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Libraries

The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Topics o...

2600 BC to Present
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Uber

Uber Technologies, Inc., commonly known as Uber, is an American multinational ride-hailing company o...

Mar, 2009 to Present
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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
Sherry Dyson
Sherry Dyson

Sherry Dyson is Mathematical expert. She was known because of his husband Chris Gardner. Chris is a ...

1950s to Present
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George Weah

George Manneh Oppong Weah is a Liberian politician and former professional footballer currently ser...

Saturday Oct 1, 1966 to Present
A mural showing women dressed in traditional Hanfu silk robes, from the Dahuting Tomb of the late Eastern Han dynasty (25–220 AD)

Major events in the Early sub-period include the Qin unification of China and their replacement by t...

221 BC to 220
IBM
IBM

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is an American multinational technology company he...

Friday Jun 16, 1911 to Present
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BMW

BMW is a German multinational company which produces automobiles and motorcycles. The company was fo...

Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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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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Beethoven

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

Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Andrew Yang

Andrew Yang (born January 13, 1975) is an American 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, entrepren...

Sunday Jan 12, 1975 to Present
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Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of ancient Rome. As a polity, it included large terr...

27 BC to 395
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
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Spanish Flu

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

Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
Richard Jewell

Richard Allensworth Jewell (born December 17, 1962 – August 29, 2007) was an American security guard...

Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
Irish War of Independence

The Irish War of Independence or Anglo-Irish War was a guerrilla war fought in Ireland from 1919 to ...

Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Kroger

The Kroger Company, is an American retail company founded by Bernard Kroger in 1883 in Cincinnati, O...

1883 to Present
Lothar Meyer
Lothar Meyer

Julius Lothar Meyer (19 August 1830 – 11 April 1895) was a German chemist. He was one of the pioneer...

Thursday Aug 19, 1830 to Thursday Apr 11, 1895
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
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The 1932 Changma earthquake occurred at 10:04:27 local time (02:04:07 UTC) on 25 December. With an e...

Sunday Dec 25, 1932 to Sunday Dec 25, 1932
Carter G. Woodson

Carter Godwin Woodson was an American historian, author, journalist, and the founder of the Associat...

Sunday Dec 19, 1875 to Monday Apr 3, 1950
New York Stock Exchange

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, nicknamed "The Big Board") is an American stock exchange in the F...

Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China 1988

The Tiananmen Square protests, commonly known in mainland China as the June Fourth Incident were stu...

Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman, politician, c...

Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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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
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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
Galileo Galilei

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaulti de Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronome...

Saturday Feb 15, 1564 to Wednesday Jan 8, 1642
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Juan Carlos I

Juan Carlos I is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain, from 1975 until...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1938 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
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Memorial day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military per...

Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
Anna May Wong
Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong (born Wong Liu Tsong; January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was an American actress, con...

Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Arameans

The Arameans were an ancient Semitic-speaking people in the Near East, first recorded in historical ...

1110s BC to 730s BC
 Dahomey Amazons

The Dahomey Amazons were a Fon all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey which existed ...

1645 to Nov, 1979
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
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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
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World War 1

World War I, often abbreviated as WWI or WW1, also known as the First World War or the Great War, wa...

Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
KFC
KFC

KFC (short for Kentucky Fried Chicken) is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Lo...

1952 to Present
Intel microprocessor

A microprocessor is a computer processor that incorporates the functions of a central processing uni...

Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
Kingdom of Pergamon

The Attalid dynasty or the Kingdom of Pergamon ​was a Hellenistic Greek dynasty that ruled much of A...

282 BC to 133 BC
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Roman Kingdom

The Roman Kingdom, also referred to as the Roman monarchy, or the regal period of ancient Rome, was ...

750s BC to 509 BC
Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Elon Reeve Musk is a business magnate, industrial designer, and engineer. He is the founder, CEO, CT...

Monday Jun 28, 1971 to Present
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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
Hot Dog
Hot Dog

The hot dog (also spelled hotdog) is a grilled or steamed sausage sandwich where the sausage is serv...

1200 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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Algerian War

The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution was foug...

Monday Nov 1, 1954 to Monday Mar 19, 1962
Titanic
Titanic

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
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MacOS

MacOS is a series of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. si...

1985 to 2019
Willem Einthoven

Willem Einthoven (21 May 1860 – 29 September 1927) was a Dutch physician and physiologist. He invent...

Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution, headquartered in Wa...

Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (14/15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519), known as Leonardo da Vinci, was an I...

