| Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923 |
(-65.8) - 25.3 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| Mar 17, 1834 - Mar 6, 1900 |
(-64.5) - 1.5 |
Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler |
Personalities |
| Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917 |
(-60.2) - 18.5 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| Dec 11, 1843 - May 27, 1910 |
(-54.8) - 11.7 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929 |
(-53.8) - 30.6 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 |
(-51.6) - 33.1 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922 |
(-51.5) - 23.9 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 |
(-42.4) - 41.0 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 |
(-37.0) - 43.5 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-35.1) - 48.6 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 |
(-34.9) - 38.5 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924 |
(-28.4) - 25.3 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-23.8) - 66.4 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-22.7) - 68.6 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-19.5) - 56.6 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-17.1) - 56.5 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-14.6) - 65.3 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918 |
(-10.2) - 20.1 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-9.4) - 46.6 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-7.9) - 70.6 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1897 - Sep 14, 1901 |
(-1.5) - 3.0 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902 |
1.1 - 3.7 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 8, 1900 |
2.0 |
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas |
Disasters |
| Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909 |
3.0 - 10.5 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 19, 1901 |
3.1 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
3.2 - 68.3 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| Jun 16, 1903 |
4.7 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| Dec 16, 1903 |
5.2 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
5.8 - 9.8 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 18, 1906 |
7.6 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
8.8 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| Sep 16, 1908 |
10.0 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| Sep 27, 1908 |
10.0 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913 |
10.5 - 14.5 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
10.8 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| May 30, 1911 |
12.7 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| May 30, 1911 |
12.7 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| Oct 23, 1911 |
13.1 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921 |
14.5 - 22.5 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914 |
15.7 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918 |
15.8 - 20.2 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918 |
15.9 - 20.2 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915 |
16.0 - 16.8 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914 |
16.1 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916 |
17.6 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
17.8 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917 |
18.5 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
18.7 - 65.2 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
18.8 - 24.8 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Nov 7, 1917 |
19.1 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| Nov 9, 1918 |
20.1 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925 |
20.4 - 26.5 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919 |
20.4 - 20.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919 |
20.6 - 20.9 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
20.8 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Aug 11, 1919 |
20.9 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| Sep 10, 1919 |
21.0 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923 |
22.5 - 24.9 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 6, 1921 |
23.2 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| Oct 28, 1922 |
24.1 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929 |
24.9 - 30.5 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923 |
24.9 - 25.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| Sep 13, 1923 |
25.0 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934 |
26.7 - 35.9 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
29.7 - 69.1 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
29.8 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
30.3 - 69.6 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933 |
30.5 - 34.5 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 25, 1929 |
31.1 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931 |
31.4 - 32.6 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932 |
31.5 - 33.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
31.9 - 114.0 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| Apr 14, 1931 |
32.6 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
32.8 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| Dec 11, 1931 |
33.2 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932 |
33.7 - 34.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933 |
34.2 - 34.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
34.4 - 46.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933 |
34.5 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
34.5 - 46.6 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
36.8 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
38.2 - 53.4 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| May 6, 1937 |
38.6 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
38.8 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| Aug 27, 1939 |
41.0 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
41.0 - 47.0 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| May 14, 1940 |
41.7 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| Dec 7, 1941 |
43.2 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
46.6 - 54.4 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 25, 1945 |
46.6 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| May 8, 1945 |
46.7 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
46.9 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| Oct 14, 1946 |
48.1 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
49.1 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| Dec 21, 1948 |
50.3 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| May 23, 1949 |
50.7 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
50.8 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
51.0 - 65.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 7, 1949 |
51.1 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
51.1 - 62.0 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jun 17, 1950 |
51.8 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
51.8 - 54.8 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 22, 1952 |
53.4 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
53.4 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
54.4 - 62.4 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 17, 1953 |
54.8 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
56.5 - 113.1 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
59.1 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| Oct 5, 1958 |
60.1 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
60.8 - 76.7 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
61.8 - 74.8 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
62.4 - 65.2 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
62.6 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
62.7 - 76.9 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| Aug 13, 1961 |
62.9 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
64.1 - 67.3 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
64.1 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 |
65.1 - 68.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 |
65.2 - 70.4 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
67.8 - 74.8 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 |
68.2 - 71.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
68.8 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 |
70.4 - 75.9 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| Jul 20, 1969 |
70.9 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 |
71.1 - 75.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 31, 1969 |
71.2 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
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Birth