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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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Feb 12, 1809 - Apr 19, 1882
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(-59.3) - 14.0
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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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(-56.3) - 2.1
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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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(-51.4) - 24.6
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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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(-48.4) - 22.4
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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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(-35.4) - 55.7
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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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(-34.2) - 31.9
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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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(-29.8) - 48.9
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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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(-24.4) - 42.1
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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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(-23.5) - 61.0
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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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(-21.2) - 63.5
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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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(-21.2) - 54.3
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Life of Alexander Graham Bell
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Personalities
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Dec 2, 1852 - Sep 4, 1870
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(-15.4) - 2.3
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Emperor of France: Napoleon III
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France
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May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939
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(-12.0) - 71.4
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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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(-6.6) - 73.9
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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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(-4.8) - 79.0
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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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(-4.6) - 68.9
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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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(-3.1) - 0.8
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President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson
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USA - Presidents
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1868 - 1878
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(-0.3) - 9.7
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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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0.8 - 8.8
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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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1.3 - 15.7
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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1870
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1.7
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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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2.0 - 55.7
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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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2.2 - 3.0
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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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2.7 - 19.9
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 9, 1871
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3.5
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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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6.6 - 96.8
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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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7.7 - 99.0
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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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8.8 - 12.8
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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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9.7
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Establishment of Bell Telephone Company
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Companies
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1878 - 1881
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9.7 - 12.7
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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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10.7
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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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10.7
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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10.7
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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10.7
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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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10.9 - 87.0
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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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12.6 - 12.9
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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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12.8 - 13.4
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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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13.3 - 86.9
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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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13.4 - 16.8
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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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13.7
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Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1882
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13.7
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Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1884
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15.7
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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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15.7 - 95.7
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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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16.5 - 16.8
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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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16.8 - 20.8
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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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17.7
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Establishment of the Coca Cola Company
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Companies
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1886
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17.7
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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Oct 28, 1886
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18.5
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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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18.7
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Huang He Flood
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Disasters
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1887 - 1889
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18.7 - 20.7
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
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19.7
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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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19.9 - 20.1
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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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20.1 - 50.5
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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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20.8 - 24.8
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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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21.0 - 77.0
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
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21.7
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Establishment of General Electric
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Companies
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1890
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21.7
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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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22.5 - 101.0
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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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24.8 - 28.8
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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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27.7
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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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27.7 - 28.7
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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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28.8 - 33.4
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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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31.5 - 34.1
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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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32.4
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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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33.4 - 40.9
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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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33.5
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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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33.6 - 98.7
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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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35.1
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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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35.6
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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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35.7 - 39.7
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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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38.0
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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38.7
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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Sep 16, 1908
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40.4
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Establishment of General Motors
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Companies
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Sep 27, 1908
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40.4
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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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40.7
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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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40.9 - 44.9
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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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43.1
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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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43.1
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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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43.5
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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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44.9 - 52.9
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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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46.1
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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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46.2 - 50.6
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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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46.3 - 50.6
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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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46.4 - 47.2
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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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46.5
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Maritz Rebellion
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Wars & Military Conflicts
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