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Date
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Event
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Category
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 15, 1865
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(-41.9) - 14.3
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Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Personalities
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882
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(-41.9) - 31.3
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Life of Charles Robert Darwin
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Personalities
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Feb 7, 1812 - Jun 9, 1870
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(-38.9) - 19.4
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Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens
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Personalities
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Dec 13, 1816 - Dec 6, 1892
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(-34.1) - 42.0
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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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(-31.0) - 39.7
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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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(-18.1) - 73.0
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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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(-16.8) - 49.2
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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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(-12.5) - 66.2
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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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(-7.1) - 59.4
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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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(-6.1) - 78.3
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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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(-3.9) - 80.8
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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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(-3.8) - 71.6
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Life of Alexander Graham Bell
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Personalities
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Jul 9, 1850 - Mar 4, 1853
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(-0.5) - 2.2
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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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Establishment of Reuters
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Companies
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1851
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Western Union established
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Companies
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1851
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Establishment of the New York Times
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Companies
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Dec 2, 1852 - Sep 4, 1870
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1.9 - 19.7
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Emperor of France: Napoleon III
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France
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1853
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2.0
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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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2.2 - 6.2
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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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5.3 - 88.8
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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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6.2 - 10.2
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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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8.0
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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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10.2 - 14.3
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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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10.2
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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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10.7 - 91.3
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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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12.6 - 96.3
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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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12.8 - 86.3
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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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14.3 - 18.2
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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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15.4 - 15.6
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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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16.2
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First telephone voice transmission
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Technology
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1868 - 1878
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17.0 - 27.0
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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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18.2 - 26.2
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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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18.7 - 33.0
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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1870
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19.0
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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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19.3 - 73.1
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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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19.6 - 20.4
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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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20.1 - 37.2
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 9, 1871
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20.9
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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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23.9 - 114.1
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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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25.0 - 116.4
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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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26.2 - 30.2
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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
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27.0
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Establishment of Bell Telephone Company
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Companies
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1878 - 1881
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27.0 - 30.0
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Dec 31, 1878
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28.0
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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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28.0
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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28.0
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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28.0
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Anglo-Zulu War
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955
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28.2 - 104.4
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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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30.0 - 30.2
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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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30.2 - 30.7
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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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30.6 - 104.3
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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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30.7 - 34.2
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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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31.0
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Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1882
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31.0
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Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1884
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33.0
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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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33.1 - 113.0
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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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33.9 - 34.2
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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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34.2 - 38.2
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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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35.0
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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1886
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35.0
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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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35.8
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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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36.0
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Huang He Flood
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Disasters
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1887 - 1889
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36.0 - 38.0
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
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37.0
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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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37.2 - 37.5
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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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37.5 - 67.9
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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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38.2 - 42.2
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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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38.3 - 94.4
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
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39.0
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Establishment of General Electric
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Companies
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1890
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39.0
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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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39.8 - 118.3
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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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42.2 - 46.2
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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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45.0 - 46.0
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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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45.0
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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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46.2 - 50.7
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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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48.8 - 51.4
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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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49.7
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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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50.7 - 58.2
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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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50.8
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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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51.0 - 116.0
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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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52.5
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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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53.0
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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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53.0 - 57.0
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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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55.3
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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56.0
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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57.7
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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57.8
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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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58.0
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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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58.2 - 62.2
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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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60.4
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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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60.4
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One in seven families in the US owns a car
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Automobile History
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Oct 23, 1911
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60.8
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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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62.2 - 70.2
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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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63.5
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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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63.5 - 67.9
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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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63.6 - 67.9
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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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63.7 - 64.6
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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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63.8 - 63.9
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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65.0
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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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65.4
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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66.0 - 72.0
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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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66.2
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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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66.4 - 113.0
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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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66.9
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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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67.9
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German Revolution
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Germany
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1919
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68.0
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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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68.2 - 74.2
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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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68.2 - 68.5
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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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68.4 - 68.6
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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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68.7
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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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68.7
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Treaty of Saint-Germain
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Italy
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