Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 | (-83.0) - 1.8 | Life of Thomas Alva Edison | Personalities |
May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 | (-73.7) - 9.7 | Life of Sigmund Freud | Personalities |
Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 | (-68.4) - 12.2 | Life of Robert Bosch | Personalities |
Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 | (-66.5) - 17.2 | Life of Henry Ford | Personalities |
Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 | (-66.3) - 7.2 | Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain | Personalities |
Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 | (-55.2) - 35.1 | Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill | Personalities |
Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 | (-54.1) - 37.3 | Life of Konrad Adenauer | Personalities |
Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 | (-50.9) - 25.3 | Life of Albert Einstein | Personalities |
Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 | (-48.5) - 25.2 | Life of Alexander Fleming | Personalities |
Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 | (-46.0) - 33.9 | Life of Theodor Heuss | Personalities |
Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 | (-40.8) - 15.3 | Life of Adolf Hitler | Personalities |
Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 | (-39.3) - 39.2 | Life of Dwight David Eisenhower | Personalities |
Nov 23, 1890 - Sep 4, 1948 | (-39.2) - 18.7 | Queen of the Netherlands: Wilhelmina | Netherlands |
Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 | (-28.1) - 36.9 | Life of Walter Elias Disney | Personalities |
May 6, 1910 - Jan 20, 1936 | (-19.7) - 6.0 | King of the United Kingdom: George V | Great Britain |
May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 | (-12.6) - 33.9 | Life of John F. Kennedy | Personalities |
Nov 23, 1918 - May 14, 1945 | (-11.2) - 15.3 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber J. Grant | Mormon History |
May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934 | (-4.7) - 4.6 | President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg | Germany |
Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 | (-1.6) - 37.8 | Life of Che Guevara | Personalities |
Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 | (-1.0) - 38.2 | Life of Martin Luther King | Personalities |
Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933 | (-0.9) - 3.1 | President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover | USA - Presidents |
Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931 | 0.0 - 1.3 | Construction period of the Empire State Building | Monuments |
Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932 | 0.2 - 2.4 | Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning | Germany |
Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 | 0.6 - 82.7 | Life of Neil Armstrong | Personalities |
Apr 14, 1931 | 1.2 | Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic | Spain |
1931 | 1.5 | Establishment of Porsche | Companies |
Dec 11, 1931 | 1.9 | Statute of Westminster | Great Britain |
Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932 | 2.4 - 2.8 | Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen | Germany |
Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933 | 2.9 - 3.0 | Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher | Germany |
Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 | 3.0 - 15.3 | Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler | Germany |
Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933 | 3.1 - 3.2 | 'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship | Germany |
Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 | 3.1 - 15.3 | President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt | USA - Presidents |
1935 | 5.5 | Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. | Discoveries & Colonization |
Jan 20, 1936 - Dec 11, 1936 | 6.0 - 6.9 | King of the United Kingdom: Edward VIII | Great Britain |
Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 | 6.9 - 22.1 | Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' | Great Britain |
Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 | 6.9 - 22.1 | King of the United Kingdom: George VI | Great Britain |
May 6, 1937 | 7.3 | Hindenburg disaster | Aviation History |
1937 | 7.5 | Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge | Monuments |
Aug 27, 1939 | 9.6 | First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane | Aviation History |
Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 | 9.6 - 15.6 | World War II | Wars & Military Conflicts |
May 14, 1940 | 10.3 | Establishment of McDonald's | Companies |
Dec 7, 1941 | 11.9 | Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor | USA |
Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 | 15.3 - 23.0 | President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman | USA - Presidents |
Apr 25, 1945 | 15.3 | Establishment of the United Nations | World |
May 8, 1945 | 15.3 | Unconditional surrender of the German Empire | Germany |
May 21, 1945 - Apr 4, 1951 | 15.4 - 21.2 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: George Albert Smith | Mormon History |
Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 | 15.6 | Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | USA |
Oct 14, 1946 | 16.8 | Start of the 4th French Republic | France |
Oct 14, 1947 | 17.8 | First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 | Aviation History |
Sep 4, 1948 - Apr 30, 1980 | 18.7 - 50.3 | Queen of the Netherlands: Juliana | Netherlands |
Dec 21, 1948 | 18.9 | Republic of Ireland Act | Great Britain |
May 23, 1949 | 19.4 | Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany | Germany |
1949 | 19.5 | Establishment of Circuit City | Companies |
Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 | 19.7 - 33.8 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer | Germany - Chancellors |
Oct 7, 1949 | 19.7 | Establishment of the German Democratic Republic | Germany |
Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 | 19.8 - 30.7 | Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR | GDR |
Jun 17, 1950 | 20.4 | First successful organ transplant | Medicine |
1950 - 1953 | 20.5 - 23.5 | Korean War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
