| 15 Dec 1832 - 27 Dec 1923 |
(-61.8) - 29.3 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| 17 Mar 1834 - 6 Mar 1900 |
(-60.5) - 5.5 |
Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler |
Personalities |
| 20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901 |
(-57.2) - 6.4 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Victoria |
Great Britain |
| 8 Jul 1838 - 8 Mar 1917 |
(-56.2) - 22.5 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| 11 Dec 1843 - 27 May 1910 |
(-50.8) - 15.7 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| 25 Nov 1844 - 4 Apr 1929 |
(-49.8) - 34.6 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| 11 Feb 1847 - 18 Oct 1931 |
(-47.6) - 37.1 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| 3 Mar 1847 - 1 Aug 1922 |
(-47.5) - 27.9 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| 6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939 |
(-38.4) - 45.1 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| 23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 |
(-33.0) - 47.6 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| 30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 |
(-31.1) - 52.6 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| 16 Oct 1863 - 17 Mar 1937 |
(-30.9) - 42.6 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| 22 Apr 1870 - 21 Jan 1924 |
(-24.4) - 29.4 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| 30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 |
(-19.8) - 70.4 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| 5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 |
(-18.7) - 72.7 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| 14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 |
(-15.5) - 60.7 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| 6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 |
(-13.1) - 60.6 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| 21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 |
(-10.6) - 69.3 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| 15 Jun 1888 - 9 Nov 1918 |
(-6.2) - 24.2 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| 7 Apr 1889 - 2 Sep 1898 |
(-5.4) - 4.0 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Wilford Woodruff |
Mormon History |
| 20 Apr 1889 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-5.4) - 50.7 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| 14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969 |
(-3.9) - 74.6 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| 23 Nov 1890 - 4 Sep 1948 |
(-3.8) - 54.0 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Wilhelmina |
Netherlands |
| 4 Mar 1893 - 4 Mar 1897 |
(-1.5) - 2.5 |
President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland |
USA - Presidents |
| 1896 |
1.8 |
Establishment of IBM (International Business Machines Corp., formerly 'Computing Tabulating Recording Corp. (CTR)') |
Companies |
| 1896 - 1897 |
1.8 - 2.8 |
Matabele Wars ('Ndebele Matabele War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 4 Mar 1897 - 14 Sep 1901 |
2.5 - 7.0 |
President of the United States of America: William McKinley |
USA - Presidents |
| 13 Sep 1898 - 10 Oct 1901 |
4.0 - 7.1 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Lorenzo Snow |
Mormon History |
| 11 Oct 1899 - 31 May 1902 |
5.1 - 7.7 |
Second Boer War ('Second South African War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 8 Sep 1900 |
6.0 |
Galveston hurricane; destruction of the city of Galveston, Texas |
Disasters |
| 22 Jan 1901 - 6 May 1910 |
6.4 - 15.7 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VII |
Great Britain |
| 14 Sep 1901 - 4 Mar 1909 |
7.0 - 14.5 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 17 Oct 1901 - 19 Nov 1918 |
7.1 - 24.2 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph F. Smith Sr. |
Mormon History |
| 19 Oct 1901 |
7.1 |
First motorized zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966 |
7.3 - 72.3 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| 16 Jun 1903 |
8.8 |
Establishment of Ford Motor Company |
Companies |
| 16 Dec 1903 |
9.3 |
First controlled powered human flight by the Wright brothers |
Aviation History |
| 1904 - 1908 |
9.8 - 13.8 |
Herero and Namaqua Uprising ('Herero and Namaqua Genocide') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 18 Apr 1906 |
11.6 |
San Francisco earthquake of 1906 |
Disasters |
| 1907 |
12.8 |
First helicopter flight |
Aviation History |
| 16 Sep 1908 |
14.0 |
Establishment of General Motors |
Companies |
| 27 Sep 1908 |
14.1 |
Introduction of the Ford Model T |
Automobile History |
| 4 Mar 1909 - 4 Mar 1913 |
14.5 - 18.5 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
14.8 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| 6 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936 |
15.7 - 41.4 |
King of the United Kingdom: George V |
Great Britain |
| 30 May 1911 |
16.7 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| 30 May 1911 |
16.7 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| 23 Oct 1911 |
17.1 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| 4 Mar 1913 - 4 Mar 1921 |
18.5 - 26.5 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| 14 Jun 1914 - 15 Jun 1914 |
19.8 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| 28 Jun 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 |
19.8 - 24.2 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 6 Aug 1914 - 25 Nov 1918 |
19.9 - 24.2 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 13 Sep 1914 - 9 Jul 1915 |
20.0 - 20.9 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14 Oct 1914 - 24 Oct 1914 |
20.1 - 20.2 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 24 Apr 1916 - 30 Apr 1916 |
