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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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(-29.1) - 44.1
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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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(-29.1) - 27.1
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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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(-26.1) - 32.2
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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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(-21.3) - 54.8
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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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(-18.2) - 52.5
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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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(-5.3) - 85.8
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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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(-4.0) - 62.0
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Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler
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Personalities
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Mar 4, 1837 - Mar 4, 1841
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(-1.0) - 3.0
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President of the United States of America: Martin Van Buren
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USA - Presidents
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Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917
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0.3 - 79.0
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Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin
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Personalities
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1839 - 1842
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0.8 - 3.8
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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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3.0
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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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3.0 - 7.0
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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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5.7 - 72.2
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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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6.7 - 91.1
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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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7.0 - 11.0
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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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7.8
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Establishment of the Associated Press
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Companies
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1846
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7.8
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Establishment of the Carl Zeiss AG
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Companies
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1847
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8.8
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Establishment of Siemens
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Companies
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1847
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8.8
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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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8.9 - 93.6
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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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9.0 - 84.4
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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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10.0 - 11.5
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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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10.0 - 11.0
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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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10.7
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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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10.8
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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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11.0 - 12.3
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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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11.8
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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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12.3 - 15.0
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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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12.8
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Western Union established
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Companies
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1851
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12.8
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Establishment of the New York Times
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Companies
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1851
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12.8
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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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14.7 - 32.5
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Emperor of France: Napoleon III
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France
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1853
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14.8
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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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15.0 - 19.0
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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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18.1 - 101.6
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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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19.0 - 23.0
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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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20.8
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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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23.0 - 27.1
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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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23.0
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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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23.5 - 104.0
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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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25.4 - 109.1
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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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25.6 - 99.1
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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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27.1 - 31.0
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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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28.2 - 28.4
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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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29.0
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First telephone voice transmission
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Technology
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1868 - 1878
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29.8 - 39.8
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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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31.0 - 39.0
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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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31.5 - 45.8
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Construction period of the Neuschwanstein Castle
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Monuments
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1870
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31.8
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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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32.1 - 85.9
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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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32.4 - 33.2
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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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32.9 - 50.0
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German Emperor: Wilhelm I
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Germany
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Nov 9, 1871
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33.7
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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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36.7 - 126.9
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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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37.8 - 129.2
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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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39.0 - 43.0
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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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39.8
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Establishment of Bell Telephone Company
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Companies
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1878 - 1881
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39.8 - 42.8
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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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40.8
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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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40.8
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Discovery of cholera vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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40.8
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Discovery of plague vaccine
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Medicine
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1879
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40.8
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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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41.0 - 117.2
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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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42.8 - 43.0
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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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43.0 - 43.5
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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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43.4 - 117.0
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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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43.5 - 47.0
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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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43.8
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Britain occupies Egypt
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Discoveries & Colonization
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1882
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43.8
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Establishment of Peugeot
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Companies
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1884
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45.8
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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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45.9 - 125.8
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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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46.7 - 47.0
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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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47.0 - 51.0
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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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47.8
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Establishment of the Coca Cola Company
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Companies
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1886
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47.8
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Establishment of Johnson & Johnson
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Companies
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Oct 28, 1886
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48.6
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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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48.8
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Huang He Flood
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Disasters
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1887 - 1889
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48.8 - 50.8
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Construction period of the Eiffel Tower
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Monuments
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1888
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49.8
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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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50.0 - 50.3
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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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50.3 - 80.7
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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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51.0 - 55.0
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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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51.1 - 107.2
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Life of Adolf Hitler
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Personalities
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1890
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51.8
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Establishment of General Electric
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Companies
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1890
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51.8
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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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52.6 - 131.1
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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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55.0 - 59.0
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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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57.8
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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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57.8 - 58.8
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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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59.0 - 63.5
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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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61.6 - 64.2
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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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62.5
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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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63.5 - 71.0
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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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63.6
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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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63.8 - 128.8
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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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65.3
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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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65.8
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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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65.8 - 69.8
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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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68.1
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San Francisco Earthquake of 1906
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Disasters
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1907
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68.8
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First helicopter flight
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Aviation History
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