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Christopher Jarrett Medina Gardner was born to Chris Gardner and Jackie Medina, on 28 January 1981. ...

Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
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Popeyes

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits...

Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
Depiction of the earthquake in an engraving from 1696, possibly showing Catania - 1693 Sicily earthquake

The 1693 Sicily earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria, and Malta on Januar...

Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Mamie Till

Mamie Elizabeth Till-Mobley was an American educator and activist. She was the mother of Emmett Till...

Wednesday Nov 23, 1921 to Monday Jan 6, 2003
Vladimir Lenin

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (22 April 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known by his alias Lenin, was a Ru...

Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
Black Friday
Black Friday

Black Friday is an informal name for the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, whi...

1952 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
Kheops-Pyramid

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza pyramid comple...

26th Century BC to Present
Diego Maradona

Diego Armando Maradona was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as...

Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Kevin Hart
Kevin Hart

Kevin Darnell Hart is an American stand-up comedian and actor....

Friday Jul 6, 1979 to Present
Richard Branson

Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, investor, and author. In the 19...

Tuesday Jul 18, 1950 to Present
Magdi Yacoub
Magdi Yacoub

Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub is an Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothora...

Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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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
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Linux

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating...

Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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Sofia Kenin

Sofia Anna Kenin is an American professional tennis player. She has a career-high Women's Tennis Ass...

Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
Chris Gardner Sep 2011

Christopher Paul Gardner (born February 9, 1954) is an American businessman and motivational speaker...

Tuesday Feb 9, 1954 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
1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami

The 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the S...

Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
Assyrian Empire
Assyria

Assyria, also called the Assyrian Empire, was a Mesopotamian kingdom and empire of the Ancient Near ...

2500 BC to 609 BC
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
Cyprus flag

Several distinct periods of Cypriot intercommunal violence involving the two main ethnic communities...

Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
Queen Elizabeth II at NASA

Elizabeth was born in Mayfair, London, as the first child of the Duke and Duchess of York (later Kin...

Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia

On 24 February 2022, Russia began a military invasion of Ukraine, in a major escalation of the Russo...

Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
Slobodan Milošević Image

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia (ori...

Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
Jair Bolsonaro Image

Jair Messias Bolsonaro (born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer, ...

Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution...

1848 to 1849
Impeachment of Bill Clinton

The impeachment of Bill Clinton was initiated on October 8, 1998, when the United States House of Re...

Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
Pelé Image
Pelé

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, (born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé, is a Brazilian retired professio...

Wednesday Oct 23, 1940 to Present
Michael Phelps Image

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most ...

Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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
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Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. He is considered one of the founding pioneers of th...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1946 to Present
Virus Microscope Infection

SARS-CoV is thought to be an animal virus from an as-yet-uncertain animal reservoir....

Friday Nov 15, 2002 to Saturday May 1, 2004
Franklin Roosevelt Image

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR...

Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
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
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Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bean Bryant (August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player...

Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Bin Laden

Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011), also rendered Usama bin Ladin,...

Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
Celine Dion
Celine Dion

Céline Marie Claudette Dion is a Canadian singer. Noted for her powerful and technically skilled voc...

Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
Flag of Christmas Island

The Territory of Christmas Island is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the s...

Thursday Jan 1, 1615 to Present
Virat Kohli
Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli (born 5 November 1988) is an Indian cricketer and the current captain of the India natio...

Saturday Nov 5, 1988 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
Benjamin Banneker

Benjamin Banneker (November 9, 1731 – October 19, 1806) was a free African-American almanac author, ...

Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer, so...

Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
Photograph taken showing the body of Will Brown after being burned by a white lynch mob - Red Summer
Red Summer

Red Summer is the period from late winter through early autumn of 1919 during which white supremacis...

Apr, 1919 to Dec, 1919
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Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato...

Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
Iranian Revolution Image

The Iranian Revolution also known as the Islamic Revolution or the 1979 Revolution, was a series of ...

Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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An economic conflict between China and the United States has been ongoing since January 2018, when U...

2018 to 2025
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Ford

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker that has its main headquarter in Dearborn,...

Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
Pablo Escobar Image

Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narco...

Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
World War II
World War II

World War II (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), also known as Second World War, was a global war that ...

Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (born Audrey Kathleen Ruston; 4 May 1929 – 20 January 1993) was a British actress and...

Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
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
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Jim Carrey

James Eugene Carrey is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, musician, ...

Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment, ...

Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
Ebola virus (SEM)

Ebola virus disease (EVD), or simply Ebola, is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primate...

Jun, 1976 to Present
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Netflix

Netflix, Inc. is an American technology and media services provider and production company headquart...

Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
Westminster Palace

The Palace of Westminster serves as the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords...

1016 to Present
J.F.Kennedy Image

Often referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th president o...

