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Wednesday Jul 7, 1937 to Sunday Sep 2, 1945
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Friday May 4, 1855 to Sunday Jan 14, 1872
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Monday Nov 6, 1989 to Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
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Saturday Apr 26, 1986 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 1, 1955 to Wednesday Apr 30, 1975
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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Friday Oct 3, 1930 to Friday Oct 24, 1930
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Thursday Sep 5, 1946 to Sunday Nov 24, 1991
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2600 BC to Present
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Sunday Sep 26, 1976 to Present
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Monday Aug 1, 1927 to Monday Aug 7, 1950
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Tuesday Aug 15, 1769 to Saturday May 5, 1821
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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Friday Jun 10, 1921 to Friday Apr 9, 2021
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Saturday Apr 13, 1963 to Present
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Monday Jun 4, 1883 to Saturday Apr 20, 1946
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Thursday Nov 14, 1765 to Saturday Feb 25, 1815
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Friday Dec 1, 1972 to Present
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Monday Nov 30, 1874 to Sunday Jan 24, 1965
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Tuesday May 7, 1946 to Present
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Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
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Saturday Jun 23, 1894 to Sunday May 28, 1972
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Saturday Nov 14, 1998 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 to Present
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Monday Jan 1, 2007 to Monday Dec 31, 2007
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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1815 to 1871
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Tuesday Apr 28, 1908 to Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
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Sunday Jan 1, 1888 to Present
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Friday Feb 7, 1919 to Thursday Mar 23, 2006
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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Wednesday Dec 30, 1964 to Present
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Saturday Aug 3, 1963 to Friday Sep 29, 2017
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May, 1969 to 1970
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Monday Dec 17, 1962 to Wednesday Aug 29, 2007
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Dec, 2019 to Present
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
Charles Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu

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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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1960 to Present
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Friday May 12, 1865 to Thursday May 11, 1865
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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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1929 to 1933
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Sunday Mar 10, 1957 to Monday May 2, 2011
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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Friday Jun 23, 1972 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 19, 1989 to Monday May 1, 1989
Korean War Image
Korean War

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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
Armenian Genocide

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1914 to 1923
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Tuesday Feb 4, 1913 to Monday Oct 24, 2005
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Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
Lionel Messi
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Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
Putin Image

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Monday Oct 6, 1952 to Present
1997 Asian financial crisis

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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
Logo of the Library of Congress

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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
Gary Ridgway
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Friday Feb 18, 1949 to Thursday Feb 21, 2002
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
Ronaldinho
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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