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Saturday Jul 26, 1980 to Present
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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Wednesday Feb 4, 2004 to Present
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Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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Monday Aug 18, 2008 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Apr, 1919 to Dec, 1919
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Friday Jan 25, 1901 to 1969
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Sunday Jan 1, 1933 to Present
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Sunday Aug 23, 1970 to Sunday Oct 31, 1993
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Sunday Jan 1, 1995 to Present
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
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Sunday Mar 31, 1889 to Present
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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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Jun, 1976 to Present
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Monday Sep 27, 1976 to Present
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Thursday Dec 1, 1949 to Thursday Dec 2, 1993
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Wednesday May 29, 1985 to Wednesday May 29, 1985
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Monday May 6, 1918 to Tuesday Nov 2, 2004
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1953 to Present
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Saturday Feb 21, 1948 to Wednesday Feb 25, 1948
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Thursday May 15, 1997 to Present
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Tuesday Sep 17, 1991 to Present
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Thursday Aug 18, 1955 to Monday Mar 27, 1972
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Tuesday Apr 16, 1867 to Friday Jan 30, 1948
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Tuesday May 10, 1887 to Thursday Oct 3, 1929
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1838 to Present
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1856 to Present
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Sunday Jan 28, 1940 to Present
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Thursday Feb 24, 2022 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 20, 1990 to Present
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Saturday Feb 16, 1963 to Present
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Monday Mar 6, 1972 to Present
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Tuesday Oct 16, 1962 to Monday Oct 29, 1962
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Wednesday Feb 2, 1977 to Present
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Thursday Jul 28, 1814 to Wednesday Nov 11, 1818
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Tuesday Jun 16, 1903 to Present
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Monday Aug 6, 1945 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 24, 1945 to Present
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Friday Mar 14, 1879 to Monday Apr 18, 1955
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Sunday Feb 12, 1809 to Saturday Apr 15, 1865
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Tuesday Aug 26, 1997 to Present
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Monday Apr 4, 1949 to Present
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Saturday Apr 15, 1989 to Sunday Jun 4, 1989
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Wednesday Sep 7, 2016 to Present
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Sunday Jan 11, 1693 to Sunday Jan 11, 1693
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Wednesday Apr 7, 1954 to Present
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Dec, 1770 to Monday Mar 26, 1827
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Thursday Aug 2, 1990 to Thursday Feb 28, 1991
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750s BC to 509 BC
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1929 to 1933
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21st Century BC to 221 BC
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Tuesday Dec 10, 1901 to Present
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Wednesday Apr 18, 1906 to Present
Java

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Tuesday May 23, 1995 to Present
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1110s BC to 730s BC
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Monday Aug 22, 2005 to Wednesday Aug 31, 2005
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1975 to Present
Angelina Jolie

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Wednesday Jun 4, 1975 to Present
Lady Liberty under a blue sky

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1865 to Present
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Friday Aug 26, 1910 to Friday Sep 5, 1997
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Wednesday Apr 21, 1926 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 20, 1985 to Present
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Monday Oct 11, 1965 to Present
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Tuesday Mar 7, 1916 to Present
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Saturday Jul 1, 1961 to Sunday Aug 31, 1997
Francisco Franco

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Sunday Dec 4, 1892 to Thursday Nov 20, 1975
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Tuesday Jan 3, 1905 to Friday Feb 3, 1961
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Wednesday Aug 20, 1941 to Saturday Mar 11, 2006
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Wednesday Jan 5, 1172 to Present
Atlantic Charter

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Thursday Aug 14, 1941 to Present
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1817 to Present
Irish War of Independence

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Tuesday Jan 21, 1919 to Monday Jul 11, 1921
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Tuesday Jul 1, 2003 to Present
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The Hungarian–Romanian War was fought between the First Hungarian Republic (as the Hungarian Soviet ...

Wednesday Nov 13, 1918 to Sunday Aug 3, 1919
Muhammad Yunus

Muhammad Yunus is a Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker, economist, and civil society leader who...

Friday Jun 28, 1940 to Present
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Che Guevara

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Thursday Jun 14, 1928 to Monday Oct 9, 1967
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