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Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Monday Nov 19, 1917 to Wednesday Oct 31, 1984
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Friday Oct 28, 1955 to Present
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Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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Wednesday Aug 6, 1806 to Wednesday Jan 18, 1871
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Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
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Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Friday Nov 8, 1895 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 19, 1951 to Present
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Friday Apr 23, 1858 to Saturday Oct 4, 1947
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1978 to Sunday Jan 26, 2020
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
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Thursday Jan 9, 1913 to Friday Apr 22, 1994
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
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Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 10, 1911 to Monday Feb 12, 1912
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Thursday Jan 15, 2009 to Present
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
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Friday Feb 22, 1732 to Tuesday Dec 14, 1779
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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Friday Apr 2, 1948 to Present
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Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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Sunday Dec 11, 1994 to Saturday Aug 31, 1996
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
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Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
Marcus Garvey
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Wednesday Aug 17, 1887 to Monday Jun 10, 1940
Celine Dion
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
Audrey Hepburn

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Saturday May 4, 1929 to Wednesday Jan 20, 1993
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Tuesday Dec 18, 2001 to Present
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Jan, 1982 to Present
Invasion of Ukraine by Russia

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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
Mona Lisa
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Feb, 1969 to Present
Mexican Revolution

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Sunday Nov 20, 1910 to Friday May 21, 1920
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
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1750 BC to 1180s BC
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Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
Mendeleev

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Saturday Feb 8, 1834 to Saturday Feb 2, 1907
Ronaldinho
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Thursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present
The Hillsborough Memorial

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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Saturday Apr 15, 1989
Christine Lagarde

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Sunday Jan 1, 1956 to Present
Bernard Arnault

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Saturday Mar 5, 1949 to Present
The Leaning Tower of Pisa

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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
Itzak Stern
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
Mass shootings in the United States

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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Prince Harry

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Saturday Sep 15, 1984 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
Flames engulf a building following the outbreak of hostilities between the Panamanian Defense Force and U.S. forces during Operation Just Cause

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Wednesday Dec 20, 1989 to Wednesday Jan 31, 1990
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5th Millenium BC to Present
Igor Stravinsky

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Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
Kheops-Pyramid

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26th Century BC to Present
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