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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Oct, 2003 to Present
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
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Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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2600 BC to Present
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
Russell Bufalino

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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Saturday Jul 17, 1954 to Present
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
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Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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26th Century BC to 10th Century
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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1016 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
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Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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Sunday Jun 11, 1899 to Sunday Apr 16, 1972
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1952 to Present
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1986 to Present
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509 BC to 27 BC
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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4th Millenium BC to Present
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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Sunday Mar 10, 1985 to Thursday Dec 26, 1991
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1944 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Apr, 1919 to Dec, 1919
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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1953 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 to Present
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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1908 to Present
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Thursday Jun 27, 1991 to Sunday Jul 7, 1991
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13th Century to 1966
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Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
Willis Carrier Image

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Sunday Nov 26, 1876 to Saturday Oct 7, 1950
Samuel Little

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Friday Jun 7, 1940 to Wednesday Dec 30, 2020
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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2018 to 2025
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1961 to 1989
The Bank of America Corporate Center, headquarters of Bank of America in Charlotte

The Bank of America Corporation (simply referred to as Bank of America, often abbreviated as BofA) i...

1956 to Present
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Falklands War

The Falklands War was a 10-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over...

Friday Apr 2, 1982 to Monday Jun 14, 1982
Bicycle
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1817 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
Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Italian club Juventus and captains the...

Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
1997 Asian financial crisis

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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
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Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pionee...

Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
New York Stock Exchange

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Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
The Second Boer War

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Wednesday Oct 11, 1899 to Saturday May 31, 1902
Financial crisis of 2007–2008

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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
Hurricane Katrina Image

Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and deadly Category 5 hurricane that made landfall on...

Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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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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The Rajputana famine of 1869 (also the Great Rajputana Famine, Bundelkhand and Upper Hindustan famin...

May, 1969 to 1970
Elizabeth Blackwell

Elizabeth Blackwell (February 3, 1821 – May 31, 1910) was a British physician, notable as the first ...

Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfg...

Tuesday Jan 27, 1756 to Wednesday May 11, 1791
John Forbes Nash Image

John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundament...

Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
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
Jimmy Hoffa
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James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913; disappeared July 30, 1975, declared dead July 30, 1982) ...

Friday Feb 14, 1913 to Friday Jul 30, 1982
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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
Java

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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Bitcoin
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Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person or group of people using the name ...

Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
Sooronbay Jeenbekov

Sooronbay Sharipovich Jeenbekov is a Kyrgyz politician, and the President of Kyrgyzstan. He official...

Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
W. E. B. Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, ...

Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
Titanic
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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
Mussolini biografia

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the Na...

Sunday Jul 29, 1883 to Saturday Apr 28, 1945
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Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
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