| 15.12.1832 - 27.12.1923 |
(-68.6) - 22.5 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 08.07.1838 - 08.03.1917 |
(-63.0) - 15.7 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| 11.12.1843 - 27.05.1910 |
(-57.6) - 8.9 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| 25.11.1844 - 04.04.1929 |
(-56.6) - 27.8 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| 11.02.1847 - 18.10.1931 |
(-54.4) - 30.3 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| 03.03.1847 - 01.08.1922 |
(-54.4) - 21.1 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 06.05.1856 - 23.09.1939 |
(-45.2) - 38.3 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| 23.09.1861 - 12.03.1942 |
(-39.8) - 40.7 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| 30.07.1863 - 07.04.1947 |
(-37.9) - 45.8 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| 16.10.1863 - 17.03.1937 |
(-37.7) - 35.7 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| 22.04.1870 - 21.01.1924 |
(-31.2) - 22.6 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 30.11.1874 - 24.01.1965 |
(-26.6) - 63.6 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| 05.01.1876 - 19.04.1967 |
(-25.5) - 65.8 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| 14.03.1879 - 18.04.1955 |
(-22.3) - 53.8 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 06.08.1881 - 11.03.1955 |
(-19.9) - 53.7 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| 21.01.1884 - 12.12.1963 |
(-17.4) - 62.5 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 15.06.1888 - 09.11.1918 |
(-13.0) - 17.4 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| 20.04.1889 - 30.04.1945 |
(-12.2) - 43.9 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 14.10.1890 - 28.03.1969 |
(-10.7) - 67.8 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| 23.11.1890 - 04.09.1948 |
(-10.6) - 47.2 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Wilhelmina |
Netherlands |
| 04.03.1897 - 14.09.1901 |
(-4.3) - 0.2 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| 13.09.1898 - 10.10.1901 |
(-2.8) - 0.3 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Lorenzo Snow |
Mormon History |
| 11.10.1899 - 31.05.1902 |
(-1.7) - 0.9 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 22.01.1901 - 06.05.1910 |
(-0.4) - 8.9 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VII |
Great Britain |
| 14.09.1901 - 04.03.1909 |
0.2 - 7.7 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 17.10.1901 - 19.11.1918 |
0.3 - 17.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph F. Smith Sr. |
Mormon History |
| 19.10.1901 |
0.3 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 05.12.1901 - 15.12.1966 |
0.4 - 65.5 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| 16.06.1903 |
2.0 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| 16.12.1903 |
2.5 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
3.0 - 7.0 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 18.04.1906 |
4.8 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
6.0 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| 16.09.1908 |
7.2 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| 27.09.1908 |
7.2 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| 04.03.1909 - 04.03.1913 |
7.7 - 11.7 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
8.0 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| 06.05.1910 - 20.01.1936 |
8.9 - 34.6 |
King of the United Kingdom: George V |
Great Britain |
| 30.05.1911 |
9.9 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| 30.05.1911 |
9.9 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| 23.10.1911 |
10.3 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| 04.03.1913 - 04.03.1921 |
11.7 - 19.7 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| 14.06.1914 - 15.06.1914 |
13.0 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| 28.06.1914 - 11.11.1918 |
13.0 - 17.4 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 06.08.1914 - 25.11.1918 |
13.1 - 17.4 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 13.09.1914 - 09.07.1915 |
13.2 - 14.0 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14.10.1914 - 24.10.1914 |
13.3 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 24.04.1916 - 30.04.1916 |
14.8 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
15.0 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| 08.03.1917 - 12.03.1917 |
15.7 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| 29.05.1917 - 22.11.1963 |
15.9 - 62.4 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
16.0 - 22.0 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 07.11.1917 |
16.4 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| 09.11.1918 |
17.4 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| 23.11.1918 - 14.05.1945 |
17.4 - 43.9 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber J. Grant |
Mormon History |
| 11.02.1919 - 28.02.1925 |
17.6 - 23.7 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| 13.02.1919 - 20.06.1919 |
17.6 - 18.0 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| 06.05.1919 - 08.08.1919 |
17.9 - 18.1 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
18.0 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 11.08.1919 |
18.1 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| 10.09.1919 |
18.2 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| 04.03.1921 - 02.08.1923 |
19.7 - 22.1 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| 06.12.1921 |
20.4 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| 28.10.1922 |
21.3 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| 02.08.1923 - 04.03.1929 |
22.1 - 27.7 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| 13.08.1923 - 23.11.1923 |
22.1 - 22.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| 13.09.1923 |
22.2 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| 12.05.1925 - 02.08.1934 |
23.9 - 33.1 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| 14.06.1928 - 09.10.1967 |
27.0 - 66.3 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
27.0 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| 15.01.1929 - 04.04.1968 |
27.6 - 66.8 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| 04.03.1929 - 04.03.1933 |
27.7 - 31.7 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| 25.10.1929 |
