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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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(-73.1) - 18.0
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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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(-67.5) - 11.2
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Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Personalities
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Dec 11, 1843 - May 27, 1910
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(-62.1) - 4.4
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Life of Robert Koch
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Personalities
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Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929
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(-61.1) - 23.3
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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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(-58.9) - 25.8
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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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(-58.9) - 16.6
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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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(-49.7) - 33.7
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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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(-44.3) - 36.2
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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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(-42.5) - 41.3
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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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(-42.2) - 31.2
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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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(-35.7) - 18.1
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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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(-31.1) - 59.1
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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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(-30.0) - 61.3
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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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(-26.8) - 49.3
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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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(-24.4) - 49.2
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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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(-22.0) - 58.0
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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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(-17.6) - 12.9
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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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(-16.7) - 39.4
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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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(-15.2) - 63.3
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Life of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Personalities
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Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909
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(-4.3) - 3.2
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President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt
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USA - Presidents
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Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966
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(-4.1) - 61.0
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Life of Walter Elias Disney
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Personalities
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1904 - 1908
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(-2.0) - 2.0
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Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Apr 18, 1906
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0.3
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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1.0
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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2.7
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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2.7
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Introduction of the Ford Model T
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Automobile History
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1909
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3.0
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Discovery of antibiotics
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Medicine
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Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913
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3.2 - 7.2
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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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5.4
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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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5.4
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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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5.8
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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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7.2 - 15.2
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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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8.5
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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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8.5 - 12.9
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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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8.6 - 12.9
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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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8.7 - 9.5
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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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8.8
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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10.0
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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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10.3
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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11.0 - 17.0
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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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11.2
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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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11.4 - 57.9
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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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11.9
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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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12.9
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German Revolution
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Germany
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1919
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13.0
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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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13.1 - 19.2
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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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13.1 - 13.5
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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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13.4 - 13.6
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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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13.6
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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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13.7
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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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15.2 - 17.6
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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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15.9
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Anglo-Irish Treaty
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Great Britain
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Oct 28, 1922
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16.8
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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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17.6 - 23.2
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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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17.6 - 17.9
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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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17.7
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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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19.4 - 28.6
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President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg
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Germany
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1928
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22.0
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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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22.5 - 61.8
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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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23.1 - 62.3
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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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23.2 - 27.2
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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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23.8
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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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24.1 - 25.3
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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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24.3 - 26.4
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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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24.6
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Life of Neil Armstrong
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Personalities
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1931
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25.0
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Establishment of Porsche
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Companies
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Apr 14, 1931
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25.3
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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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26.0
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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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26.4 - 26.9
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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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26.9 - 27.1
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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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27.1 - 39.4
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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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27.2
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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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27.2 - 39.3
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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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29.0
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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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31.0 - 46.1
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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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31.0
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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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31.4
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Hindenburg disaster
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Aviation History
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Aug 27, 1939
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33.7
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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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33.7 - 39.0
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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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34.4
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Establishment of McDonald's
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Companies
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Dec 7, 1941
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36.0
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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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39.3 - 47.1
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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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39.3
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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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39.4
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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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39.6
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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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40.8
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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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41.8
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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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43.0
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Republic of Ireland Act
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Great Britain
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1949
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43.0
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Establishment of Circuit City
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Companies
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May 23, 1949
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43.4
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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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43.7 - 57.8
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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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43.8
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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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43.8 - 54.7
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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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44.0 - 47.0
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Korean War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jun 17, 1950
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44.5
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First successful organ transplant
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Medicine
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Jan 22, 1952
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46.1
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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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46.1
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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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47.1 - 55.1
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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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47.5
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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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49.2
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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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51.8
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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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52.8
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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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53.0 - 69.4
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Vietnam War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1960 - 1973
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54.0 - 67.0
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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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55.1 - 57.9
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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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55.3
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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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55.4 - 69.6
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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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56.8 - 60.0
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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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56.8 - 56.9
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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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57.7
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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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57.8 - 61.0
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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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57.9 - 63.1
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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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60.0 - 67.0
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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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61.0 - 63.8
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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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61.0
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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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63.1 - 68.6
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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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63.6
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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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63.8 - 68.4
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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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63.9
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Establishment of Wal Mart
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Companies
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Jul 21, 1972
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66.6
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Bloody Friday
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Great Britain
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1973 - 1976
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67.0 - 70.0
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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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68.4 - 76.8
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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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68.6 - 71.1
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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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69.9
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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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70.0 - 83.1
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Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR
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GDR
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