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Date
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Age
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Historic Event
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Category
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Aug 28, 1749 - Mar 22, 1832
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(-63.5) - 19.1
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Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Personalities
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Aug 15, 1769 - May 5, 1821
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(-43.5) - 8.2
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Life of Napoléon Bonaparte
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Personalities
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Dec 17, 1770 - Mar 26, 1827
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(-42.2) - 14.1
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Life of Ludwig von Beethoven
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Personalities
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Jan 20, 1775 - Jun 10, 1836
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(-38.1) - 23.4
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Life of André Marie Ampère
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Personalities
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Mar 20, 1804 - Apr 6, 1814
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(-8.9) - 1.2
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Emperor of France: Napoleon I
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France
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882
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(-4.0) - 69.2
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Life of Charles Robert Darwin
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Personalities
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 15, 1865
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(-4.0) - 52.2
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Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1809 - Mar 4, 1817
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(-3.9) - 4.1
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President of the United States of America: James Madison
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USA - Presidents
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Feb 7, 1812 - Jun 9, 1870
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(-1.0) - 57.4
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Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens
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Personalities
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Sep 18, 1813 - Jun 9, 1815
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0.6 - 2.3
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Congress of Vienna
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Europian Union
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Dec 11, 1813
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0.8
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Treaty of Valençay
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Spain
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Jun 22, 1815 - Jul 7, 1815
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2.4
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Emperor of France: Napoleon II
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France
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1816
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2.9
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Invention of the stethoscope
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Medicine
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1816
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2.9
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Establishment of the American Colonization Society
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Discoveries & Colonization
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Dec 13, 1816 - Dec 6, 1892
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3.8 - 79.9
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Life of Werner von Siemens
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1817 - Mar 4, 1825
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4.1 - 12.1
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President of the United States of America: James Monroe
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 18, 1817 - Oct 19, 1817
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4.7
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Wartburg Festival
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Germany
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1818
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4.9
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First blood transfusion
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Medicine
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Dec 30, 1819 - Sep 20, 1890
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6.9 - 77.7
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Life of Theodor Fontane
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Personalities
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Dec 2, 1823
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10.8
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'Monroe Doctrine'
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USA
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Mar 4, 1825 - Mar 4, 1829
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12.1 - 16.1
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President of the United States of America: John Quincy Adams
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USA - Presidents
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Mar 4, 1829 - Mar 4, 1837
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16.1 - 24.1
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President of the United States of America: Andrew Jackson
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USA - Presidents
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May 27, 1832 - May 30, 1832
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19.3
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'Hambacher Fest'
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Germany
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Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923
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19.9 - 111.0
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Life of Gustave Eiffel
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Personalities
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1833
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19.9
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Establishment of Shell
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Companies
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Mar 17, 1834 - Mar 6, 1900
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21.1 - 87.1
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Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler
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Personalities
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1837
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23.9
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Establishment of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O)
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Companies
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1837
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23.9
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Establishment of the Colt's Manufacturing Company
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Companies
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Mar 4, 1837 - Mar 4, 1841
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24.1 - 28.1
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President of the United States of America: Martin Van Buren
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USA - Presidents
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Oct 31, 1837
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24.7
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Establishment of Procter & Gamble
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Companies
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Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917
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25.4 - 104.1
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Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Personalities
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1839 - 1842
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25.9 - 28.9
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First Anglo-Afghan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 4, 1841 - Apr 4, 1841
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28.1 - 28.2
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President of the United States of America: William Henry Harrison
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USA - Presidents
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Apr 4, 1841 - Mar 4, 1845
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28.2 - 32.1
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President of the United States of America: John Tyler
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USA - Presidents
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Dec 11, 1843 - May 27, 1910
