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Thursday Jun 20, 1946 to Present
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Monday Oct 21, 1833 to Thursday Dec 10, 1896
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Tuesday Nov 18, 1727 to Tuesday Nov 18, 1727
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Sunday Dec 24, 1905 to Monday Apr 5, 1976
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Friday Apr 22, 1870 to Monday Jan 21, 1924
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Sunday Dec 25, 1932 to Sunday Dec 25, 1932
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Saturday Jan 9, 1982 to Present
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Sunday Jun 17, 1900 to Wednesday May 2, 1945
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Saturday Jan 7, 1978 to Sunday Feb 11, 1979
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Wednesday Dec 16, 1936 to Present
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Monday Nov 15, 1971 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 27, 1899 to Friday Apr 3, 1981
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Tuesday Sep 6, 1949 to Present
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Sunday Feb 20, 2005 to Friday May 24, 2013
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1858 to Monday Jan 6, 1919
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Jan, 1982 to Present
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Monday Feb 14, 2005 to Present
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Wednesday Oct 27, 1897 to Tuesday May 1, 1945
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Friday Mar 21, 1980 to Present
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Saturday Mar 4, 1769 to Thursday Aug 2, 1849
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Monday Feb 6, 1911 to Saturday Jun 5, 2004
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4th Century to 469
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Wednesday Jul 2, 1997 to Friday Jan 1, 1999
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Thursday Apr 24, 1800 to Present
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Tuesday Feb 5, 1985 to Present
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Monday Nov 5, 1928 to Thursday Apr 4, 1968
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69 BC to Saturday Aug 10, 30 BC
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Sunday Feb 21, 1937 to Present
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Thursday Apr 7, 1994 to Friday Jul 15, 1994
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1919 to 1933
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Sunday Jan 1, 1961 to Monday Jan 1, 1990
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Friday Feb 26, 1954 to Present
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Sunday Sep 24, 1905 to Monday Nov 1, 1993
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Sunday Feb 23, 1868 to Tuesday Aug 27, 1963
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Monday Mar 21, 1955 to Present
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Tuesday Jun 1, 1926 to Saturday Aug 4, 1962
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 to Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
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Thursday Oct 2, 1884 to Present
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Saturday Dec 3, 1994 to Present
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1940s to Present
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Wednesday Jun 4, 1975 to Present
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Friday Aug 4, 1961 to Present
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Saturday May 7, 1892 to Sunday May 4, 1980
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Friday Jan 1, 1802 to Present
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Monday Aug 23, 1954 to Present
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Saturday Apr 17, 1943 to Friday Apr 30, 1943
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Sunday Jan 12, 1964 to Present
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Jan, 1918 to Dec, 1920
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Wednesday Jan 1, 1908 to Present
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Saturday Aug 30, 1930 to Present
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Saturday Aug 3, 1963 to Friday Sep 29, 2017
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Dec, 2019 to Present
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1952 to Present
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Friday Nov 9, 1731 to Sunday Oct 19, 1806
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1943 to Present
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Monday Sep 22, 1862 to Present
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Friday Apr 12, 1861 to Tuesday May 9, 1865
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Tuesday Apr 3, 1973 to Present
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Sunday Jun 25, 1950 to Monday Jul 27, 1953
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Tuesday Dec 30, 1986 to Present
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Thursday May 17, 1792 to Present
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900 BC to 27 BC
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Wednesday Nov 14, 2001 to Present
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Wednesday Jul 29, 1908 to Sunday Apr 14, 1912
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Saturday Jan 17, 1942 to Friday Jun 3, 2016
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Sunday Nov 16, 1958 to Present
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Wednesday Nov 24, 1897 to Friday Jan 26, 1962
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Friday Jan 31, 2020 to Friday Jan 31, 2020
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Friday Jul 26, 1963 to Monday Jun 9, 2014
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Saturday Nov 22, 1890 to Monday Nov 9, 1970
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Apr, 1919 to Dec, 1919
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Thursday Apr 3, 1924 to Thursday Jul 1, 2004
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Monday May 21, 1860 to Thursday Sep 29, 1927
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1st Millenium BC to 1st Millenium
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Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed Satchmo, Satch, and Pops, was an A...

Sunday Aug 4, 1901 to Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
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Monday Mar 11, 1957 to Friday Jan 3, 2020
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Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician serving as Presi...

Wednesday Dec 21, 1977 to Present
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Jul, 2012 to Present
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League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by R...

Tuesday Oct 27, 2009 to Present
Gita Gopinath
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Wednesday Dec 8, 1971 to Present
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1817 to Present
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Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub is an Egyptian-British cardiothoracic surgeon. He is Professor of Cardiothora...

Saturday Nov 16, 1935 to Friday Nov 15, 1935
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Wednesday Sep 8, 1982 to Present
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Saturday May 30, 1868 to Present
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Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both FC Barcelona and the Arge...

Wednesday Jun 24, 1987 to Present
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Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper and a Hero of the...

Tuesday Mar 23, 1915 to Sunday Dec 15, 1991
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