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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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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick (Irish: Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festiv...

17th Century to Present
Incandescent light bulb with a medium-sized E27 (Edison 27 millimeter) male screw base - image

An incandescent light bulb, incandescent lamp or incandescent light globe is an electric light with ...

Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
Theodelinda married Agilulf

The Kingdom of the Lombards also known as the Lombard Kingdom; later the Kingdom of Italy, was an ea...

568 to 774
Papa John's Pizza logo Image

Papa John's Pizza is an American pizza restaurant franchise. It runs the fourth largest pizza delive...

Thursday Oct 2, 1884 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
Ellie Goulding

Elena Jane Goulding (30 December 1986) is an English singer and songwriter. Her career began when sh...

Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
Library
Libraries

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

2600 BC to Present
2008 Sichuan earthquake

The 2008 Sichuan earthquake also known as the Great Sichuan earthquake or Wenchuan earthquake, occur...

Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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
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
Palace of Versailles

The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties of World War I. It ended the s...

Saturday Jun 28, 1919 to Saturday Jan 10, 1920
Giannis Antetokounmpo

Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo is a Greek-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Milwaukee ...

Saturday Aug 3, 1963 to Friday Sep 29, 2017
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
Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter

James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and philanthropist who served...

Wednesday Oct 1, 1924 to Present
Demolished vehicles line Highway 80, also known as the "Highway of Death", the route fleeing Iraqi forces took as they retreated fom Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm Image
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
Statue of Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby (May 4, 1855 – January 14, 1872) was a Skye Terrier who became known in 19th-centur...

Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Pablo Picasso

Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, stage designer, poet and...

Monday Jun 10, 2019 to Sunday Apr 8, 1973
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
Logo of Amazon
Amazon

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington. Amaz...

Tuesday Jul 5, 1994 to Present
The Great Wall of China

The Great Wall of China is the collective name of a series of fortification systems generally built ...

220s BC to Present
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah

Abū ʿAlī Manṣūr (13 August 985 – 13 February 1021), better known by his regnal name al-Ḥākim bi-Amr ...

Saturday Aug 13, 985 to Tuesday Feb 13, 1021
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
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Image

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian activist who was the leader of the Indian independence move...

Saturday Oct 2, 1869 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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
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
A laser beam used for welding
Laser

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

1960 to Present
Zinedine Zidane - image

Zinedine Yazid Zidane (born 23 June 1972), nicknamed "Zizou", is a French former professional footba...

Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image

The Chinese Civil War was a civil war in China fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of...

Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
Westminster Palace

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

1016 to Present
Diving horse
Diving horse

A diving horse is an attraction that was popular in the mid-1880s, in which a horse would dive into ...

1881 to 1993
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
Microsoft Corporation current (2019) logo
Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, ...

Friday Apr 4, 1975 to Present
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IKEA

IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, ki...

Wednesday Jul 28, 1943 to Present
Bosnian War (The government building in the centre of Sarajevo burns after being hit by tank fire during the siege in 1992) Image
Bosnian War

The Bosnian War was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina betwee...

Monday Apr 6, 1992 to Thursday Dec 14, 1995
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
Josip Broz Tito Image

Josip Broz (7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary...

Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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
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
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Image

Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was the Ruler of Abu Dhabi for more than 30 years. He was the fou...

Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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
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
Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States from 1...

Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
Byzantine Empire

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

395 to 1453
Aramean funeral stele Louvre
Arameans

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

1110s BC to 730s BC
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
Amancio Ortega Portrait

Amancio Ortega Gaona (born March 28, 1936) is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder a...

Friday Mar 27, 1936 to Thursday Mar 26, 1936
Windmills
Wind turbine

A wind turbine, or alternatively referred to as a wind energy converter, is a device that converts t...

1st Century 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
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
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
Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial ...

Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is a Turkish politician serving as the 12th and current President of Turkey sin...

Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Vodafone

Vodafone Group plc is a British multinational telecommunications company. Its registered office is l...

