| 15 Dec 1832 - 27 Dec 1923 |
(-88.6) - 2.4 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 25 Nov 1844 - 4 Apr 1929 |
(-76.6) - 7.7 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| 11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931 |
(-74.4) - 10.3 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| 3 Mar 1847 - 1 Aug 1922 |
(-74.4) - 1.0 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939 |
(-65.2) - 18.2 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| 23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 |
(-59.8) - 20.7 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| 30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 |
(-58.0) - 25.7 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| 16 Oct 1863 - 17 Mar 1937 |
(-57.7) - 15.7 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| 22 Apr 1870 - 21 Jan 1924 |
(-51.2) - 2.5 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 |
(-46.6) - 43.6 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| 5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 |
(-45.5) - 45.8 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| 14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 |
(-42.3) - 33.8 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 |
(-39.9) - 33.7 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| 21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 |
(-37.5) - 42.4 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 20 Apr 1889 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-32.2) - 23.8 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969 |
(-30.7) - 47.7 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| 5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966 |
(-19.6) - 45.4 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963 |
(-4.1) - 42.4 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
(-4.0) - 2.0 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 11 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1925 |
(-2.4) - 3.6 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| 4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 |
(-0.3) - 2.0 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| 6 Dec 1921 |
0.4 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| 28 Oct 1922 |
1.3 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| 2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 |
2.0 - 7.6 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| 13 Aug 1923 - 23 Nov 1923 |
2.1 - 2.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| 13 Sep 1923 |
2.2 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| 12 May 1925 - 2 Aug 1934 |
3.8 - 13.0 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| 14 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 1967 |
6.9 - 46.3 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
7.0 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968 |
7.5 - 46.7 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| 4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 |
7.6 - 11.6 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 Oct 1929 |
8.3 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| 22 Jan 1930 - 1 May 1931 |
8.5 - 9.8 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| 30 Mar 1930 - 30 May 1932 |
8.7 - 10.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| 5 Aug 1930 - 25 Aug 2012 |
9.1 - 91.2 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| 14 Apr 1931 |
9.7 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
10.0 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| 11 Dec 1931 |
10.4 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| 1 Jun 1932 - 17 Nov 1932 |
10.9 - 11.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| 3 Dec 1932 - 28 Jan 1933 |
11.4 - 11.5 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| 30 Jan 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 |
11.5 - 23.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| 28 Feb 1933 - 23 Mar 1933 |
11.6 - 11.7 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| 4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 |
11.6 - 23.7 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
14.0 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 |
15.4 - 30.6 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| 6 May 1937 |
15.8 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
16.0 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| 27 Aug 1939 |
18.1 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| 1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945 |
18.1 - 24.1 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14 May 1940 |
18.8 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| 7 Dec 1941 |
20.4 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 |
23.7 - 31.5 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 Apr 1945 |
23.8 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| 8 May 1945 |
23.8 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 |
24.1 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| 14 Oct 1946 |
25.3 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| 14 Oct 1947 |
26.3 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| 21 Dec 1948 |
27.4 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| 23 May 1949 |
27.9 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
28.0 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| 15 Sep 1949 - 16 Oct 1963 |
28.2 - 42.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 7 Oct 1949 |
28.2 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| 11 Oct 1949 - 7 Sep 1960 |
28.3 - 39.2 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| 17 Jun 1950 |
28.9 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
29.0 - 32.0 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 22 Jan 1952 |
30.5 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| 6 Feb 1952 - Today |
30.6 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| 20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 |
31.5 - 39.5 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| 17 Jun 1953 |
31.9 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| 24 Feb 1955 - 5 Oct 2011 |
33.6 - 90.3 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| 4 Oct 1957 |
36.2 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| 5 Oct 1958 |
37.2 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - 30 Apr 1975 |
38.0 - 53.8 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
39.0 - 52.0 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 |
39.5 - 42.4 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| 12 Apr 1961 |
39.8 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| 25 May 1961 - 24 Jul 1975 |
39.9 - 54.1 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| 13 Aug 1961 |
40.1 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| 11 Oct 1962 - 8 Dec 1965 |
41.3 - 44.4 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| 16 Oct 1962 - 28 Oct 1962 |
41.3 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| 16 Oct 1963 - 1 Dec 1966 |
42.3 - 45.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 |
42.4 - 47.5 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
45.0 - 52.0 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| 1 Dec 1966 - 21 Oct 1969 |
45.4 - 48.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
46.0 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| 20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 |
47.5 - 53.1 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 Jul 1969 |
48.0 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| 21 Oct 1969 - 7 May 1974 |
48.3 - 52.8 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 31 Oct 1969 |
48.3 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| 21 Jul 1972 |
51.0 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
52.0 - 55.0 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 16 May 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 |
52.9 - 61.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 |
53.1 - 55.5 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 Nov 1975 |
54.4 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| 1 Apr 1976 |
54.7 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
55.0 - 68.0 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 |
55.5 - 59.6 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
| 16 Apr 1977 |
55.8 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 27 Dec 1979 - 15 Feb 1989 |
58.5 - 67.6 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 22 Sep 1980 - 20 Aug 1988 |
59.2 - 67.1 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 |
59.6 - 67.6 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
| 2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 |
60.7 - 60.9 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1 Oct 1982 - 27 Oct 1998 |
61.2 - 77.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 19 Jan 1983 |
61.5 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1983 |
62.0 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
| 24 Jan 1984 |
62.6 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
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