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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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(-79.0) - 3.6
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Life of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
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Personalities
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Jan 20, 1775 - Jun 10, 1836
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(-53.6) - 7.8
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Life of André Marie Ampère
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Personalities
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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882
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(-19.5) - 53.7
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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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(-19.5) - 36.7
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Life of Abraham Lincoln
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Personalities
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Feb 7, 1812 - Jun 9, 1870
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(-16.5) - 41.9
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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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(-11.7) - 64.4
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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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(-8.6) - 62.2
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Life of Theodor Fontane
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1825 - Mar 4, 1829
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(-3.4) - 0.6
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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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0.6 - 8.6
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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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3.8
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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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4.3 - 95.4
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Life of Gustave Eiffel
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Personalities
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1833
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4.4
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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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5.6 - 71.6
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Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler
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Personalities
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1837
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8.4
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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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8.4
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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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8.6 - 12.6
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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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9.2
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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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9.9 - 88.6
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Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Personalities
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1839 - 1842
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10.4 - 13.4
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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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12.6 - 12.7
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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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12.7 - 16.6
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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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15.3 - 81.8
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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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16.3 - 100.7
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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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16.6 - 20.6
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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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17.4
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Establishment of the Associated Press
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Companies
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1846
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17.4
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Establishment of the Carl Zeiss AG
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Companies
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1847
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18.4
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Establishment of Siemens
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Companies
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1847
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18.4
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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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18.5 - 103.3
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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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18.6 - 94.0
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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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19.6 - 21.2
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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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19.6 - 20.7
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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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20.3
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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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20.4
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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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20.6 - 21.9
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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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21.4
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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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21.9 - 24.6
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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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22.4
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Western Union established
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Companies
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1851
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22.4
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Establishment of the New York Times
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Companies
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1851
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22.4
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Establishment of Reuters
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Companies
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Dec 2, 1852 - Sep 4, 1870
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24.3 - 42.1
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Emperor of France: Napoleon III
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France
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1853
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24.4
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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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24.6 - 28.6
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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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27.8 - 111.2
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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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28.6 - 32.6
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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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30.4
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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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32.6 - 36.7
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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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32.6
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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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33.1 - 113.7
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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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35.0 - 118.7
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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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35.2 - 108.7
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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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36.7 - 40.6
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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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37.9 - 38.0
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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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38.6
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First telephone voice transmission
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Technology
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1868 - 1878
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39.4 - 49.4
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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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40.6 - 48.6
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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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41.1 - 55.4
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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1870
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41.4
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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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41.7 - 95.5
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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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42.0 - 42.8
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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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42.5 - 59.6
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 9, 1871
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43.3
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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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46.3 - 136.5
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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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47.4 - 138.8
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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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48.6 - 52.6
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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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49.4
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Establishment of Bell Telephone Company
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Companies
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1878 - 1881
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49.4 - 52.4
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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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50.4
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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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50.4
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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50.4
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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50.4
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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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50.6 - 126.8
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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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52.4 - 52.6
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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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52.6 - 53.1
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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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53.0 - 126.7
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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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53.1 - 56.6
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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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53.4
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Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1882
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53.4
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Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1884
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55.4
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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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55.5 - 135.4
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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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56.3 - 56.6
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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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56.6 - 60.6
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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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57.4
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Establishment of the Coca Cola Company
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Companies
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1886
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57.4
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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Oct 28, 1886
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58.3
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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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58.4
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Huang He Flood
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Disasters
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1887 - 1889
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58.4 - 60.4
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
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59.4
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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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59.6 - 59.9
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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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59.9 - 90.3
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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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60.6 - 64.6
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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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60.7 - 116.8
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
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61.4
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Establishment of General Electric
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Companies
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1890
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61.4
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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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62.2 - 140.7
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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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64.6 - 68.6
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President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland
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USA - Presidents
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1896
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67.4
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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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1896 - 1897
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67.4 - 68.4
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Matabele Wars ('Ndebele-Matabele-Krieg')
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901
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68.6 - 73.1
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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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71.2 - 73.8
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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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72.1
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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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73.1 - 80.6
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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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73.2
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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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73.4 - 138.4
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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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74.9
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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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75.4
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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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75.4 - 79.4
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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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77.7
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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78.4
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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80.2
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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80.2
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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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80.4
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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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80.6 - 84.6
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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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82.9
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One in seven families in the US owns a car
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Automobile History
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May 30, 1911
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82.9
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First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis
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Automobile History
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Oct 23, 1911
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83.3
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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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84.6 - 92.6
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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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85.9
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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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85.9 - 90.3
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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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86.0 - 90.3
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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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86.1 - 87.0
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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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86.2 - 86.3
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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1916
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87.4
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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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87.8
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Easter Rising
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Great Britain
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1917 - 1923
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88.4 - 94.5
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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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88.6
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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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88.9 - 135.4
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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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89.3
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Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic
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Russia
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