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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
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Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
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1971 to Present
Mark Zuckerburg

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Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 to Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Internet

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1950s to Present
Marco van Basten

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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
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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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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
Certosa di Pavia
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4th Century to 469
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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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1110s BC to 730s BC
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1960 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
George W. Bush

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Saturday Jul 6, 1946 to Present
Richard Branson

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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
Freddie Mercury

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Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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1850 to Present
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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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
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Mar, 2009 to Present
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
Simon Bolivar

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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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1095 to 1291
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
Heinrich Himmler

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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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2500 BC to 609 BC
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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19th Century BC to 539 BC
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1268 to 1268
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Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
Richard Jewell

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Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Carter G. Woodson

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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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1985 to 2019
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Algerian War

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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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1703 to Present
River Phoenix
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Jeffrey Preston Bezos (born January 12, 1964) is an American internet and aerospace entrepreneur, me...

Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 to Present
Canon Camera
Cameras

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4th Century to Present
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Atari, Inc.

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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
Marilyn Monroe Image

Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, model, and singer. Famous for playing comic "blonde bombshel...

Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festiv...

17th Century 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
Chernobylreactor

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

Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits...

Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
Prime minister David Ben-Gurion Image

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
Chumlee
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 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
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
Library
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2600 BC to Present
Joe Biden
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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
John Maynard Keynes

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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia

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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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
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
United Nations

The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization that aims to maintain international pea...

Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
The World Bank
World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides interest-free loans and grant...

Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
Destroyed Yugoslav Army T-55 tank. This tank was hit by a Croatian AT missile, abandoned by its crew and later destroyed by another JNA tank

The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between Croat forces loyal to the gove...

Sunday Mar 31, 1991 to Sunday Nov 12, 1995
Yersinia pestis
Plague

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14th Century 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
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Marlon Brando

Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor and film director. With a car...

Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
Logo of the Library of Congress

The Library of Congress (LC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congre...

Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
Wordmark of Sony - image

Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato...

Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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Computer

A computer is a machine that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical opera...

Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Nike, Inc.

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

Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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
Statue of Waghya at Raigad Fort
Waghya

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

1670s to 1680
Library of Alexandria

The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant li...

280s BC to 642
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