| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-81.5) - 2.2 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-70.1) - 20.0 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-69.0) - 22.2 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-65.9) - 10.2 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-63.5) - 10.1 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-61.0) - 18.9 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-55.8) - 0.3 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-54.3) - 24.2 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
(-43.1) - 21.9 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
(-27.6) - 18.8 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
(-16.6) - 22.7 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
(-16.0) - 23.2 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
(-14.4) - 67.6 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-11.9) - 0.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
(-11.9) - 0.2 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
(-8.1) - 7.0 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
(-5.4) - 0.6 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
0.2 - 8.0 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 25, 1945 |
0.2 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| May 8, 1945 |
0.3 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
0.5 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| Oct 14, 1946 |
1.7 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
2.7 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| Dec 21, 1948 |
3.9 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| May 23, 1949 |
4.3 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
4.4 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
4.6 - 18.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 7, 1949 |
4.7 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
4.7 - 15.6 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jun 17, 1950 |
5.4 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
5.4 - 8.4 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 22, 1952 |
7.0 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
7.0 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
8.0 - 16.0 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 17, 1953 |
8.4 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
10.1 - 66.7 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
12.7 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| Oct 5, 1958 |
13.7 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
14.4 - 30.3 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
15.4 - 28.4 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
16.0 - 18.8 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
16.2 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
16.3 - 30.5 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| Aug 13, 1961 |
16.6 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
17.7 - 20.9 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
17.7 - 17.8 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 |
18.7 - 21.9 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 |
18.8 - 24.0 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
21.4 - 28.4 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 |
21.9 - 24.8 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
22.4 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 |
24.0 - 29.6 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| Jul 20, 1969 |
24.5 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 |
24.8 - 29.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 31, 1969 |
24.8 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| Jul 21, 1972 |
27.5 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
28.4 - 31.5 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 |
29.3 - 37.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977 |
29.6 - 32.0 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| Nov 20, 1975 |
30.8 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| Apr 1, 1976 |
31.2 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
31.5 - 44.5 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 |
32.0 - 36.0 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
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