28.3 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| 22.01.1930 - 01.05.1931 |
28.6 - 29.9 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| 30.03.1930 - 30.05.1932 |
28.8 - 30.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| 05.08.1930 - 25.08.2012 |
29.1 - 111.2 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| 14.04.1931 |
29.8 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
30.0 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| 11.12.1931 |
30.5 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| 01.06.1932 - 17.11.1932 |
30.9 - 31.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| 03.12.1932 - 28.01.1933 |
31.4 - 31.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| 30.01.1933 - 30.04.1945 |
31.6 - 43.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| 28.02.1933 - 23.03.1933 |
31.7 - 31.8 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| 04.03.1933 - 12.04.1945 |
31.7 - 43.8 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
34.0 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 20.01.1936 - 11.12.1936 |
34.6 - 35.5 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VIII |
Great Britain |
| 11.12.1936 - 06.02.1952 |
35.5 - 50.6 |
King of the United Kingdom: George VI |
Great Britain |
| 11.12.1936 - 06.02.1952 |
35.5 - 50.6 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| 06.05.1937 |
35.9 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
36.0 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| 27.08.1939 |
38.2 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| 01.09.1939 - 02.09.1945 |
38.2 - 44.2 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14.05.1940 |
38.9 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| 07.12.1941 |
40.5 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| 12.04.1945 - 20.01.1953 |
43.8 - 51.6 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| 25.04.1945 |
43.8 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| 08.05.1945 |
43.9 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 21.05.1945 - 04.04.1951 |
43.9 - 49.8 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: George Albert Smith |
Mormon History |
| 06.08.1945 - 09.08.1945 |
44.1 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| 14.10.1946 |
45.3 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| 14.10.1947 |
46.3 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| 04.09.1948 - 30.04.1980 |
47.2 - 78.9 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Juliana |
Netherlands |
| 21.12.1948 |
47.5 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| 23.05.1949 |
47.9 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
48.0 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| 15.09.1949 - 16.10.1963 |
48.2 - 62.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 07.10.1949 |
48.3 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| 11.10.1949 - 07.09.1960 |
48.3 - 59.2 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| 17.06.1950 |
49.0 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
49.0 - 52.0 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 09.04.1951 - 18.01.1970 |
49.8 - 68.6 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: David O. McKay |
Mormon History |
| 22.01.1952 |
50.6 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| 06.02.1952 - Heute |
50.6 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| 20.01.1953 - 20.01.1961 |
51.6 - 59.6 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| 17.06.1953 |
52.0 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| 04.07.1954 |
53.0 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 1954: Germany |
Germany |
| 24.02.1955 - 05.10.2011 |
53.7 - 110.3 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| 04.10.1957 |
56.3 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| 05.10.1958 |
57.3 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 08.01.1959 - 28.04.1969 |
57.6 - 67.9 |
President of France: Charles de Gaulle |
France |
| 1959 - 30.04.1975 |
58.0 - 73.9 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
59.0 - 72.0 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20.01.1961 - 22.11.1963 |
59.6 - 62.4 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| 12.04.1961 |
59.8 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| 25.05.1961 - 24.07.1975 |
59.9 - 74.1 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| 13.08.1961 |
60.2 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| 11.10.1962 - 08.12.1965 |
61.3 - 64.5 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| 16.10.1962 - 28.10.1962 |
61.3 - 61.4 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| 16.10.1963 - 01.12.1966 |
62.3 - 65.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 22.11.1963 - 20.01.1969 |
62.4 - 67.6 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
65.0 - 72.0 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| 01.12.1966 - 21.10.1969 |
65.5 - 68.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
66.0 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| 20.01.1969 - 09.08.1974 |
67.6 - 73.2 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| 20.06.1969 - 02.04.1974 |
68.0 - 72.8 |
President of France: Georges Pompidou |
France |
| 20.07.1969 |
68.1 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| 21.10.1969 - 07.05.1974 |
68.4 - 72.9 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 31.10.1969 |
68.4 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| 23.01.1970 - 02.07.1972 |
68.6 - 71.1 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith |
Mormon History |
| 07.07.1972 - 26.12.1973 |
71.1 - 72.5 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith |
Mormon History |
| 21.07.1972 |
71.1 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
72.0 - 75.1 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 30.12.1973 - 05.11.1985 |
72.6 - 84.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Spencer W. Kimball |
Mormon History |
| 16.05.1974 - 01.10.1982 |
72.9 - 81.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 27.05.1974 - 21.05.1981 |
73.0 - 79.9 |
President of France: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
France |
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