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30.9 - 97.4
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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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31.8 - 116.2
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Life of Carl Benz
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1845 - Mar 4, 1849
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32.1 - 36.1
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President of the United States of America: James K. Polk
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USA - Presidents
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1846
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32.9
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Establishment of the Associated Press
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Companies
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1846
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32.9
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Establishment of the Carl Zeiss AG
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Companies
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1847
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33.9
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Establishment of Siemens
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Companies
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1847
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33.9
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Establishment of Cartier
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Companies
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Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931
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34.0 - 118.8
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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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34.1 - 109.5
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Life of Alexander Graham Bell
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Personalities
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Mar 1, 1848 - Sep 30, 1849
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35.1 - 36.7
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Revolutions of 1848/1849 in the German Confederation
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Germany
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Mar 31, 1848 - Apr 3, 1849
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35.2 - 36.2
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The National Assembly meets in the Frankfurt St. Paul's Church
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Germany
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Dec 1, 1848
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35.8
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Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte is elected, begin of the 2nd Republic
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France
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1849
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35.9
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Establishment of Pfizer
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Companies
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Mar 4, 1849 - Jul 9, 1850
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36.1 - 37.4
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President of the United States of America: Zachary Taylor
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USA - Presidents
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1850
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36.9
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Establishment of the American Express Company
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Companies
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Jul 9, 1850 - Mar 4, 1853
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37.4 - 40.1
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President of the United States of America: Millard Fillmore
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USA - Presidents
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1851
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37.9
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Establishment of Reuters
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Companies
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1851
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37.9
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Establishment of the New York Times
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Companies
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1851
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37.9
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Western Union established
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Companies
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Dec 2, 1852 - Sep 4, 1870
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39.8 - 57.6
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Emperor of France: Napoleon III
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France
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1853
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39.9
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Establishment of Levi Strauss & Co
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Companies
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Mar 4, 1853 - Mar 4, 1857
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40.1 - 44.1
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President of the United States of America: Franklin Pierce
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USA - Presidents
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May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939
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43.3 - 126.7
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Life of Sigmund Freud
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1857 - Mar 4, 1861
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44.1 - 48.1
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President of the United States of America: James Buchanan
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USA - Presidents
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1859
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45.9
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Construction period of Big Ben
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Monuments
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Mar 4, 1861 - Apr 15, 1865
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48.1 - 52.2
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President of the United States of America: Abraham Lincoln
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USA - Presidents
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Mar 17, 1861
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48.1
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Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed as King of Italy, the first king of a united Italy
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Italy
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Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942
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48.7 - 129.2
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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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50.5 - 134.2
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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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50.7 - 124.2
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Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain
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Personalities
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Apr 15, 1865 - Mar 4, 1869
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52.2 - 56.1
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President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson
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USA - Presidents
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Jun 9, 1866 - Jul 26, 1866
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53.4 - 53.5
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Austro-Prussian War ('German War')
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Germany
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Mar 10, 1867
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54.1
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First telephone voice transmission
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Technology
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1868 - 1878
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54.9 - 64.9
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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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56.1 - 64.1
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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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56.6 - 70.9
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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1870
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56.9
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Begin of the 3rd French Republic
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France
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Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924
