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Sunday Oct 7, 1900 to Wednesday May 23, 1945
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Monday Jun 25, 1934 to Present
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Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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1645 to Nov, 1979
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Sunday Sep 24, 1905 to Monday Nov 1, 1993
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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Friday Dec 13, 115 to Present
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Thursday Mar 27, 1986 to Present
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Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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Friday Jul 17, 1936 to Saturday Apr 1, 1939
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
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Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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1016 to Present
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Sunday Jul 13, 1930 to Present
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Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
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Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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Saturday Jun 29, 1985 to Present
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Sunday Sep 17, 1950 to Present
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Thursday Feb 13, 1817 to Wednesday Feb 20, 1895
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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1437 to Wednesday Jun 8, 1492
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Saturday Jan 1, 1955 to Sunday Jan 1, 1967
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Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
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Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Saturday Jul 21, 1951 to Monday Aug 11, 2014
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Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
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Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
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1930s to Monday Jan 12, 1942
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Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Tuesday Sep 29, 1936 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 15, 1987 to Monday Sep 14, 1987
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Saturday Feb 3, 1821 to Tuesday May 31, 1910
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Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 1966 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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2018 to 2025
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Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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1953 to Present
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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1940s to Present
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Martin Bormann

Martin Ludwig Bormann was a German Nazi Party official and head of the Nazi Party Chancellery. He ga...

Sunday Jun 17, 1900 to Wednesday May 2, 1945
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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1703 to Present
AirPods
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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The Beatles

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Mar, 1957 to Sunday Dec 29, 1974
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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
Joe Biden
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Friday Nov 20, 1942 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
Celine Dion
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Saturday Mar 30, 1968 to Present
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Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who was the eighth President of the FIFA (Fr...

Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 to Present
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Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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