Apr, 1452 to Friday May 2, 1519
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

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

Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
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Sepp Blatter

Joseph "Sepp" Blatter is a Swiss football administrator who was the eighth President of the FIFA (Fr...

Tuesday Mar 10, 1936 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
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The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 3...

Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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
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The Cilicia earthquake occurred northeast of the city of Adana in 1268. Over 60,000 people perished ...

1268 to 1268
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Gulf War

The Gulf War (2 August 1990 – 28 February 1991), codenamed Operation Desert Shield (2 August 1990 – ...

Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 25, 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is w...

Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (William Arthur Philip Louis born 21 June 1982) is a member of the...

Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
Q. Servilius Caepio

The Roman Republic was a state of the classical Roman civilization, run through public representatio...

509 BC to 27 BC
Justinianus I
Justinian I

Justinian I also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565....

482 to Thursday Nov 14, 565
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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
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Apple Inc.

Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, t...

Thursday Apr 1, 1976 to Present
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Thanksgiving

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

1536 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
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Ciro Immobile

Ciro Immobile is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Lazio an...

Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
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Lacoste

Lacoste is a French company, founded in 1933 by tennis player René Lacoste and André Gillier. It sel...

Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a c...

1865 to Present
Prince Charles Image

Charles, Prince of Wales is the heir apparent to the British throne as the eldest son of Queen Eliza...

Sunday Nov 14, 1948 to Present
Eminem
Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem, is an American r...

Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 to Present
Canon Camera
Cameras

A camera is an optical instrument used to record images. At their most basic, cameras are sealed box...

4th Century to Present
Jacinda Ardern

Jacinda Kate Laurell Ardern (born 26 July 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the 40...

Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
The Leaning Tower of Pisa

The Leaning Tower of Pisa or simply the Tower of Pisa (Torre di Pisa) is the campanile, or freestand...

Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
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Gary Webb

Gary Stephen Webb was an American investigative journalist. He began his career working for newspape...

Thursday Aug 31, 1995 to Friday Dec 10, 2004
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Adidas

Adidas AG is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that...

Thursday Aug 18, 1949 to Present
Bob Marley Image
Bob Marley

Robert Nesta Marley was a Jamaican singer, songwriter and musician. Considered one of the pioneers o...

Tuesday Feb 6, 1945 to Monday May 11, 1981
Sky Petroleum advertisement, Garage and Motor Agent magazine, 7 July 1973

The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization o...

1973 to 1979
Greenland

The Denmark expedition, also known as the Denmark Expedition to Greenland's Northeast Coast, was an ...

Aug, 1907 to Tuesday Jul 21, 1908
Nelson Mandela Image

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and ph...

Thursday Jul 18, 1918 to Thursday Dec 5, 2013
Françoise Bettencourt Meyers

is a French billionaire heiress and an author of Bible commentaries and works on Jewish-Christian re...

Friday Jul 10, 1953 to Present
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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
1970 Ancash earthquake

The 1970 Ancash earthquake (also known as the Great Peruvian earthquake) occurred on 31 May off the ...

Sunday May 31, 1970 to Sunday May 31, 1970
A Colombian marine on a field training exercise

The Colombian conflict began in the mid-1960s and is a low-intensity asymmetric war between the gove...

Wednesday May 27, 1964 to Present
Cathedral of St. Helena
Stuart Long

Stuart Ignatius Long (July 26, 1963 – June 9, 2014) was an American boxer and Catholic priest who de...

Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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
Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantium, was the continuati...

395 to 1453
Theresa May
Theresa May

Theresa Mary May MP (born 1 October 1956) is a British politician serving as Prime Minister of the U...

Sunday Sep 30, 1956 to Present
Brazilian Revolution of 1930

The Revolution of 1930 also known as the 1930 coup d'état or coup of 1930 was an armed movement in B...

Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
1783 Calabrian earthquakes

The 1783 Calabrian earthquakes were a sequence of five strong earthquakes that hit the region of Cal...

Wednesday Feb 5, 1783 to Friday Mar 28, 1783
Mark Zuckerburg

Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (born May 14, 1984) is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist...

Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide , also known as the Armenian Holocaust, was the Ottoman government's systemati...

1914 to 1923
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Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato...

Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
Mohamed Aly Image

born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr(January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, ...

Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
Princess Diana Image

Was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and th...

Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
Ronaldinho
Ronaldinho

Brazilian former professional footballer and ambassador for Barcelona. He played mostly as an attack...

Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely consid...

Saturday Jun 17, 1882 to Tuesday Apr 6, 1971
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
Martial arts
Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as...

4th Millenium BC 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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