6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939 |
(-79.1) - 4.3 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 |
(-73.7) - 6.8 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 |
(-71.9) - 11.8 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
16 Oct 1863 - 17 Mar 1937 |
(-71.6) - 1.8 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 |
(-60.5) - 29.6 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 |
(-59.4) - 31.9 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 |
(-56.2) - 19.9 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 |
(-53.8) - 19.8 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 |
(-51.4) - 28.5 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
20 Apr 1889 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-46.1) - 9.9 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969 |
(-44.6) - 33.8 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966 |
(-33.5) - 31.5 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963 |
(-18.0) - 28.5 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
14 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 1967 |
(-6.9) - 32.4 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968 |
(-6.4) - 32.8 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
5 Aug 1930 - 25 Aug 2012 |
(-4.8) - 77.3 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
30 Jan 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-2.3) - 9.9 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 |
(-2.2) - 9.8 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
1935 |
0.1 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 |
1.5 - 16.7 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
6 May 1937 |
1.9 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
1937 |
2.1 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
27 Aug 1939 |
4.2 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945 |
4.2 - 10.2 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
14 May 1940 |
4.9 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
7 Dec 1941 |
6.5 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 |
9.8 - 17.6 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
25 Apr 1945 |
9.9 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
8 May 1945 |
9.9 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 |
10.2 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
14 Oct 1946 |
11.4 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
14 Oct 1947 |
12.4 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
21 Dec 1948 |
13.5 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
23 May 1949 |
14.0 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
1949 |
14.1 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
15 Sep 1949 - 16 Oct 1963 |
14.3 - 28.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
7 Oct 1949 |
14.3 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
11 Oct 1949 - 7 Sep 1960 |
14.3 - 25.3 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
17 Jun 1950 |
15.0 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
1950 - 1953 |
15.1 - 18.1 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22 Jan 1952 |
16.6 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
6 Feb 1952 - Today |
16.7 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 |
17.6 - 25.6 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
17 Jun 1953 |
18.0 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
24 Feb 1955 - 5 Oct 2011 |
19.7 - 76.4 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
4 Oct 1957 |
22.3 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
5 Oct 1958 |
23.3 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
1959 - 30 Apr 1975 |
24.1 - 39.9 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1960 - 1973 |
25.1 - 38.1 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 |
25.6 - 28.5 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
12 Apr 1961 |
25.9 |
First human in space |
Technology |
25 May 1961 - 24 Jul 1975 |
26.0 - 40.1 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
13 Aug 1961 |
26.2 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
11 Oct 1962 - 8 Dec 1965 |
27.4 - 30.5 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
16 Oct 1962 - 28 Oct 1962 |
27.4 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
16 Oct 1963 - 1 Dec 1966 |
28.4 - 31.5 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 |
28.5 - 33.6 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
1966 - 1973 |
31.1 - 38.1 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
1 Dec 1966 - 21 Oct 1969 |
31.5 - 34.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
1967 |
32.1 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 |
33.6 - 39.2 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
20 Jul 1969 |
34.1 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
21 Oct 1969 - 7 May 1974 |
34.4 - 38.9 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
31 Oct 1969 |
34.4 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
21 Jul 1972 |
37.1 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
1973 - 1976 |
38.1 - 41.1 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
16 May 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 |
39.0 - 47.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 |
39.2 - 41.6 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
20 Nov 1975 |
40.5 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
1 Apr 1976 |
40.8 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1976 - 1989 |
41.1 - 54.1 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 |
41.6 - 45.6 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
16 Apr 1977 |
41.9 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
27 Dec 1979 - 15 Feb 1989 |
44.6 - 53.7 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22 Sep 1980 - 20 Aug 1988 |
45.3 - 53.2 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 |
45.6 - 53.6 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 |
46.8 - 47.0 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1 Oct 1982 - 27 Oct 1998 |
47.3 - 63.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
19 Jan 1983 |
47.6 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1983 |
48.1 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
24 Jan 1984 |
48.7 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |