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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
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Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
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Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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1940s to Present
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1881 to 1993
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Sunday Nov 24, 1946 to Tuesday Jan 24, 1989
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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1960 to Present
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1943 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
Willem Einthoven

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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Tuesday Jan 1, 2008 to Saturday Dec 31, 2011
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Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
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Apr, 1452 to Friday May 2, 1519
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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15th Century BC to Present
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Saturday Jun 28, 1919 to Saturday Jan 10, 1920
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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1838 to Present
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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
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1200 to Present
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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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1815 to 1871
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
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Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
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Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
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Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
Mona Lisa
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1500s to 1517
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
Cristiano Ronaldo

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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
Donald Trump
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Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
Elliot Page
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Saturday Feb 21, 1987 to Present
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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
Frederick Douglass

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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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2001 to Present
Yasunari Kawabata

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Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
Iranian Revolution Image

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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 to Present
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Kobe Bryant

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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
Nanjing Road during Xinhai Revolution

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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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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
Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to...

Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

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Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
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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
Marco van Basten

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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Qaboos bin Said Al Said (18 November 1940 – 10 January 2020) was the Sultan of Oman from 23 July 197...

Monday Nov 18, 1940 to Friday Jan 10, 2020
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The Beatles

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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French former professional footba...

Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack is a retired German footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of ...

Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Internet

The history of the Internet has its origin in the efforts to interconnect computer networks that aro...

1950s to Present
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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
Justin Trudeau Image

Justin Pierre James Trudeau (born December 25, 1971) is a Canadian politician serving as the 23rd an...

Saturday Dec 25, 1971 to Present
Vladimir Lenin

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Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
Eminem
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American r...

Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
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The Ten-Day War, or the Slovenian Independence War, was a brief conflict that followed the Slovenian...

Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
Sherry Dyson
Sherry Dyson

Sherry Dyson is Mathematical expert. She was known because of his husband Chris Gardner. Chris is a ...

1950s to Present
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Bank fraud is the criminal act of breaching the security measures of a financial institution to stea...

Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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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