Date
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Event
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Category
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Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923
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(-73.8) - 17.3
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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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(-68.2) - 10.5
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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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(-62.8) - 3.7
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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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(-61.8) - 22.6
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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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(-59.6) - 25.1
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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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(-59.5) - 15.9
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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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(-50.4) - 33.1
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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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(-45.0) - 35.5
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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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(-43.1) - 40.6
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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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(-42.9) - 30.6
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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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(-36.4) - 17.4
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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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(-31.8) - 58.4
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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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(-30.7) - 60.7
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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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(-27.5) - 48.7
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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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(-25.1) - 48.5
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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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(-22.6) - 57.3
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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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(-18.2) - 12.2
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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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(-17.4) - 38.7
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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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(-15.9) - 62.6
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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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(-5.0) - 2.5
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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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(-4.8) - 60.3
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Life of Walter Elias Disney
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Personalities
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1904 - 1908
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(-2.7) - 1.3
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Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1907
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0.3
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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2.0
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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2.1
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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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2.3
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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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2.5 - 6.5
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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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4.7
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First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis
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Automobile History
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May 30, 1911
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4.7
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One in seven families in the US owns a car
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Automobile History
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Oct 23, 1911
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5.1
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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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6.5 - 14.5
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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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7.8
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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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7.8 - 12.2
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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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7.9 - 12.2
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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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8.0 - 8.8
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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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8.1
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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9.3
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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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9.6 - 9.7
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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10.3 - 16.3
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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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10.5
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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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10.7 - 57.3
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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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11.2
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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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12.2
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German Revolution
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Germany
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1919
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12.3
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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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12.4 - 18.5
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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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12.5 - 12.8
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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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12.7 - 12.9
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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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12.9
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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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13.0
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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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14.5 - 16.9
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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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15.3
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Anglo-Irish Treaty
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Great Britain
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Oct 28, 1922
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16.2
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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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16.9 - 22.5
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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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17.0 - 17.2
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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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17.0
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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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18.7 - 27.9
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President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg
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Germany
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1928
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21.3
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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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21.8 - 61.1
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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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22.4 - 61.6
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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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22.5 - 26.5
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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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23.2
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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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23.4 - 24.7
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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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23.6 - 25.8
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Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich BrĂ¼ning
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Germany
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Aug 5, 1930 - Today
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23.9
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Life of Neil Armstrong
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Personalities
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1931
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24.3
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Establishment of Porsche
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Companies
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Apr 14, 1931
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24.6
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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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25.3
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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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25.8 - 26.2
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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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26.3 - 26.4
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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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26.4 - 38.7
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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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26.5 - 26.6
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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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26.5 - 38.6
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President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt
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USA - Presidents
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