Date
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Historic Event
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Category
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Aug 5, 1930 - Today
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(-43.7)
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Life of Neil Armstrong
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Personalities
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Feb 6, 1952 - Today
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(-22.2)
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Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II
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Great Britain
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Feb 24, 1955 - Today
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(-19.2)
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Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs
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Personalities
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1959 - Apr 30, 1975
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(-15.3) - 1.0
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Vietnam War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975
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(-12.9) - 1.3
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Apollo Space Program
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Technology
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Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974
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(-5.2) - 0.3
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President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974
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(-4.5) - 0.1
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt
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Germany - Chancellors
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1973 - 1976
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(-1.3) - 1.7
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Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982
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0.1 - 8.5
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt
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Germany - Chancellors
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Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977
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0.3 - 2.8
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President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford
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USA - Presidents
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Nov 20, 1975
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1.6
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Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime
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Spain
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1976 - 1989
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1.7 - 14.7
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Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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Apr 1, 1976
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2.0
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Apple Computer is established
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981
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2.8 - 6.8
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President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 16, 1977
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3.0
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Introduction of the Apple II
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989
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5.7 - 14.8
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Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989)
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Sep 22, 1980 - Aug 20, 1988
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6.4 - 14.4
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First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989
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6.8 - 14.8
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President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 2, 1982 - Jun 14, 1982
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8.0 - 8.2
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Falklands War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998
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8.5 - 24.6
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl
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Germany - Chancellors
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1983
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8.7
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Discovery of HIV
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Medicine
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Jan 19, 1983
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8.8
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Introduction of the Apple Lisa
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Jan 24, 1984
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9.8
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Introduction of the Macintosh
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993
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14.8 - 18.8
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President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 18, 1989 - Dec 3, 1989
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15.5 - 15.6
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Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991
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16.3 - 16.9
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Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Oct 3, 1990
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16.5
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German reunification
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Germany
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Dec 8, 1991
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17.7
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Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved
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Russia
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1992 - 1996
|
17.7 - 21.7
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Afghan Civil War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001
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18.8 - 26.8
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President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton
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USA - Presidents
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Aug 4, 1993
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19.3
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Introduction of the Apple Newton
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Nov 1, 1993
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19.6
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Founding of the European Union (EU)
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Europian Union
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1994 - 1996
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19.7 - 21.7
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First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jan 17, 1995
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20.8
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Kobe Earthquake
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Disasters
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1998 - 2003
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23.7 - 28.7
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Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1998 - 1999
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23.7 - 24.7
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Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Aug 15, 1998
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24.4
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Introduction of the Apple iMac
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Oct 27, 1998 - Nov 22, 2005
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24.6 - 31.6
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder
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Germany - Chancellors
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Jan 1, 1999
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24.7
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ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community
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Europian Union
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Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009
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26.8 - 34.8
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President of the United States of America: George W. Bush
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USA - Presidents
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Sep 11, 2001
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27.4
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September 11 attacks ('9/11')
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USA
|
Oct 7, 2001 - Today
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27.5
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Afghanistan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Oct 23, 2001
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27.5
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Apple iPod introduced
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Jan 1, 2002
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27.7
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Introduction of the Euro
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Europian Union
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Mar 20, 2003 - Today
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28.9
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Third Gulf War ('Iraq War')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Dec 26, 2004
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30.7
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Indian Ocean Tsunami
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Disasters
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Jun 6, 2005
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31.2
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Apple switches to Intel CPU architecture
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Nov 22, 2005 - Today
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31.6
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Angela Merkel
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Germany - Chancellors
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Jan 9, 2007
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32.8
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Introduction of the Apple iPhone
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
Jan 20, 2009 - Today
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34.8
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President of the United States of America: Barack Obama
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USA - Presidents
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