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57.2 - 111.0
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Life of Vladimir Lenin
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Personalities
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Jul 19, 1870 - May 10, 1871
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57.5 - 58.3
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Franco-Prussian War
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Germany
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Jan 18, 1871 - Mar 9, 1888
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58.0 - 75.1
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 9, 1871
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58.8
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Founding of the German Empire
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Germany
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Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965
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61.8 - 152.1
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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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62.9 - 154.3
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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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64.1 - 68.1
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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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64.9 - 67.9
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1878
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64.9
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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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65.9
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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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65.9
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Anglo-Zulu War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1879
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65.9
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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65.9
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955
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66.1 - 142.3
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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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67.9 - 68.2
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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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68.1 - 68.7
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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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68.5 - 142.2
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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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68.7 - 72.1
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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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68.9
|
Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1882
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68.9
|
Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1884
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70.9
|
First controlled flight of a Zeppelin
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Aviation History
|
|
Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963
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71.0 - 150.9
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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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71.8 - 72.1
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Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference')
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Discoveries & Colonization
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|
Mar 4, 1885 - Mar 4, 1889
|
72.1 - 76.1
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President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland
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USA - Presidents
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|
1886
|
72.9
|
Establishment of the Coca Cola Company
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Companies
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|
1886
|
72.9
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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Oct 28, 1886
|
73.8
|
Construction period of the Statue of Liberty
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Monuments
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1887
|
73.9
|
Huang He Flood
|
Disasters
|
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1887 - 1889
|
73.9 - 75.9
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
|
74.9
|
First commercially manufactured automobile by Karl Benz
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Automobile History
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Mar 9, 1888 - Jun 15, 1888
|
75.1 - 75.4
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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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75.4 - 105.8
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German Emperor: Wilhelm II
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Germany
|
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Mar 4, 1889 - Mar 4, 1893
|
76.1 - 80.1
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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
|
76.2 - 132.3
|
Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
|
76.9
|
Establishment of Daimler
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Companies
|
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1890
|
76.9
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Establishment of General Electric
|
Companies
|
|
Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969
|
77.7 - 156.2
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Life of Dwight David Eisenhower
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Personalities
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|
Mar 4, 1893 - Mar 4, 1897
|
80.1 - 84.1
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President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland
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USA - Presidents
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1896
|
83.0
|
Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)')
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Companies
|
|
1896 - 1897
|
83.0 - 84.0
|
Matabele Wars ('Ndebele-Matabele-Krieg')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
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|
Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901
|
84.1 - 88.7
|
President of the United States of America: William McKinley
|
USA - Presidents
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|
Oct 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902
|
86.7 - 89.4
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Second Boer War ('Second South African War')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
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|
Sep 8, 1900
|
87.6
|
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas
|
Disasters
|
|
Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909
|
88.7 - 96.1
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President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt
|
USA - Presidents
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|
Oct 19, 1901
|
88.8
|
First motorized zeppelin flight
|
Aviation History
|
|
Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966
|
88.9 - 154.0
|
Life of Walter Elias Disney
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Personalities
|
|
Jun 16, 1903
|
90.4
|
Establishment of Ford Motor Company
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Companies
|
|
Dec 16, 1903
|
90.9
|
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers
|
Aviation History
|
|
1904 - 1908
|
91.0 - 95.0
|
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide')
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Apr 18, 1906
|
93.2
|
San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
|
Disasters
|
|
1907
|
94.0
|
First helicopter flight
|
Aviation History
|
|
Sep 16, 1908
|
95.7
|
Establishment of General Motors
|
Companies
|
|
Sep 27, 1908
|
95.7
|
Introduction of the Ford Model T
|
Automobile History
|
|
1909
|
96.0
|
Discovery of antibiotics
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Medicine
|
|
Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913
|
96.1 - 100.1
|
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
May 30, 1911
|
98.4
|
One in seven families in the US owns a car
|
Automobile History
|
|
May 30, 1911
|
98.4
|
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis
|
Automobile History
|
|
Oct 23, 1911
|
98.8
|
First military use of an airplane
|
Aviation History
|
|
Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921
|
100.1 - 108.1
|
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914
|
101.4
|
First transatlantic flight
|
Aviation History
|
|
Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918
|
101.4 - 105.8
|
World War I
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918
|
101.6 - 105.9
|
East African Campaign (World War I)
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915
|
101.7 - 102.5
|
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I)
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914
|
101.7 - 101.8
|