21.7 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
21.8 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| 8 Mar 1917 - 12 Mar 1917 |
22.5 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| 29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963 |
22.8 - 69.3 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
22.8 - 28.8 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 7 Nov 1917 |
23.2 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| 9 Nov 1918 |
24.2 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| 23 Nov 1918 - 14 May 1945 |
24.2 - 50.7 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Heber J. Grant |
Mormon History |
| 11 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1925 |
24.5 - 30.5 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| 13 Feb 1919 - 20 Jun 1919 |
24.5 - 24.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| 6 May 1919 - 8 Aug 1919 |
24.7 - 24.9 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
24.8 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| 11 Aug 1919 |
25.0 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| 10 Sep 1919 |
25.0 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| 4 Mar 1921 - 2 Aug 1923 |
26.5 - 28.9 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| 6 Dec 1921 |
27.3 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| 28 Oct 1922 |
28.2 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| 2 Aug 1923 - 4 Mar 1929 |
28.9 - 34.5 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| 13 Aug 1923 - 23 Nov 1923 |
29.0 - 29.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| 13 Sep 1923 |
29.0 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| 12 May 1925 - 2 Aug 1934 |
30.7 - 39.9 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| 14 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 1967 |
33.8 - 73.1 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
33.8 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| 15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968 |
34.4 - 73.6 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| 4 Mar 1929 - 4 Mar 1933 |
34.5 - 38.5 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 Oct 1929 |
35.2 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| 22 Jan 1930 - 1 May 1931 |
35.4 - 36.7 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| 30 Mar 1930 - 30 May 1932 |
35.6 - 37.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| 5 Aug 1930 - 25 Aug 2012 |
35.9 - 118.1 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| 14 Apr 1931 |
36.6 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
36.8 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| 11 Dec 1931 |
37.3 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| 1 Jun 1932 - 17 Nov 1932 |
37.8 - 38.2 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| 3 Dec 1932 - 28 Jan 1933 |
38.3 - 38.4 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| 30 Jan 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 |
38.4 - 50.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| 28 Feb 1933 - 23 Mar 1933 |
38.5 - 38.6 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| 4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 |
38.5 - 50.6 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
40.8 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| 20 Jan 1936 - 11 Dec 1936 |
41.4 - 42.3 |
King of the United Kingdom: Edward VIII |
Great Britain |
| 11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 |
42.3 - 57.5 |
King of the United Kingdom: George VI |
Great Britain |
| 11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 |
42.3 - 57.5 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| 6 May 1937 |
42.7 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
42.9 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| 27 Aug 1939 |
45.0 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| 1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945 |
45.0 - 51.0 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 14 May 1940 |
45.7 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| 7 Dec 1941 |
47.3 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| 12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 |
50.6 - 58.4 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| 25 Apr 1945 |
50.7 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| 8 May 1945 |
50.7 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| 21 May 1945 - 4 Apr 1951 |
50.7 - 56.6 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: George Albert Smith |
Mormon History |
| 6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 |
51.0 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| 14 Oct 1946 |
52.1 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| 14 Oct 1947 |
53.1 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| 4 Sep 1948 - 30 Apr 1980 |
54.0 - 85.7 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Juliana |
Netherlands |
| 21 Dec 1948 |
54.3 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| 23 May 1949 |
54.8 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
54.9 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| 15 Sep 1949 - 16 Oct 1963 |
55.1 - 69.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 7 Oct 1949 |
55.1 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| 11 Oct 1949 - 7 Sep 1960 |
55.1 - 66.1 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| 17 Jun 1950 |
55.8 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
55.9 - 58.9 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 9 Apr 1951 - 18 Jan 1970 |
56.6 - 75.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: David O. McKay |
Mormon History |
| 22 Jan 1952 |
57.4 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| 6 Feb 1952 - Today |
