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Date
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Historic Event
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Category
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Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923
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(-78.2) - 12.9
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Life of Gustave Eiffel
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Personalities
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Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917
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(-72.6) - 6.1
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Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Personalities
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Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929
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(-66.2) - 18.2
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Life of Carl Benz
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Personalities
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Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931
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(-64.0) - 20.7
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Life of Thomas Alva Edison
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Personalities
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Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922
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(-64.0) - 11.5
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Life of Alexander Graham Bell
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Personalities
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May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939
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(-54.8) - 28.6
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Life of Sigmund Freud
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Personalities
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Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942
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(-49.4) - 31.1
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Life of Robert Bosch
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Personalities
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Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947
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(-47.6) - 36.2
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Life of Henry Ford
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Personalities
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Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937
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(-47.3) - 26.1
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Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain
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Personalities
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Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924
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(-40.8) - 13.0
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Life of Vladimir Lenin
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Personalities
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Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965
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(-36.2) - 54.0
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Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill
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Personalities
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Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967
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(-35.1) - 56.2
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Life of Konrad Adenauer
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Personalities
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Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955
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(-31.9) - 44.2
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Life of Albert Einstein
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Personalities
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Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955
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(-29.5) - 44.1
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Life of Alexander Fleming
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Personalities
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Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963
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(-27.1) - 52.9
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Life of Theodor Heuss
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Personalities
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Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918
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(-22.7) - 7.8
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German Emperor: Wilhelm II
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Germany
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Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945
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(-21.8) - 34.2
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969
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(-20.3) - 58.2
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Life of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Personalities
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Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966
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(-9.2) - 55.9
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Life of Walter Elias Disney
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913
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(-1.9) - 2.1
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President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft
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USA - Presidents
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May 30, 1911
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0.3
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One in seven families in the US owns a car
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Automobile History
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May 30, 1911
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0.3
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First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis
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Automobile History
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Oct 23, 1911
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0.7
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First military use of an airplane
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Aviation History
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Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921
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2.1 - 10.1
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President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson
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USA - Presidents
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Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914
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3.3
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First transatlantic flight
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Aviation History
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Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918
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3.4 - 7.8
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World War I
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918
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3.5 - 7.8
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East African Campaign (World War I)
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915
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3.6 - 4.4
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South-West Africa Campaign (World War I)
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914
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3.7
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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4.9
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Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)
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Companies
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Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916
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5.2
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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5.9 - 11.9
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Russian Civil War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917
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6.1
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Russian February Revolution
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Russia
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May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963
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6.3 - 52.8
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Life of John F. Kennedy
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Personalities
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Nov 7, 1917
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6.7
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Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
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Russia
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Nov 9, 1918
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7.8
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German Revolution
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Germany
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1919
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7.9
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First trans-atlantic zeppelin flight
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Aviation History
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Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925
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8.0 - 14.1
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President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert
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Germany
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Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919
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8.0 - 8.4
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Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann
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Germany
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May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919
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8.2 - 8.5
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Third Anglo-Afghan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Aug 11, 1919
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8.5
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Adoption of the Weimar Constitution
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Germany
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Sep 10, 1919
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8.6
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Treaty of Saint-Germain
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Italy
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Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923
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10.1 - 12.5
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President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding
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USA - Presidents
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Dec 6, 1921
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10.8
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Anglo-Irish Treaty
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Great Britain
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Oct 28, 1922
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11.7
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Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
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Italy
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Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929
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12.5 - 18.1
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President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge
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USA - Presidents
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Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923
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12.5 - 12.8
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Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann
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Germany
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Sep 13, 1923
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12.6
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Establishing of the military dictatorship
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Spain
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May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934
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14.3 - 23.5
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President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg
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Germany
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1928
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16.9
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Discovery of penicillin
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Medicine
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Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967
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17.4 - 56.7
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Life of Che Guevara
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Personalities
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Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968
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17.9 - 57.2
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Life of Martin Luther King
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933
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18.1 - 22.1
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President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 25, 1929
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18.7
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'Black Friday'
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USA
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Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931
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19.0 - 20.2
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Construction period of the Empire State Building
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Monuments
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Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932
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19.1 - 21.3
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Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning
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Germany
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Aug 5, 1930 - Today
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19.5
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Life of Neil Armstrong
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Personalities
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1931
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19.9
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Establishment of Porsche
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Companies
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Apr 14, 1931
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20.2
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Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic
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Spain
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Dec 11, 1931
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20.8
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Statute of Westminster
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Great Britain
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Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932
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21.3 - 21.8
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Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen
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Germany
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Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933
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21.8 - 22.0
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Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher
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Germany
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Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945
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22.0 - 34.2
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Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler
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Germany
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Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933
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22.1
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'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & Begin of Nazi Dictatorship
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Germany
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Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945
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22.1 - 34.2
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President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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USA - Presidents
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1935
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23.9
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Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remainaing free territory in Africa.