Apr 9, 1951 - Jan 18, 1970 | 21.2 - 40.0 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: David O. McKay | Mormon History |
Jan 22, 1952 | 22.0 | First jet airliner in regular commercial use | Aviation History |
Feb 6, 1952 - Today | 22.1 | Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II | Great Britain |
Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 | 23.0 - 31.0 | President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower | USA - Presidents |
Jun 17, 1953 | 23.4 | Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany | Germany |
Jul 4, 1954 | 24.5 | FIFA World Cup Champion 1954: Germany | Germany |
Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 | 25.1 - 81.8 | Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs | Personalities |
Oct 4, 1957 | 27.7 | Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit | Technology |
Oct 5, 1958 | 28.7 | Start of the 5th French Republic | France |
Jan 8, 1959 - Apr 28, 1969 | 29.0 - 39.3 | President of France: Charles de Gaulle | France |
1959 - Apr 30, 1975 | 29.5 - 45.3 | Vietnam War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
1960 - 1973 | 30.5 - 43.5 | Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR | GDR |
Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 | 31.0 - 33.9 | President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy | USA - Presidents |
Apr 12, 1961 | 31.3 | First human in space | Technology |
May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 | 31.4 - 45.6 | Apollo Space Program | Technology |
Aug 13, 1961 | 31.6 | Construction of the Berlin Wall | Germany |
Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 | 32.8 - 35.9 | Second Vatican Council | World |
Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 | 32.8 | Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') | USA |
Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 | 33.8 - 36.9 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard | Germany - Chancellors |
Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 | 33.9 - 39.0 | President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson | USA - Presidents |
1966 - 1973 | 36.5 - 43.5 | Construction period of the World Trade Center | Monuments |
Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 | 36.9 - 39.8 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger | Germany - Chancellors |
1967 | 37.5 | Founding of the European Community (EC) | European Union |
Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 | 39.0 - 44.6 | President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon | USA - Presidents |
Jun 20, 1969 - Apr 2, 1974 | 39.5 - 44.2 | President of France: Georges Pompidou | France |
Jul 20, 1969 | 39.5 | First man on the moon | Technology |
Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 | 39.8 - 44.3 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt | Germany - Chancellors |
Oct 31, 1969 | 39.8 | Establishment of Wal Mart | Companies |
Jan 23, 1970 - Jul 2, 1972 | 40.1 - 42.5 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith | Mormon History |
Jul 7, 1972 - Dec 26, 1973 | 42.5 - 44.0 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith | Mormon History |
Jul 21, 1972 | 42.5 | Bloody Friday | Great Britain |
1973 - 1976 | 43.5 - 46.5 | Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR | GDR |
Dec 30, 1973 - Nov 5, 1985 | 44.0 - 55.8 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Spencer W. Kimball | Mormon History |
May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 | 44.4 - 52.7 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt | Germany - Chancellors |
May 27, 1974 - May 21, 1981 | 44.4 - 51.4 | President of France: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | France |
Jul 7, 1974 | 44.5 | FIFA World Cup Champion 1974: Germany | Germany |
Jul 8, 1974 - Jul 8, 1990 | 44.5 - 60.5 | FIFA World Cup Champion 1990: Germany | Germany |
Jul 13, 1974 - Jul 13, 2014 | 44.5 - 84.6 | FIFA World Cup Champion 2014: Germany | Germany |
Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977 | 44.6 - 47.0 | President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford | USA - Presidents |
Nov 20, 1975 | 45.9 | Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime | Spain |
Apr 1, 1976 | 46.2 | Apple Computer is established | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1976 - 1989 | 46.5 - 59.5 | Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR | GDR |
Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 | 47.0 - 51.1 | President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter | USA - Presidents |
Apr 16, 1977 | 47.3 | Introduction of the Apple II | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989 | 50.0 - 59.1 | Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) | Wars & Military Conflicts |
Apr 30, 1980 - Apr 30, 2013 | 50.3 - 83.3 | Queen of the Netherlands: Beatrix | Netherlands |
Sep 22, 1980 - Aug 20, 1988 | 50.7 - 58.6 | First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989 | 51.1 - 59.1 | President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan | USA - Presidents |
May 21, 1981 - May 17, 1995 | 51.4 - 65.4 | President of France: François Mitterrand | France |
Apr 2, 1982 - Jun 14, 1982 | 52.2 - 52.4 | Falklands War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998 | 52.7 - 68.8 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl | Germany - Chancellors |
Jan 19, 1983 | 53.0 | Introduction of the Apple Lisa | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1983 | 53.5 | Discovery of HIV | Medicine |
Jan 24, 1984 | 54.1 | Introduction of the Macintosh | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Nov 10, 1985 - May 30, 1994 | 55.9 - 64.4 | President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Ezra Taft Benson | Mormon History |
Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993 | 59.1 - 63.1 | President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush | USA - Presidents |
Oct 18, 1989 - Dec 3, 1989 | 59.8 - 59.9 | Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR | GDR |
Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991 | 60.6 - 61.2 | Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
Oct 3, 1990 | 60.8 | German reunification | Germany |
Dec 8, 1991 | 61.9 | Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved | Russia |