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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Monday Apr 8, 1974 to Saturday Feb 2, 2013
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Dec, 2019 to Present
Library of Alexandria

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280s BC to 642
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
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1960 to Present
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
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Monday Aug 29, 1842 to Present
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
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Saturday Oct 5, 1985 to Present
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 4, 1981 to Present
Byzantine Empire

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395 to 1453
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4th Century to Present
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Thursday Jun 21, 1990 to Thursday Jun 21, 1990
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Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
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4th Century to 469
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
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Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
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Sunday Jul 13, 1930 to Present
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1745 to Present
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Sunday Jun 23, 1912 to Monday Jun 7, 1954
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Wednesday Feb 22, 1905 to Sunday Jun 16, 1907
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Friday Sep 16, 1853 to Tuesday Jul 5, 1927
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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
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Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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1952 to Present
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Thursday Aug 2, 1923 to Wednesday Sep 28, 2016
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
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Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
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Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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Saturday Apr 20, 1889 to Monday Apr 30, 1945
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
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Monday Jun 11, 1962 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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13th Century to 1966
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1985 to 2019
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Sunday Jan 29, 1882 to Wednesday Apr 11, 1945
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1990s to Wednesday Jan 1, 2014
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Lucky Luciano

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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and cu...

Sunday Sep 17, 1950 to Present
Juan Trippe
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Juan Terry Trippe was an American commercial aviation pioneer, entrepreneur and the founder of Pan A...

Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Salvador Dali

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known professional...

Wednesday May 11, 1904 to Monday Jan 23, 1989
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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
Virat Kohli
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Saturday Nov 5, 1988 to Present
Lionel Messi
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Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both FC Barcelona and the Arge...

Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
LeBron James
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Saturday Dec 29, 1984 to Present
Java

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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Carlos the Jackal Image

Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal, is a Venezuelan terro...

Wednesday Oct 12, 1949 to Present
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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
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Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
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Harald V

Harald V is the King of Norway, having ascended to the throne upon the death of his father King Olav...

Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
Oculus
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Jul, 2012 to Present
The logo for Zoom Video Communications

Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (stylized as zoom or simply Zoom) is an American communications tech...

Thursday Apr 21, 2011 to Present
Plane Crashes Images

The air planes accidents happened in the twentieth century....

Thursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present
Labor Day
Labor day

Labor Day (Labor Day in the United States) is an annual holiday to celebrate the achievements of wor...

1856 to Present
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise...

Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Atari, Inc.

Atari is a brand name owned by several entities since its inception in 1972, currently by Atari Inte...

Tuesday Jun 27, 1972 to Present
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Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular an...

Sunday Dec 12, 1915 to Thursday May 14, 1998
The official opening of the League of Nations.

The League of Nations was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission...

Saturday Jan 10, 1920 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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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The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

1268 to 1268
First Indochina War COLLAGE - image

The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resi...

Thursday Dec 19, 1946 to Tuesday Jul 20, 1954
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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
Current Bhutan flag

The national flag of Bhutan is one of the national symbols of Bhutan. The flag features a dragon fro...

1949 to Present
Simon Bolivar

Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte-Andrade y Blanco (24 July 1783 ...

Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
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X-box

Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. It represents a series of video game co...

Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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