| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-79.5) - 4.2 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-68.2) - 22.0 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-67.1) - 24.2 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-63.9) - 12.2 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-61.5) - 12.1 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-59.0) - 20.9 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-53.8) - 2.3 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-52.3) - 26.2 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
(-41.2) - 23.9 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
(-25.7) - 20.8 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
(-14.6) - 24.7 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
(-14.0) - 25.2 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
(-12.5) - 69.6 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-10.0) - 2.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
(-9.9) - 2.2 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
(-6.1) - 9.0 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
(-3.4) - 2.6 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
2.2 - 10.0 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 25, 1945 |
2.3 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| May 8, 1945 |
2.3 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
2.5 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| Oct 14, 1946 |
3.7 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
4.7 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| Dec 21, 1948 |
5.9 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| May 23, 1949 |
6.3 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
6.4 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
6.6 - 20.7 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 7, 1949 |
6.7 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
6.7 - 17.6 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jun 17, 1950 |
7.4 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
7.4 - 10.4 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 22, 1952 |
9.0 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
9.0 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
10.0 - 18.0 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 17, 1953 |
10.4 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
12.1 - 68.7 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
14.7 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| Oct 5, 1958 |
15.7 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
16.4 - 32.3 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
17.4 - 30.5 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
18.0 - 20.8 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
18.2 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
18.3 - 32.5 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| Aug 13, 1961 |
18.6 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
19.7 - 22.9 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
19.7 - 19.8 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
John F Long
Helen V Scanlon
Birth