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The 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état was an event late that February in which the Communist Party of Cz...

Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Ruby Nell Bridges Hall (born September 8, 1954) is an American civil rights activist. She was the fi...

Wednesday Sep 8, 1954 to Present
Harry S. Truman

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Thursday May 8, 1884 to Tuesday Dec 26, 1972
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Thursday Dec 28, 1922 to Monday Nov 12, 2018
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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
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Oskar Schindler (28 April 1908 – 9 October 1974) was a German industrialist and a member of the Nazi...

Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
Portrait of Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander of the Apollo 11 - image

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Tuesday Aug 5, 1930 to Saturday Aug 25, 2012
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1703 to Present
Impeachment of Bill Clinton

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Saturday Dec 19, 1998 to Friday Feb 12, 1999
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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
Garry Kasparov Image

Garry Kimovich Kasparov (13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former world chess champion,...

Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
Simon Bolivar

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Thursday Jul 24, 1783 to Friday Dec 17, 1830
Penicillin
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1928 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
Java

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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
Cleopatra and Caesar
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Cleopatra VII Philopator was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, and its last active ruler. A m...

69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
Nicaraguan Revolution

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Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
Patch Adams
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Monday May 28, 1945 to Present
Slobodan Milošević Image

Slobodan Milošević was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia (ori...

Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
Flag of Weimar Republic

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1919 to 1933
Prince William and Duchess Kate of Cambridge visits Sweden 02 Image

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Monday Jun 21, 1982 to Present
XBOX logo 2012 Image
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
The logo of the Finnish telecommunications company, Nokia Corporation
Nokia

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consume...

Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
Johan Cruyff
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Friday Apr 25, 1947 to Thursday Mar 24, 2016
Xerox headquarters in Norwalk
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 to Present
Bernard Arnault

Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault (born March 5, 1949) is a French billionaire business magnate, and art ...

Saturday Mar 5, 1949 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
Donald Trump
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician who was the 45th president of the U...

Friday Jun 14, 1946 to Present
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MacOS is a series of proprietary graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. si...

1985 to 2019
International Monetary Fund Headquarters

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

Thursday Dec 27, 1945 to Present
Xanana Gusmão - image

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, is an East Timorese politician. A former militant, he was the first Presiden...

Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
Coverture
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Coverture (sometimes spelled couverture) was a legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage, a woman's lega...

13th Century to 1966
Raúl Castro Image
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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz is a Cuban politician who is currently serving as the First Secretary of the...

Wednesday Jun 3, 1931 to Present
Winston Churchill

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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
Board and pieces of Trivial Pursuit

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Saturday Dec 15, 1979 to Present
Warren Buffett

Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930) is an American business magnate, investor, and philanth...

Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
First Sino-Japanese War Image

The First Sino-Japanese War, also known as the Chino-Japanese War, was fought between China and Japa...

Wednesday Jul 25, 1894 to Wednesday Apr 17, 1895
Stalin's Image
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Wednesday Dec 18, 1878 to Thursday Mar 5, 1953
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
Bicycle
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A bicycle, also called a bike or cycle, is a human-powered or motor-powered, pedal-driven, single-tr...

1817 to Present
Impeachment of Andrew Johnson

The impeachment of Andrew Johnson was initiated on February 24, 1868, when the United States House o...

Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Monday Feb 24, 1868
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Monday Sep 1, 1958 to Present
Hungarian flag with the 1949–1956 communist emblem cut out

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, or the Hungarian Uprising, was a nationwide revolution against the...

Saturday Jun 23, 1956 to Sunday Nov 11, 1956
Cristiano Ronaldo

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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
Chris McCandless Image

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968– August 1992), also known by the pseudonym Alexand...

Monday Feb 12, 1968 to Saturday Aug 1, 1992
Dżok Monument
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1990 to 1998
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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1250 to 1517
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BMW is a German multinational company which produces automobiles and motorcycles. The company was fo...

Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
Narendra Damodardas Modi Image

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and cu...

Sunday Sep 17, 1950 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
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
Communist troops in the Battle of Siping - Chinese Civil War Image

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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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The German revolutions of 1848–1849, the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution...

1848 to 1849
Iran-Iraq War Image

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Monday Sep 22, 1980 to Saturday Aug 20, 1988
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 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
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Monday May 12, 2008 to Monday May 12, 2008
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Thursday Sep 17, 1908 to Present
Zorig Memorial in Ulan-Bator

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Tuesday Jan 2, 1990 to Friday Mar 9, 1990
Rosa Parks Image
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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
Flag of the United States

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Saturday Jun 14, 1777 to Present
Oliver Wright and Wilbur Wright Image

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
Theresa May
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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
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
Carlos Slim
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Carlos Slim Helú (born January 28, 1940) is a Mexican business magnate, engineer, investor and phila...

Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
Banking hacks image

Bank fraud is the criminal act of breaching the security measures of a financial institution to stea...

Wednesday Jan 1, 1992 to Monday Dec 31, 2018
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
Heysel plan

The Heysel Stadium Events occurred on 29 May 1985 when mostly Juventus fans escaping from a breach b...

Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
Walt Disney Image
Walt Disney

Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pionee...

Thursday Dec 5, 1901 to Thursday Dec 15, 1966
Tony Hawk
Tony Hawk

Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder,...

Sunday May 12, 1968 to Present
Ebola virus (SEM)

Ebola virus disease (EVD), or simply Ebola, is a viral hemorrhagic fever of humans and other primate...

Jun, 1976 to Present
1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami

The 1792 Unzen earthquake and tsunami resulted from the volcanic activities of Mount Unzen (in the S...

Monday May 21, 1792 to May, 1792
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
Mass shootings in the United States

Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm-related violence. The precise inc...

Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 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
Rwandan genocide

The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, was a mass slaughter of Tutsi an...

Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
Intel microprocessor

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

Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
Android logo 2019 Image
Android

Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open ...

Oct, 2003 to Present
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
Popeyes restaurant in Houston, Texas
Popeyes

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc., also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits...

Monday Jun 12, 1972 to Present
Cover, first serial edition of 1849 - David Copperfield

David Copperfield is the eighth novel by Charles Dickens. The novel's full title is The Personal His...

1850 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
World War II
World War II

World War II (often abbreviated WWII or WW2), also known as Second World War, was a global war that ...

Friday Sep 1, 1939 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animated images. The more general te...

1940s to Present
Lula da Silva Image
Lula da Silva

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born 27 October 1945), popularly known simply as Lula, is a Brazilian pol...

Saturday Oct 27, 1945 to Present
Reddit
Reddit

Reddit is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registere...

Thursday Jun 23, 2005 to Present
Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels (29 October 1897 – 1 May 1945) was a German Nazi politician and Reich Minister ...

Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
Stephen Hawking Image

Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmo...

Wednesday Jan 7, 1942 to Tuesday Mar 13, 2018
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
Russell Bufalino

Rosario Alberto Bufalino (born October 29, 1903) was an Italian-born American mobster who became the...

Thursday Oct 29, 1903 to Friday Feb 25, 1994
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
Logo for American sportswear company Nike Inc.
Nike, Inc.

Nike, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design, development, manu...

Saturday Jan 25, 1964 to Present
Ciro Immobile Image
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
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
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
W. E. B. Du Bois

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963) was an American sociologist, ...

Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
Zinedine Zidane - image

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

Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
All Giza Pyramids in one shot
Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt was a civilization of ancient North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of th...

32nd Century BC to 332 BC
Fidel Castro Image
Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Repub...

Friday Aug 13, 1926 to Friday Nov 25, 2016
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