Date
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Historic Event
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Category
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Aug 5, 1930 - Today
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(-52.2)
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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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(-30.6)
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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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(-27.6)
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Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs
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Personalities
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May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982
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(-8.4) - 0.0
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Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt
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Germany - Chancellors
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1976 - 1989
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(-6.7) - 6.3
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Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989
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(-2.7) - 6.4
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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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(-2.0) - 5.9
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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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(-1.7) - 6.3
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President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998
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0.0 - 16.1
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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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0.3
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Discovery of HIV
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Medicine
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Jan 19, 1983
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0.3
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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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1.3
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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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6.3 - 10.3
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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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7.1 - 7.2
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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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7.9 - 8.4
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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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8.0
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German reunification
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Germany
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Dec 8, 1991
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9.2
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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
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9.3 - 13.3
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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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10.3 - 18.3
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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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10.9
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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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11.1
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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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11.3 - 13.3
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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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12.3
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Kobe Earthquake
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Disasters
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1998 - 2003
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15.3 - 20.3
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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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15.3 - 16.3
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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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15.9
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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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16.1 - 23.2
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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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16.3
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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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18.3 - 26.4
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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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19.0
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September 11 attacks ('9/11')
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USA
|
Oct 7, 2001 - Today
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19.1
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Afghanistan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Oct 23, 2001
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19.1
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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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19.3
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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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20.5
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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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22.3
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Indian Ocean Tsunami
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Disasters
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Jun 6, 2005
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22.7
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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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23.2
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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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24.3
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Introduction of the Apple iPhone
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Apple Inc. - Corporate History
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Jan 20, 2009 - Today
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26.4
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President of the United States of America: Barack Obama
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USA - Presidents
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