Monday Sep 16, 1991 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
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
Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti (born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played for...

Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
Google LLC
Google LLC

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related serv...

Friday Sep 4, 1998 to Present
Charles de Gaulle

Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French army officer ...

Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
Java

Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to...

Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Eagle of Zeus, Ptolemaic mint

The Ptolemaic Kingdom was an Ancient Greek state based in Egypt during the Hellenistic Period. It wa...

305 BC to 30 BC
Armed soldiers stand guard in Sarawak

The Communist insurgency in Sarawak occurred in Malaysia from 1962 to 1990, and involved the North K...

Saturday Dec 1, 1962 to Saturday Nov 3, 1990
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
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
Shaquille O'Neal

Shaquille Rashaun "Shaq" O'Neal (born March 6, 1972) is a retired professional American basketball p...

Monday Mar 6, 1972 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
1935 Quetta earthquake

The 1935 Quetta earthquake occurred on 31 May between 2:33 am and 3:40 am at Quetta, Balochistan, Br...

Friday May 31, 1935 to Friday May 31, 1935
Chris Gardner and his Son

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

Wednesday Jan 28, 1981 to Present
Marie Curie
Marie Curie

Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pione...

Thursday Nov 7, 1867 to Wednesday Jul 4, 1934
Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath

Gita Gopinath has been the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund since 2019. In that ro...

Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
Bactria Map
Bactria

Bactria was an ancient region in Central Asia. Bactria proper was north of the Hindu Kush mountain r...

26th Century BC to 10th Century
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American statesman and lawyer who served...

Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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
Malcolm X Image
Malcolm X

Malcolm X (1925–1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a popular fi...

Tuesday May 19, 1925 to Sunday Feb 21, 1965
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
Jim Carrey Image
Jim Carrey

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

Wednesday Jan 17, 1962 to Present
David Cameron Image
David Cameron

David William Donald Cameron is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kin...

Sunday Oct 9, 1966 to Present
Spiez Castle
Spiez Castle

Spiez Castle is a castle in the municipality of Spiez of the Swiss canton of Bern. It is a Swiss her...

933 to Present
Korean War Image
Korean War

The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of Chin...

Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was a British economist whose i...

Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
Aaron Hernandez Image

Aaron Josef Hernandez (November 6, 1989 – April 19, 2017) was a convicted murderer and American foot...

Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
Prince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge visits Sweden 02 Image

Prince William, Duke of Cambridge (William Arthur Philip Louis born 21 June 1982) is a member of the...

Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
Central Park May Image

The Central Park jogger case (When They See Us) was a criminal case in the United States based on th...

Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
Patch Adams
Patch Adams

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

Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
John Forbes Nash Image

John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 – May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundament...

Wednesday Jun 13, 1928 to Saturday May 23, 2015
Valentine greeting card

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated an...

494 to Present
Assyrian Empire
Assyria

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

2500 BC to 609 BC
Zara
Zara

Zara SA, stylized as ZARA, is a Spanish apparel retailer based in Arteixo in Galicia. The company sp...

1975 to Present
Marco van Basten

Marcel "Marco" van Basten born 31 October 1964) is a Dutch football manager and former professional ...

Saturday Oct 31, 1964 to Present
Mark Zuckerburg

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

Monday May 14, 1984 to Present
Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972), also known by his ring name, The Rock, is an American-Can...

Tuesday May 2, 1972 to Present
Johan Cruyff
Johan Cruyff

Hendrik Johannes Cruijff OON (25 April 1947 – 24 March 2016) was a Dutch professional football playe...

Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
King Juan Carlos Image
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
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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
Zlatan Ibrahimović - image

Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a forward for LA Galaxy. Primar...

Saturday Oct 3, 1981 to Present
Kobe Bryant Image
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
Alfred Nobel Image
Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish businessman, chemist, engin...

Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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
Stalin's Image
Joseph Stalin

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin born in 18 December 1878 – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary a...

Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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