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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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Thursday Aug 14, 1941 to Present
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Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
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1961 to 1989
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Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
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Saturday Oct 16, 1886 to Saturday Dec 1, 1973
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1908 to Present
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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1941 to 1945
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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26th Century BC to 10th Century
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
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Tuesday Mar 1, 1938 to Present
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 26, 1921 to Sunday Oct 3, 1999
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
Francisco Franco

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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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Thursday Aug 26, 1999 to Sunday Apr 30, 2000
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Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
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Saturday Nov 11, 2006 to Present
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27 BC to 395
Martin Bormann

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Sunday Jun 17, 1900 to Wednesday May 2, 1945
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13th Century to 1966
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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
Benjamin Banneker

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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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Saturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935
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Vietnam War

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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
Audrey Hepburn

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Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
The official opening of the League of Nations.

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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Algerian War

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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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Kosovo War

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Sunday Feb 1, 1998 to Friday Jun 11, 1999
1997 Asian financial crisis

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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
Doss Desmond US Army Image

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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Thursday May 15, 1997 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
Buckingham Palace

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1703 to Present
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Spanish Flu

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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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