57.5 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| 20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 |
58.4 - 66.4 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| 17 Jun 1953 |
58.8 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| 4 Jul 1954 |
59.9 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 1954: Germany |
Germany |
| 24 Feb 1955 - 5 Oct 2011 |
60.5 - 117.2 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| 4 Oct 1957 |
63.1 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| 5 Oct 1958 |
64.1 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 8 Jan 1959 - 28 Apr 1969 |
64.4 - 74.7 |
President of France: Charles de Gaulle |
France |
| 1959 - 30 Apr 1975 |
64.9 - 80.7 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
65.9 - 78.9 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 |
66.4 - 69.3 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| 12 Apr 1961 |
66.7 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| 25 May 1961 - 24 Jul 1975 |
66.8 - 80.9 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| 13 Aug 1961 |
67.0 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| 11 Oct 1962 - 8 Dec 1965 |
68.2 - 71.3 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| 16 Oct 1962 - 28 Oct 1962 |
68.2 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| 16 Oct 1963 - 1 Dec 1966 |
69.2 - 72.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 |
69.3 - 74.4 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
71.9 - 78.9 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| 1 Dec 1966 - 21 Oct 1969 |
72.3 - 75.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
72.9 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| 20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 |
74.4 - 80.0 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 Jun 1969 - 2 Apr 1974 |
74.8 - 79.6 |
President of France: Georges Pompidou |
France |
| 20 Jul 1969 |
74.9 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| 21 Oct 1969 - 7 May 1974 |
75.2 - 79.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 31 Oct 1969 |
75.2 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| 23 Jan 1970 - 2 Jul 1972 |
75.4 - 77.9 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith |
Mormon History |
| 7 Jul 1972 - 26 Dec 1973 |
77.9 - 79.4 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Fielding Smith |
Mormon History |
| 21 Jul 1972 |
77.9 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
78.9 - 81.9 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 30 Dec 1973 - 5 Nov 1985 |
79.4 - 91.2 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Spencer W. Kimball |
Mormon History |
| 16 May 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 |
79.8 - 88.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 27 May 1974 - 21 May 1981 |
79.8 - 86.8 |
President of France: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing |
France |
| 7 Jul 1974 |
79.9 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 1974: Germany |
Germany |
| 8 Jul 1974 |
79.9 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 1990: Germany |
Germany |
| 13 Jul 1974 |
79.9 |
FIFA World Cup Champion 2014: Germany |
Germany |
| 9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 |
80.0 - 82.4 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| 20 Nov 1975 |
81.3 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| 1 Apr 1976 |
81.6 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
81.9 - 94.9 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 |
82.4 - 86.4 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
| 16 Apr 1977 |
82.7 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 27 Dec 1979 - 15 Feb 1989 |
85.4 - 94.5 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 30 Apr 1980 - 30 Apr 2013 |
85.7 - 118.7 |
Queen of the Netherlands: Beatrix |
Netherlands |
| 22 Sep 1980 - 20 Aug 1988 |
86.1 - 94.0 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 |
86.4 - 94.4 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
| 21 May 1981 - 17 May 1995 |
86.8 - 100.8 |
President of France: François Mitterrand |
France |
| 2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 |
87.6 - 87.8 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1 Oct 1982 - 27 Oct 1998 |
88.1 - 104.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 19 Jan 1983 |
88.4 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1983 |
88.9 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
| 24 Jan 1984 |
89.5 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 10 Nov 1985 - 30 May 1994 |
91.2 - 99.8 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Ezra Taft Benson |
Mormon History |
| 20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 |
94.4 - 98.4 |
President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
| 18 Oct 1989 - 3 Dec 1989 |
95.2 - 95.3 |
Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| 2 Aug 1990 - 28 Feb 1991 |
96.0 - 96.6 |
Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 3 Oct 1990 |
96.1 |
German reunification |
Germany |
| 8 Dec 1991 |
97.3 |
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved |
Russia |
| 1992 - 1996 |
97.9 - 101.9 |
Afghan Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 |
98.4 - 106.5 |
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton |
USA - Presidents |
| 4 Aug 1993 |
99.0 |
Introduction of the Apple Newton |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1 Nov 1993 |
99.2 |
Founding of the European Union (EU) |
European Union |
| 5 Jun 1994 - 3 Mar 1995 |
99.8 - 100.6 |
President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Howard W. Hunter |
Mormon History |
| 1994 - 1996 |
99.9 - 101.9 |
First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
John F. Yost
Mollie Lerch
Birth