Tuesday May 29, 1917 to Friday Nov 22, 1963
Cover, first serial edition of 1849 - David Copperfield

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal His...

1850 to Present
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Pope Francis

Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio 17 December 1936) is the head of the Catholic Church and so...

Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Visa Inc.

Visa Inc. (also known as Visa, stylized as VISA) is an American multinational financial services cor...

Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
Battle at Soufflot barricades at Rue Soufflot

The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime ...

Wednesday Feb 23, 1848 to Jan, 1848
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An antibiotic is a type of antimicrobial substance active against bacteria and is the most important...

Tuesday Apr 19, 1910 to Present
Hugo Chávez
Hugo Chávez

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan politician who was president of Venezuela from 1999 until ...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1954 to Tuesday Mar 5, 2013
Brexit
Brexit

Brexit (a portmanteau of "British" and "exit") is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the...

Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
Ruins of Machu Picchu Inca empire
Inca Empire

The Inca Empire, also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire, was the largest empire in pre-C...

1438 to 1533
Ayman al-Zawahri

Ayman Mohammed Rabie al-Zawahiri is the current leader of al-Qaeda and a current or former member an...

Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
Gary Ridgway
Gary Ridgway

Gary Leon Ridgway, also known as the Green River Killer, is an American serial killer. He was initia...

Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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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
Mexican Revolution

The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle, lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920, that transform...

Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
Cinnabon logo Image
Cinnabon

Cinnabon is an American chain of baked goods stores and kiosks, normally found in areas with high pe...

Wednesday Dec 4, 1985 to Present
IOS Logo Image
iOS

iOS (formerly iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system created and developed by Apple Inc. exclusivel...

2005 to Present
Heysel plan

The Heysel Stadium Events occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach b...

Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
YouTube
YouTube

YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. Three f...

Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
Chumlee
Chumlee

Austin Lee Russell (born September 8, 1982), better known by his stage name Chumlee, is an American ...

Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 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
September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist atta...

Tuesday Sep 11, 2001 to Friday Jul 26, 2019
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Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. ...

Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
Nicaraguan Revolution

The Nicaraguan Revolution encompassed the rising opposition to the Somoza dictatorship in the 1960s ...

Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

Hunter Doherty "Patch" Adams is an American physician, comedian, social activist, clown, and author....

Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
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
H1N1 navbox Image
Spanish Flu

The Spanish flu, also known as the 1918 flu pandemic, was an unusually deadly influenza pandemic. La...

Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American politician and soldier w...

Tuesday Oct 14, 1890 to Friday Mar 28, 1969
Jackie Chan Cannes 2012
Jackie Chan

Chan Kong-sang born 7 April 1954 known professionally as Jackie Chan, is a Hong Kongese martial arti...

Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
Blue Mosque, Tabriz, Iran - 1727 Tabriz earthquake

The 1727 Tabriz earthquake occurred on 18 November with an epicenter near Tabriz in northwest Iran....

Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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The Holocaust

The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the World War II genocide of the European Jews. Between ...

1941 to 1945
Hachiko Image
Hachikō

Hachikō (November 10, 1923 – March 8, 1935) was a Japanese Akita dog remembered for his remarkable l...

Saturday Nov 10, 1923 to Friday Mar 8, 1935
Kaka
Kaká

Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (born 22 April 1982, commonly known as Kaká) or Ricardo Kaká, is a ...

Thursday Apr 22, 1982 to Present
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, som...

1536 to Present
Kim Jong-un Image
Kim Jong-un

Kim Jong-un (born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician. He has been Supreme Leader of North ...

Jan, 1982 to Present
Doss Desmond US Army Image

Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served...

Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Laser

A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimula...

1960 to Present
Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (31 March [O.S. 21 March] 1685 – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and music...

Saturday Mar 31, 1685 to Tuesday Jul 28, 1750
Ho Chi Minh
Ho Chi Minh

Hồ Chí Minh was a Vietnamese revolutionary and politician. He served as Prime Minister of North Viet...

Monday May 19, 1890 to Tuesday Sep 2, 1969
1997 Asian financial crisis

The Asian financial crisis was a period of financial crisis that gripped much of East Asia and South...

Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials, MJ, is an American form...

Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
Alcatraz Island March 1962 Image

The June 1962 Alcatraz escape was a prison break from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum-secur...

Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
Ottoman Empire Coat of arms

The Ottoman Empire was a state that controlled much of Southeastern Europe, Western Asia, and Northe...

1299 to Monday Mar 3, 1924
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Prince Harry

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex is a member of the British royal family. He is the younger son of Charl...

Saturday Sep 15, 1984 to Present
Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, ...

Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Raúl Castro

Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the First Secretary of the...

Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
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