23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 |
(-79.8) - 0.6 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 |
(-78.0) - 5.7 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 |
(-66.6) - 23.5 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 |
(-65.5) - 25.8 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 |
(-62.3) - 13.8 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 |
(-59.9) - 13.7 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 |
(-57.5) - 22.4 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
20 Apr 1889 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-52.2) - 3.8 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
14 Oct 1890 - 28 Mar 1969 |
(-50.7) - 27.7 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
5 Dec 1901 - 15 Dec 1966 |
(-39.6) - 25.4 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
29 May 1917 - 22 Nov 1963 |
(-24.1) - 22.4 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
14 Jun 1928 - 9 Oct 1967 |
(-13.1) - 26.2 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
15 Jan 1929 - 4 Apr 1968 |
(-12.5) - 26.7 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
5 Aug 1930 - 25 Aug 2012 |
(-10.9) - 71.2 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
30 Jan 1933 - 30 Apr 1945 |
(-8.4) - 3.8 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
4 Mar 1933 - 12 Apr 1945 |
(-8.3) - 3.7 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952 |
(-4.6) - 10.6 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
1 Sep 1939 - 2 Sep 1945 |
(-1.8) - 4.1 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
7 Dec 1941 |
0.4 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
12 Apr 1945 - 20 Jan 1953 |
3.7 - 11.5 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
25 Apr 1945 |
3.8 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
8 May 1945 |
3.8 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
6 Aug 1945 - 9 Aug 1945 |
4.1 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
14 Oct 1946 |
5.2 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
14 Oct 1947 |
6.2 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
21 Dec 1948 |
7.4 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
23 May 1949 |
7.9 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
1949 |
8.0 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
15 Sep 1949 - 16 Oct 1963 |
8.2 - 22.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
7 Oct 1949 |
8.2 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
11 Oct 1949 - 7 Sep 1960 |
8.2 - 19.2 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
17 Jun 1950 |
8.9 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
1950 - 1953 |
9.0 - 12.0 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22 Jan 1952 |
10.5 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
6 Feb 1952 - Today |
10.6 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
20 Jan 1953 - 20 Jan 1961 |
11.5 - 19.5 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
17 Jun 1953 |
11.9 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
24 Feb 1955 - 5 Oct 2011 |
13.6 - 70.3 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
4 Oct 1957 |
16.2 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
5 Oct 1958 |
17.2 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
1959 - 30 Apr 1975 |
18.0 - 33.8 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1960 - 1973 |
19.0 - 32.0 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
20 Jan 1961 - 22 Nov 1963 |
19.5 - 22.4 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
12 Apr 1961 |
19.7 |
First human in space |
Technology |
25 May 1961 - 24 Jul 1975 |
19.9 - 34.0 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
13 Aug 1961 |
20.1 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
11 Oct 1962 - 8 Dec 1965 |
21.2 - 24.4 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
16 Oct 1962 - 28 Oct 1962 |
21.3 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
16 Oct 1963 - 1 Dec 1966 |
22.3 - 25.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
22 Nov 1963 - 20 Jan 1969 |
22.4 - 27.5 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
1966 - 1973 |
25.0 - 32.0 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
1 Dec 1966 - 21 Oct 1969 |
25.4 - 28.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
1967 |
26.0 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
20 Jan 1969 - 9 Aug 1974 |
27.5 - 33.1 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
20 Jul 1969 |
28.0 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
21 Oct 1969 - 7 May 1974 |
28.3 - 32.8 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
31 Oct 1969 |
28.3 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
21 Jul 1972 |
31.0 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
1973 - 1976 |
32.0 - 35.0 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
16 May 1974 - 1 Oct 1982 |
32.8 - 41.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
9 Aug 1974 - 20 Jan 1977 |
33.1 - 35.5 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
20 Nov 1975 |
34.4 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
1 Apr 1976 |
34.7 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1976 - 1989 |
35.0 - 48.0 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
20 Jan 1977 - 20 Jan 1981 |
35.5 - 39.5 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
16 Apr 1977 |
35.8 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
27 Dec 1979 - 15 Feb 1989 |
38.5 - 47.6 |
Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
22 Sep 1980 - 20 Aug 1988 |
39.2 - 47.1 |
First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
20 Jan 1981 - 20 Jan 1989 |
39.5 - 47.5 |
President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan |
USA - Presidents |
2 Apr 1982 - 14 Jun 1982 |
40.7 - 40.9 |
Falklands War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1 Oct 1982 - 27 Oct 1998 |
41.2 - 57.3 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl |
Germany - Chancellors |
19 Jan 1983 |
41.5 |
Introduction of the Apple Lisa |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1983 |
42.0 |
Discovery of HIV |
Medicine |
24 Jan 1984 |
42.5 |
Introduction of the Macintosh |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
20 Jan 1989 - 20 Jan 1993 |
47.5 - 51.5 |
President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
18 Oct 1989 - 3 Dec 1989 |
48.3 - 48.4 |
Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
2 Aug 1990 - 28 Feb 1991 |
49.1 - 49.6 |
Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
3 Oct 1990 |
49.2 |
German reunification |
Germany |
8 Dec 1991 |
50.4 |
Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved |
Russia |
1992 - 1996 |
51.0 - 55.0 |
Afghan Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
20 Jan 1993 - 20 Jan 2001 |
51.5 - 59.6 |
President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton |
USA - Presidents |
4 Aug 1993 |
52.1 |
Introduction of the Apple Newton |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1 Nov 1993 |
52.3 |
Founding of the European Union (EU) |
European Union |
1994 - 1996 |
53.0 - 55.0 |
First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
17 Jan 1995 |
53.5 |
Kobe earthquake |
Disasters |
1998 - 1999 |
57.0 - 58.0 |
Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
1998 - 2003 |
57.0 - 62.0 |
Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
15 Aug 1998 |
57.1 |
Introduction of the Apple iMac |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
27 Oct 1998 - 22 Nov 2005 |
57.3 - 64.4 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder |
Germany - Chancellors |
1 Jan 1999 |
57.5 |
ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community |
European Union |
20 Jan 2001 - 20 Jan 2009 |
59.6 - 67.6 |
President of the United States of America: George W. Bush |
USA - Presidents |
11 Sep 2001 |
60.2 |
September 11 attacks ('9/11') |
USA |
7 Oct 2001 - Today |
60.3 |
Afghanistan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
23 Oct 2001 |
60.3 |
Apple iPod introduced |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
1 Jan 2002 |
60.5 |
Introduction of the Euro |
European Union |
20 Mar 2003 - 1 May 2003 |
61.7 - 61.8 |
Third Gulf War ('Iraq War') |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
26 Dec 2004 |
63.5 |
Indian Ocean tsunami |
Disasters |
6 Jun 2005 |
63.9 |
Apple switches to Intel CPU architecture |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |