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Date
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Historic Event
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Category
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882
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(-63.9) - 9.3
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Life of Charles Robert Darwin
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Personalities
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Dec 13, 1816 - Dec 6, 1892
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(-56.1) - 19.9
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Life of Werner von Siemens
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Personalities
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Dec 30, 1819 - Sep 20, 1890
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(-53.0) - 17.7
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Life of Theodor Fontane
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Personalities
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Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923
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(-40.1) - 51.0
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Life of Gustave Eiffel
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Personalities
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Mar 17, 1834 - Mar 6, 1900
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(-38.8) - 27.2
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Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler
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Personalities
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Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917
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(-34.5) - 44.2
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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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(-29.1) - 37.4
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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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(-28.1) - 56.3
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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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(-25.9) - 58.8
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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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(-25.9) - 49.6
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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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(-16.7) - 66.8
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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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(-11.3) - 69.2
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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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(-9.4) - 74.3
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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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(-9.2) - 64.2
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Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain
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Personalities
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1868 - 1878
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(-5.0) - 5.0
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Ten Years' War ('Great War')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 4, 1869 - Mar 4, 1877
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(-3.8) - 4.2
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President of the United States of America: Ulysses S. Grant
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USA - Presidents
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Sep 5, 1869 - 1884
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(-3.3) - 11.0
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924
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(-2.7) - 51.1
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Life of Vladimir Lenin
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Personalities
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Jan 18, 1871 - Mar 9, 1888
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(-2.0) - 15.2
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965
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1.9 - 92.1
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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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3.0 - 94.4
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Life of Konrad Adenauer
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1877 - Mar 4, 1881
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4.2 - 8.2
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President of the United States of America: Rutherford B. Hayes
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USA - Presidents
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1878 - 1881
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5.0 - 8.0
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1878
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5.0
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Establishment of Bell Telephone Company
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Companies
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Dec 31, 1878
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6.0
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First two-stroke internal combustion gas engine
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Automobile History
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1879
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6.0
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Anglo-Zulu War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1879
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6.0
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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6.0
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955
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6.2 - 82.3
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Life of Albert Einstein
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Personalities
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Dec 20, 1880 - Mar 23, 1881
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8.0 - 8.2
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First Boer War ('First South African War')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 4, 1881 - Sep 19, 1881
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8.2 - 8.7
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President of the United States of America: James A. Garfield
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USA - Presidents
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Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955
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8.6 - 82.2
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Life of Alexander Fleming
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Personalities
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Sep 19, 1881 - Mar 4, 1885
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8.7 - 12.2
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President of the United States of America: Chester A. Arthur
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USA - Presidents
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1882
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9.0
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Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1882
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9.0
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Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1884
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11.0
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First controlled flight of a Zeppelin
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Aviation History
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Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963
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11.1 - 91.0
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Life of Theodor Heuss
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Personalities
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Nov 15, 1884 - Feb 26, 1885
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11.9 - 12.2
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Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference')
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Discoveries & Colonization
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Mar 4, 1885 - Mar 4, 1889
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12.2 - 16.2
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President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland
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USA - Presidents
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1886
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13.0
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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1886
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13.0
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Establishment of the Coca Cola Company
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Companies
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Oct 28, 1886
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13.8
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Construction period of the Statue of Liberty
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Monuments
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1887
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14.0
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Huang He Flood
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Disasters
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1887 - 1889
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14.0 - 16.0
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
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15.0
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First commercially manufactured automobile by Karl Benz
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Automobile History
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Mar 9, 1888 - Jun 15, 1888
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15.2 - 15.5
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German Emperor: Friedrich III
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Germany
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Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918
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15.5 - 45.9
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German Emperor: Wilhelm II
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Germany
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Mar 4, 1889 - Mar 4, 1893
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16.2 - 20.2
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President of the United States of America: Benjamin Harrison
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945
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16.3 - 72.4
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
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17.0
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Establishment of General Electric
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Companies
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1890
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17.0
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Establishment of Daimler
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Companies
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Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969
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17.8 - 96.3
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Life of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1893 - Mar 4, 1897
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20.2 - 24.2
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President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland
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USA - Presidents
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1896 - 1897
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23.0 - 24.0
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Matabele Wars ('Ndebele-Matabele-Krieg')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1896
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23.0
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Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)')
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Companies
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Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901
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24.2 - 28.7
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President of the United States of America: William McKinley
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902
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26.8 - 29.4
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Second Boer War ('Second South African War')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Sep 8, 1900
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27.7
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Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas
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Disasters
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Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909
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28.7 - 36.2
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President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 19, 1901
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28.8
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First motorized zeppelin flight
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Aviation History
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Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966
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28.9 - 94.0
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Life of Walter Elias Disney
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Personalities
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Jun 16, 1903
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30.5
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Establishment of Ford Motor Company
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Companies
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Dec 16, 1903
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31.0
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First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers
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Aviation History
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1904 - 1908
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31.0 - 35.0
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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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33.3
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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34.0
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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35.7
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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35.8
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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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36.0
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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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36.2 - 40.2
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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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38.4
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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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38.4
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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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38.8
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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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40.2 - 48.2
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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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41.5
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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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41.5 - 45.9
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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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41.6 - 45.9
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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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41.7 - 42.5
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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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41.8
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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43.0
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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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43.3 - 43.4
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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44.0 - 50.0
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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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44.2
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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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44.4 - 90.9
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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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44.9
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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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45.9
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German Revolution
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Germany
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1919
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46.0
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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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46.1 - 52.2
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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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46.1 - 46.5
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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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46.4 - 46.6
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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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46.6
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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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46.7
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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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48.2 - 50.6
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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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49.0
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Anglo-Irish Treaty
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Great Britain
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Oct 28, 1922
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49.9
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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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50.6 - 56.2
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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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50.6 - 50.9
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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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50.7
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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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52.4 - 61.6
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President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg
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Germany
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1928
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55.0
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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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55.5 - 94.8
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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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56.1 - 95.3
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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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56.2 - 60.2
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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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56.8
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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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57.1 - 58.4
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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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57.3 - 59.4
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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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57.6
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Life of Neil Armstrong
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Personalities
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1931
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58.0
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Establishment of Porsche
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Companies
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Apr 14, 1931
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58.3
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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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59.0
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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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59.5 - 59.9
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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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60.0 - 60.1
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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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60.1 - 72.4
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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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60.2 - 60.3
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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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60.2 - 72.3
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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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62.0
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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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64.0 - 79.1
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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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64.0
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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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64.4
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Hindenburg disaster
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Aviation History
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Aug 27, 1939
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66.7
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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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66.7 - 72.0
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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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67.4
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Establishment of McDonald's
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Companies
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Dec 7, 1941
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69.0
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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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72.3 - 80.1
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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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72.4
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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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72.4
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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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72.6
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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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73.8
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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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74.8
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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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76.0
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Republic of Ireland Act
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Great Britain
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1949
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76.0
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Establishment of Circuit City
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Companies
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