Maritz Rebellion
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
1916
|
103.0
|
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG)
|
Companies
|
|
Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916
|
103.3
|
Easter Rising
|
Great Britain
|
|
1917 - 1923
|
104.0 - 110.0
|
Russian Civil War
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917
|
104.1 - 104.2
|
Russian February Revolution
|
Russia
|
|
May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963
|
104.4 - 150.9
|
Life of John F. Kennedy
|
Personalities
|
|
Nov 7, 1917
|
104.8
|
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
|
Russia
|
|
Nov 9, 1918
|
105.8
|
German Revolution
|
Germany
|
|
1919
|
106.0
|
First trans-atlantic zeppelin flight
|
Aviation History
|
|
Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925
|
106.1 - 112.1
|
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert
|
Germany
|
|
Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919
|
106.1 - 106.4
|
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann
|
Germany
|
|
May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919
|
106.3 - 106.6
|
Third Anglo-Afghan War
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
Aug 11, 1919
|
106.6
|
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution
|
Germany
|
|
Sep 10, 1919
|
106.7
|
Treaty of Saint-Germain
|
Italy
|
|
Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923
|
108.1 - 110.6
|
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
Dec 6, 1921
|
108.9
|
Anglo-Irish Treaty
|
Great Britain
|
|
Oct 28, 1922
|
109.8
|
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy
|
Italy
|
|
Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929
|
110.6 - 116.1
|
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923
|
110.6 - 110.9
|
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann
|
Germany
|
|
Sep 13, 1923
|
110.7
|
Establishing of the military dictatorship
|
Spain
|
|
May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934
|
112.3 - 121.6
|
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg
|
Germany
|
|
1928
|
115.0
|
Discovery of penicillin
|
Medicine
|
|
Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967
|
115.4 - 154.8
|
Life of Che Guevara
|
Personalities
|
|
Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968
|
116.0 - 155.3
|
Life of Martin Luther King
|
Personalities
|
|
Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933
|
116.1 - 120.1
|
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
Oct 25, 1929
|
116.8
|
'Black Friday'
|
USA
|
|
Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931
|
117.0 - 118.3
|
Construction period of the Empire State Building
|
Monuments
|
|
Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932
|
117.2 - 119.4
|
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning
|
Germany
|
|
Aug 5, 1930 - Today
|
117.6
|
Life of Neil Armstrong
|
Personalities
|
|
1931
|
118.0
|
Establishment of Porsche
|
Companies
|
|
Apr 14, 1931
|
118.3
|
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic
|
Spain
|
|
Dec 11, 1931
|
118.9
|
Statute of Westminster
|
Great Britain
|
|
Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932
|
119.4 - 119.9
|
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen
|
Germany
|
|
Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933
|
119.9 - 120.0
|
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher
|
Germany
|
|
Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945
|
120.1 - 132.3
|
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler
|
Germany
|
|
Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933
|
120.1 - 120.2
|
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & Begin of Nazi Dictatorship
|
Germany
|
|
Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945
|
120.1 - 132.3
|
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
USA - Presidents
|
|
1935
|
122.0
|
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remainaing free territory in Africa.
|
Discoveries & Colonization
|
|
Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952
|
123.9 - 139.1
|
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum'
|
Great Britain
|
|
1937
|
124.0
|
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge
|
Monuments
|
|
May 6, 1937
|
124.3
|
Hindenburg disaster
|
Aviation History
|
|
Aug 27, 1939
|
126.6
|
First flight of turbine-equipped jetplane
|
Aviation History
|
|
Sep 1, 1939 - 1945
|
126.6 - 132.0
|
World War II
|
Wars & Military Conflicts
|
|
May 14, 1940
|
127.3
|
Establishment of McDonald's
|
Companies
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Dec 7, 1941
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128.9
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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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132.3 - 140.0
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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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132.3
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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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132.3
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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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132.6
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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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133.8
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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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134.8
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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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136.0
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Republic of Ireland Act
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Great Britain
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1949
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136.0
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Establishment of Circuit City
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Companies
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May 23, 1949
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136.4
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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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136.7 - 150.8
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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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136.8
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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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136.8 - 147.7
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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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137.0 - 140.0
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Korean War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Jun 17, 1950
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137.4
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First successful organ transplant
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Medicine
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Jan 22, 1952
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139.0
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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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139.1
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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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140.0 - 148.0
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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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140.4
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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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142.1
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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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144.7
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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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145.8
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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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146.0 - 162.3
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Vietnam War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1960 - 1973
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147.0 - 160.0
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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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148.0 - 150.9
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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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148.3
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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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148.4 - 162.6
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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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149.8 - 152.9
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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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149.8
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Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis')
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USA
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