dec 16, 2013 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Friday Apr 23, 1858 to Saturday Oct 4, 1947
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
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1928 to Present
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Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who was the first person t...

Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
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Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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1881 to 1993
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Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
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Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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4th Century to Present
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14th Century to Present
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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1986 to Present
Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name ...

Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina betwee...

Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
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Saturday Aug 13, 985 to Tuesday Feb 13, 1021
Chernobylreactor

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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
Nancy Pelosi
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Nancy Patricia Pelosi (born March 26, 1940) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the Unit...

Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
Albrecht Kossel

Ludwig Karl Martin Leonhard Albrecht Kossel was a German biochemist and pioneer in the study of gene...

Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain, from 1975 until...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
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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
Qasem Soleimani

Qasem Soleimani (11 March 1957 – 3 January 2020) was an Iranian Major General in the Islamic Revolut...

Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
World War II
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World War II (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), also known as Second World War, was a global war that ...

Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
Black Friday
Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, whi...

1952 to Present
Theodore Kaczynski
Ted Kaczynski

Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, is an American domestic terrorist and former m...

Friday May 22, 1942 to Feb, 2022
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and...

Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It is cons...

1500s to 1517
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi

Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both FC Barcelona and the Arge...

Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Bill Gates

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

Friday Oct 28, 1955 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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Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal Parera (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked wor...

Monday Jun 2, 1986 to Present
Flag of Weimar Republic

The Weimar Republic, officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1...

1919 to 1933
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Atari, Inc.

Atari is a brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Inte...

Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
Valentine greeting card

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated an...

494 to Present
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, was the Ottoman government's systemati...

1914 to 1923
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The Conflict in Myanmar is a series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly ...

Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was a British economist whose i...

Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
YouTube
YouTube

YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three f...

Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres (born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was an Israeli politician who s...

Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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MacOS

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

1985 to 2019
Sooronbay Jeenbekov

Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov is a Kyrgyz politician, and the President of Kyrgyzstan. He official...

Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and so...

Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Tony Blair

Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister ...

Tuesday May 5, 1953 to Present
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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Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her ...

Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely consid...

Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
Q. Servilius Caepio

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

509 BC to 27 BC
Richard Jewell

Richard Allensworth Jewell (born December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007) was an American security guard...

Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as...

Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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