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Discoveries & Colonization
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Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952
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25.9 - 41.0
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Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum'
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Great Britain
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1937
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25.9
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Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge
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Monuments
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May 6, 1937
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26.3
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Hindenburg disaster
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Aviation History
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Aug 27, 1939
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28.6
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First flight of turbine-equipped jetplane
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Aviation History
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Sep 1, 1939 - 1945
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28.6 - 33.9
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World War II
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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May 14, 1940
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29.3
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Establishment of McDonald's
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Companies
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Dec 7, 1941
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30.8
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Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor
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USA
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Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953
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34.2 - 42.0
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President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 25, 1945
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34.2
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Establishment of the United Nations
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World
|
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May 8, 1945
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34.3
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Unconditional Surrender of the German Empire
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Germany
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Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945
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34.5
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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USA
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Oct 14, 1946
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35.7
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Begin of the 4th French Republic
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France
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Oct 14, 1947
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36.7
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First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1
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Aviation History
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Dec 21, 1948
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37.9
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Republic of Ireland Act
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Great Britain
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1949
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37.9
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Establishment of Circuit City
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Companies
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May 23, 1949
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38.3
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Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Germany
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Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963
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38.6 - 52.7
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer
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Germany - Chancellors
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Oct 7, 1949
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38.7
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Establishment of the German Democratic Repulbic
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Germany
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Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960
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38.7 - 49.6
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Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR
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GDR
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1950 - 1953
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38.9 - 41.9
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Korean War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jun 17, 1950
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39.4
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First successful organ transplant
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Medicine
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Jan 22, 1952
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41.0
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First jet airliner in regular commercial use
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Aviation History
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Feb 6, 1952 - Today
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41.0
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Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II
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Great Britain
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Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961
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42.0 - 50.0
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President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower
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USA - Presidents
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Jun 17, 1953
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42.4
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Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany
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Germany
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Feb 24, 1955 - Today
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44.1
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Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs
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Personalities
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Oct 4, 1957
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46.7
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Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit
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Technology
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Oct 5, 1958
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47.7
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Begin of the 5th French Republic
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France
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1959 - Apr 30, 1975
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47.9 - 64.3
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Vietnam War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1960 - 1973
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48.9 - 61.9
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Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963
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50.0 - 52.8
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President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 12, 1961
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50.2
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First human in space
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Technology
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|
May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975
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50.3 - 64.5
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Apollo Space Program
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Technology
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Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965
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51.7 - 54.9
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Second Vatican Council
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World
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|
Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962
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51.7 - 51.8
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Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis')
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USA
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Aug 13, 1963
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52.5
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Construction of the Berlin Wall
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Germany
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|
Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966
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52.7 - 55.8
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard
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Germany - Chancellors
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Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969
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52.8 - 58.0
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President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson
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USA - Presidents
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1966 - 1973
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54.9 - 61.9
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Construction period of the World Trade Center
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Monuments
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Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969
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55.8 - 58.7
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger
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Germany - Chancellors
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1967
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55.9
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Founding of the European Community (EC)
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Europian Union
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Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974
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58.0 - 63.5
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President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon
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USA - Presidents
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Jul 20, 1969
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58.5
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First Man on the Moon
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Technology
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|
Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974
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58.7 - 63.3
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt
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Germany - Chancellors
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Oct 31, 1969
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58.8
|
Establishment of Wal Mart
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Companies
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Jul 21, 1972
|
61.5
|
Bloody Friday
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Great Britain
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1973 - 1976
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61.9 - 64.9
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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
|
63.3 - 71.7
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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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63.5 - 66.0
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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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64.8
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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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64.9 - 77.9
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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
|
65.2
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Apple Computer is established
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981
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66.0 - 70.0
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President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter
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USA - Presidents
|
|
Apr 16, 1977
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66.2
|
Introduction of the Apple II
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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|
Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989
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68.9 - 78.1
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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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69.7 - 77.6
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First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
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|
Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989
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70.0 - 78.0
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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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71.2 - 71.4
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Falklands War
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998
|
71.7 - 87.8
|
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl
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Germany - Chancellors
|
|
1983
|
71.9
|
Discovery of HIV
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Medicine
|
|
Jan 19, 1983
|
72.0
|
Introduction of the Apple Lisa
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Jan 24, 1984
|
73.0
|
Introduction of the Macintosh
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993
|
78.0 - 82.0
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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
|
78.7 - 78.9
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Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
|
|
Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991
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79.5 - 80.1
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Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Oct 3, 1990
|
79.7
|
German reunification
|
Germany
|
|
Dec 8, 1991
|
80.9
|
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved
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Russia
|
|
1992 - 1996
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80.9 - 85.0
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Afghan Civil War
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001
|
82.0 - 90.0
|
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
Aug 4, 1993
|
82.5
|
Introduction of the Apple Newton
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Nov 1, 1993
|
82.8
|
Founding of the European Union (EU)
|
Europian Union
|
|
1994 - 1996
|
83.0 - 85.0
|
First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Jan 17, 1995
|
84.0
|
Kobe Earthquake
|
Disasters
|
|
1998 - 2003
|
87.0 - 92.0
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Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
1998 - 1999
|
87.0 - 88.0
|
Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Aug 15, 1998
|
87.6
|
Introduction of the Apple iMac
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Oct 27, 1998 - Nov 22, 2005
|
87.8 - 94.8
|
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder
|
Germany - Chancellors
|
|
Jan 1, 1999
|
88.0
|
ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community
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Europian Union
|
|
Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009
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90.0 - 98.0
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President of the United States of America: George W. Bush
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USA - Presidents
|
|
Sep 11, 2001
|
90.6
|
September 11 attacks ('9/11')
|
USA
|
|
Oct 7, 2001 - Today
|
90.7
|
Afghanistan War
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Oct 23, 2001
|
90.8
|
Apple iPod introduced
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Jan 1, 2002
|
91.0
|
Introduction of the Euro
|
Europian Union
|
|
Mar 20, 2003 - Today
|
92.2
|
Third Gulf War ('Iraq War')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Dec 26, 2004
|
93.9
|
Indian Ocean Tsunami
|
Disasters
|
|
Jun 6, 2005
|
94.4
|
Apple switches to Intel CPU architecture
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Nov 22, 2005 - Today
|
94.8
|
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Angela Merkel
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Germany - Chancellors
|
|
Jan 9, 2007
|
96.0
|
Introduction of the Apple iPhone
|
Apple Inc. - Corporate History
|
|
Jan 20, 2009 - Today
|
98.0
|
President of the United States of America: Barack Obama
|
USA - Presidents
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