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Raúl Castro

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the First Secretary of the...

Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Latter & Blum, ABR, SRS, e-PRO, SFR, GRI, MRP 2018 President of Louisiana REALTORS, and she is well-...

1955 to Present
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernme...

Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
Depiction of the earthquake in an engraving from 1696, possibly showing Catania - 1693 Sicily earthquake

The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on Januar...

Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un (born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician. He has been Supreme Leader of North ...

Jan, 1982 to Present
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The Weimar Republic, officially named the German Reich, was the government of Germany from 1918 to 1...

1919 to 1933
Marcus Garvey
Marcus Garvey

H.E. The Right Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (17 August 1887 – 10 June 1940) was a Jamaican po...

Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
The official opening of the League of Nations.

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission...

Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

Trivial Pursuit is a board game from Canada in which winning is determined by a player's ability to ...

Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
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
Louis Armstrong Image

Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an A...

Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
Eagle of Zeus, Ptolemaic mint

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was an Ancient Greek state based in Egypt during the Hellenistic Period. It wa...

305 BC to 30 BC
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IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, ki...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 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
Alan Turing
Alan Turing

Alan Mathison Turing was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philo...

Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
Lothar Meyer
Lothar Meyer

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneer...

Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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
Chernobylreactor

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is a closed nuclear power plant near the abandoned city of Pripyat...

Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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
George W. Bush

George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 4...

Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
Akio Morita
Akio Morita

Akio Morita was a Japanese businessman and co-founder of Sony along with Masaru Ibuka....

Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
Joe Biden
Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. born November 20, 1942) is an American politician who served as the 47th ...

Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
disasters

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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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George Weah

George Manneh Oppong Weah is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer currently ser...

Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
Kremlin, Russia Image

The dissolution of the Soviet Union occurred on 26 December 1991, officially granting self-governing...

Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Prince Harry

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charl...

Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
Oculus
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Oculus is a brand of Facebook Technologies, LLC (formerly known as Oculus VR, LLC), a subsidiary of ...

Jul, 2012 to Present
Certosa di Pavia
Huns

The Huns were nomadic people who lived in Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Eastern Europe between the...

4th Century to 469
Temple of Hephaestus - Athens, Greece - Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece period in Greek history lasting from around 800 BC to its subjection to the Roman Emp...

9th Century BC to 146 BC
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David Ben-Gurion (16 October 1886 – 1 December 1973) was the primary national founder of the State o...

Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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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
Juan Trippe
Juan Trippe

Juan Terry Trippe was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan A...

Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
Kingdom of Pergamon

The Attalid dynasty or the Kingdom of Pergamon ​was a Hellenistic Greek dynasty that ruled much of A...

282 BC to 133 BC
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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
Stephen Hawking Image

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmo...

Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Kosovo War

The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started in late February 1998 and lasted until 1...

Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
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
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of...

Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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
Russell Bufalino

Rosario Alberto Bufalino (born October 29, 1903) was an Italian-born American mobster who became the...

Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
World War II
World War II

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
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
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
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
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Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, ...

Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
Alcatraz Island March 1962 Image

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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Memorial day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military per...

Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

Kevin Darnell Hart is an American stand-up comedian and actor....

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Princess Diana Image

Was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and th...

Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
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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
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Tesla, Inc.

Tesla, Inc. (formerly Tesla Motors, Inc.) is an American automotive and energy company based in Palo...

Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 to Present
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot

The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime ...

Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
Hittites
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The Hittites were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom i...

1750 BC to 1180s BC
Bernard Arnault

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (born March 5, 1949) is a French billionaire business magnate, and art ...

Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
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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
Diving horse
Diving horse

A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into ...

1881 to 1993
Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran - 1727 Tabriz earthquake

The 1727 Tabriz earthquake occurred on 18 November with an epicenter near Tabriz in northwest Iran....

Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American form...

Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
Titanic
Titanic

RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after the sh...

Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
Borgo San Lorenzo monument to Fido
Fido (dog)

Fido (1941 – June 9, 1958) was an Italian dog that came to public attention in 1943 because of his d...

1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
David Cameron Image
David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kin...

Sunday Oct 9, 1966 to Present
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Ford

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarter in Dearborn,...

Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
Ted Bundy
Ted Bundy

Theodore Robert Bundy was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped, and murdered numerous youn...

Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
Zara
Zara

Zara SA, stylized as ZARA, is a Spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo in Galicia. The company sp...

1975 to Present
Ruhollah Khomeini

Sayyid Ruhollah Mūsavi Khomeini (24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989), also known in the Western world a...

Wednesday Sep 24, 1902 to Saturday Jun 3, 1989
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and philanthropist who served...

Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
Schindler, Oskar Image

Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
Doss Desmond US Army Image

Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served...

Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
Symbian OS logo Image
Symbian OS

Symbian is a discontinued mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphon...

1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
Current Bhutan flag

The national flag of Bhutan is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features a dragon fro...

1949 to Present
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa

Severo Ochoa de Albornoz (24 September 1905 – 1 November 1993) was a Spanish physician and biochemis...

Sunday Sep 24, 1905 to Monday Nov 1, 1993
Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize is a set of annual international awards bestowed in several categories by Swedish an...

Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, som...

1536 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
Pablo Escobar Image

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narco...

Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
The Headquarters of the UNCTAD are located at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) was established in 1964 as an interg...

Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
Canon Camera
Cameras

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

4th Century to Present
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
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States from 1...

Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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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
 Dahomey Amazons

The Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed ...

1645 to Nov, 1979
Ancient China
Ancient China

This is a timeline of Ancient Chinese dynasties, comprising important legal and territorial changes ...

21st Century BC to 221 BC
(Second Chechen War) A Russian Mi-8 helicopter shot down by Chechen fighters near the Chechen capital, Grozny

Second Chechen War, also known as the Second Chechen Сampaign or officially Counter-terrorist operat...

Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
Nikola Tesla
Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla (10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943) was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, m...

Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
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Xiaomi

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company founded in April 2010 and headquartered in Beiji...

Tuesday Apr 6, 2010 to Present
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
Pablo Picasso image
Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and...

Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
Logo for American sportswear company Nike Inc.
Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manu...

Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was an American politician who served as the 37th president of the United Sta...

Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
FIFA logo

The FIFA World Cup was first held in 1930, when FIFA, the world's football governing body, decided t...

Sunday Jul 13, 1930 to Present
2008 Sichuan earthquake

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occur...

Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
Banner of the Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that d...

799 to 1806
Iranian Revolution Image

The Iranian Revolution also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, was a series of ...

Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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
Flames engulf a building following the outbreak of hostilities between the Panamanian Defense Force and U.S. forces during Operation Just Cause

The United States Invasion of Panama, codenamed Operation Just Cause occurred between mid-December 1...

Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Wa...

Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a German-born theoretical physicist who develope...

Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
Itzak Stern
Itzak Stern

Itzak Stern (25 January 1901 – 1969) was a Polish-Israeli Jewish Holocaust survivor who worked for S...

Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
Kobe Bryant Image
Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player...

Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Marc O'leary

Between 2008 and 2011, a series of rapes in the suburbs around Seattle and Denver were perpetrated b...

Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011
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