| Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923 |
(-78.4) - 12.7 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917 |
(-72.8) - 5.9 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929 |
(-66.4) - 18.0 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 |
(-64.2) - 20.6 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922 |
(-64.1) - 11.3 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 |
(-54.9) - 28.5 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 |
(-49.6) - 31.0 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-47.7) - 36.0 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 |
(-47.5) - 26.0 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924 |
(-41.0) - 12.8 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-36.4) - 53.8 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-35.3) - 56.1 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-32.1) - 44.1 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-29.7) - 44.0 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-27.2) - 52.7 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918 |
(-22.8) - 7.6 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-22.0) - 34.1 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-20.5) - 58.0 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
(-9.3) - 55.7 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913 |
(-2.1) - 1.9 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| May 30, 1911 |
0.2 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| May 30, 1911 |
0.2 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| Oct 23, 1911 |
0.6 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921 |
1.9 - 9.9 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914 |
3.2 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918 |
3.2 - 7.6 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918 |
3.3 - 7.6 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915 |
3.4 - 4.3 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914 |
3.5 - 3.6 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916 |
5.1 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
5.2 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917 |
5.9 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
6.2 - 52.7 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
6.2 - 12.2 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Nov 7, 1917 |
6.6 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| Nov 9, 1918 |
7.6 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925 |
7.9 - 13.9 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919 |
7.9 - 8.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919 |
8.1 - 8.3 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
8.2 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Aug 11, 1919 |
8.4 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| Sep 10, 1919 |
8.4 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923 |
9.9 - 12.3 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 6, 1921 |
10.7 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| Oct 28, 1922 |
11.6 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929 |
12.3 - 17.9 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923 |
12.4 - 12.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| Sep 13, 1923 |
12.4 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934 |
14.1 - 23.3 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
17.2 - 56.6 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
17.2 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
17.8 - 57.0 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933 |
17.9 - 21.9 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 25, 1929 |
18.6 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931 |
18.8 - 20.1 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932 |
19.0 - 21.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
19.3 - 101.5 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| Apr 14, 1931 |
20.0 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
20.2 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| Dec 11, 1931 |
20.7 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932 |
21.2 - 21.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933 |
21.7 - 21.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
21.8 - 34.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933 |
21.9 - 22.0 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
21.9 - 34.0 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
24.3 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
25.7 - 40.9 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| May 6, 1937 |
26.1 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
26.3 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| Aug 27, 1939 |
28.4 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
28.4 - 34.4 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| May 14, 1940 |
29.1 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| Dec 7, 1941 |
30.7 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
34.0 - 41.8 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 25, 1945 |
34.1 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| May 8, 1945 |
34.1 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
34.4 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| Oct 14, 1946 |
35.6 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
36.6 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| Dec 21, 1948 |
37.7 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| May 23, 1949 |
38.2 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
38.3 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
38.5 - 52.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 7, 1949 |
38.5 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
38.5 - 49.5 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jun 17, 1950 |
39.2 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
39.3 - 42.3 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 22, 1952 |
40.8 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
40.9 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
41.8 - 49.8 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 17, 1953 |
42.2 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
43.9 - 100.6 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
46.5 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| Oct 5, 1958 |
47.5 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
48.3 - 64.1 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
49.3 - 62.3 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
49.8 - 52.7 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
50.1 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
50.2 - 64.3 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| Aug 13, 1961 |
50.4 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
51.6 - 54.7 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
51.6 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 |
52.6 - 55.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 |
52.7 - 57.8 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
55.3 - 62.3 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 |
55.7 - 58.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
56.3 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 |
57.8 - 63.4 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| Jul 20, 1969 |
58.3 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 |
58.6 - 63.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 31, 1969 |
58.6 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| Jul 21, 1972 |
61.3 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
62.3 - 65.3 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 |
63.2 - 71.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977 |
63.4 - 65.8 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| Nov 20, 1975 |
64.7 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| Apr 1, 1976 |
65.0 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
65.3 - 78.3 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 |
65.8 - 69.8 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 16, 1977 |
66.1 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989 |
68.8 - 77.9 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 22, 1980 - Aug 20, 1988 |
69.5 - 77.4 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989 |
69.8 - 77.8 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 2, 1982 - Jun 14, 1982 |
71.0 - 71.2 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998 |
71.5 - 87.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Jan 19, 1983 |
71.8 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1983 |
72.3 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
| Jan 24, 1984 |
72.9 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993 |
77.8 - 81.9 |
President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 18, 1989 - Dec 3, 1989 |
78.6 - 78.7 |
Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991 |
79.4 - 80.0 |
Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 3, 1990 |
79.6 |
German reunification |
Germany |
| Dec 8, 1991 |
80.7 |
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved |
Russia |
| 1992 - 1996 |
81.3 - 85.3 |
Afghan Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001 |
81.9 - 89.9 |
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 4, 1993 |
82.4 |
Introduction of the Apple Newton |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Nov 1, 1993 |
82.6 |
Founding of the European Union (EU) |
European Union |
| 1994 - 1996 |
83.3 - 85.3 |
First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 17, 1995 |
83.8 |
Kobe earthquake |
Disasters |
| 1998 - 1999 |
87.3 - 88.3 |
Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1998 - 2003 |
87.3 - 92.3 |
Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 15, 1998 |
87.4 |
Introduction of the Apple iMac |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Oct 27, 1998 - Nov 22, 2005 |
87.6 - 94.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Jan 1, 1999 |
87.8 |
ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community |
European Union |
| Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009 |
89.9 - 97.9 |
President of the United States of America: George W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
| Sep 11, 2001 |
90.5 |
September 11 attacks ('9/11') |
USA |
| Oct 7, 2001 - Today |
90.6 |
Afghanistan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 23, 2001 |
90.6 |
Apple iPod introduced |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Jan 1, 2002 |
90.8 |
Introduction of the Euro |
European Union |
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