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Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
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Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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Saturday Dec 8, 1962 to Monday Dec 17, 1962
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Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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494 to Present
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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1956 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Oct, 1948 to Saturday Jan 1, 2022
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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
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Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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Monday Mar 2, 1931 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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1952 to Present
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
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Tuesday Dec 7, 1993 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
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Friday Jun 7, 1940 to Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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Monday Jun 15, 1992 to Present
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Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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31st Century BC to 4th Century BC
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
Kevin Hart
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Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
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Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
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Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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1941 to Monday Jun 9, 1958
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May, 1969 to 1970
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
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Tuesday Feb 2, 1999 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
Iran-Iraq War Image

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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

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221 BC to 220
The official opening of the League of Nations.

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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Margaret Thatcher Image

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Tuesday Oct 13, 1925 to Monday Apr 8, 2013
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Monday Sep 16, 1991 to Present
1783 Calabrian earthquakes

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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
The headquarters of the World Trade Organization

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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
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The Holocaust

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1941 to 1945
Virus Microscope Infection

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Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
Nikola Tesla
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Thursday Jul 10, 1856 to Thursday Jan 7, 1943
Eagle of Zeus, Ptolemaic mint

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305 BC to 30 BC
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Nintendo

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Saturday Sep 23, 1989 to Present
Michael Jordan

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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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