| Dec 15, 1832 - Dec 27, 1923 |
(-75.9) - 15.2 |
Life of Gustave Eiffel |
Personalities |
| Jul 8, 1838 - Mar 8, 1917 |
(-70.3) - 8.4 |
Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin |
Personalities |
| Dec 11, 1843 - May 27, 1910 |
(-64.9) - 1.6 |
Life of Robert Koch |
Personalities |
| Nov 25, 1844 - Apr 4, 1929 |
(-63.9) - 20.5 |
Life of Carl Benz |
Personalities |
| Feb 11, 1847 - Oct 18, 1931 |
(-61.7) - 23.0 |
Life of Thomas Alva Edison |
Personalities |
| Mar 3, 1847 - Aug 1, 1922 |
(-61.6) - 13.8 |
Life of Alexander Graham Bell |
Personalities |
| May 6, 1856 - Sep 23, 1939 |
(-52.5) - 31.0 |
Life of Sigmund Freud |
Personalities |
| Sep 23, 1861 - Mar 12, 1942 |
(-47.1) - 33.4 |
Life of Robert Bosch |
Personalities |
| Jul 30, 1863 - Apr 7, 1947 |
(-45.2) - 38.5 |
Life of Henry Ford |
Personalities |
| Oct 16, 1863 - Mar 17, 1937 |
(-45.0) - 28.5 |
Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain |
Personalities |
| Apr 22, 1870 - Jan 21, 1924 |
(-38.5) - 15.3 |
Life of Vladimir Lenin |
Personalities |
| Nov 30, 1874 - Jan 24, 1965 |
(-33.9) - 56.3 |
Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
Personalities |
| Jan 5, 1876 - Apr 19, 1967 |
(-32.8) - 58.6 |
Life of Konrad Adenauer |
Personalities |
| Mar 14, 1879 - Apr 18, 1955 |
(-29.6) - 46.6 |
Life of Albert Einstein |
Personalities |
| Aug 6, 1881 - Mar 11, 1955 |
(-27.2) - 46.4 |
Life of Alexander Fleming |
Personalities |
| Jan 21, 1884 - Dec 12, 1963 |
(-24.7) - 55.2 |
Life of Theodor Heuss |
Personalities |
| Jun 15, 1888 - Nov 9, 1918 |
(-20.3) - 10.1 |
German Emperor: Wilhelm II |
Germany |
| Apr 20, 1889 - Apr 30, 1945 |
(-19.5) - 36.6 |
Life of Adolf Hitler |
Personalities |
| Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969 |
(-18.0) - 60.5 |
Life of Dwight David Eisenhower |
Personalities |
| Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 4, 1909 |
(-7.1) - 0.4 |
President of the United States of America: Theodore Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 5, 1901 - Dec 15, 1966 |
(-6.8) - 58.2 |
Life of Walter Elias Disney |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1909 - Mar 4, 1913 |
0.4 - 4.4 |
President of the United States of America: William Howard Taft |
USA - Presidents |
| 1909 |
0.7 |
Discovery of antibiotics |
Medicine |
| May 30, 1911 |
2.6 |
First 'Indy 500' race in Indianapolis |
Automobile History |
| May 30, 1911 |
2.6 |
One in seven families in the US owns a car |
Automobile History |
| Oct 23, 1911 |
3.0 |
First military use of an airplane |
Aviation History |
| Mar 4, 1913 - Mar 4, 1921 |
4.4 - 12.4 |
President of the United States of America: Woodrow Wilson |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 14, 1914 - Jun 15, 1914 |
5.7 |
First transatlantic flight |
Aviation History |
| Jun 28, 1914 - Nov 11, 1918 |
5.7 - 10.1 |
World War I |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 6, 1914 - Nov 25, 1918 |
5.8 - 10.1 |
East African Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 13, 1914 - Jul 9, 1915 |
5.9 - 6.8 |
South-West Africa Campaign (World War I) |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 14, 1914 - Oct 24, 1914 |
6.0 |
Maritz Rebellion |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Apr 24, 1916 - Apr 30, 1916 |
7.5 - 7.6 |
Easter Rising |
Great Britain |
| 1916 |
7.7 |
Establishment of BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG) |
Companies |
| Mar 8, 1917 - Mar 12, 1917 |
8.4 |
Russian February Revolution |
Russia |
| May 29, 1917 - Nov 22, 1963 |
8.6 - 55.2 |
Life of John F. Kennedy |
Personalities |
| 1917 - 1923 |
8.7 - 14.7 |
Russian Civil War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Nov 7, 1917 |
9.1 |
Founding of the Russian Socialist Federal Soviet Republic |
Russia |
| Nov 9, 1918 |
10.1 |
German Revolution |
Germany |
| Feb 11, 1919 - Feb 28, 1925 |
10.3 - 16.4 |
President of Germany: Friedrich Ebert |
Germany |
| Feb 13, 1919 - Jun 20, 1919 |
10.4 - 10.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Philipp Scheidemann |
Germany |
| May 6, 1919 - Aug 8, 1919 |
10.6 - 10.8 |
Third Anglo-Afghan War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1919 |
10.7 |
First transatlantic zeppelin flight |
Aviation History |
| Aug 11, 1919 |
10.8 |
Adoption of the Weimar Constitution |
Germany |
| Sep 10, 1919 |
10.9 |
Treaty of Saint-Germain |
Italy |
| Mar 4, 1921 - Aug 2, 1923 |
12.4 - 14.8 |
President of the United States of America: Warren G. Harding |
USA - Presidents |
| Dec 6, 1921 |
13.2 |
Anglo-Irish Treaty |
Great Britain |
| Oct 28, 1922 |
14.1 |
Benito Mussolini becomes Prime Minister of Italy |
Italy |
| Aug 2, 1923 - Mar 4, 1929 |
14.8 - 20.4 |
President of the United States of America: Calvin Coolidge |
USA - Presidents |
| Aug 13, 1923 - Nov 23, 1923 |
14.9 - 15.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Gustav Stresemann |
Germany |
| Sep 13, 1923 |
14.9 |
Establishment of the military dictatorship |
Spain |
| May 12, 1925 - Aug 2, 1934 |
16.6 - 25.8 |
President of Germany: Paul von Hindenburg |
Germany |
| Jun 14, 1928 - Oct 9, 1967 |
19.7 - 59.0 |
Life of Che Guevara |
Personalities |
| 1928 |
19.7 |
Discovery of penicillin |
Medicine |
| Jan 15, 1929 - Apr 4, 1968 |
20.3 - 59.5 |
Life of Martin Luther King |
Personalities |
| Mar 4, 1929 - Mar 4, 1933 |
20.4 - 24.4 |
President of the United States of America: Herbert Hoover |
USA - Presidents |
| Oct 25, 1929 |
21.1 |
'Black Friday' |
USA |
| Jan 22, 1930 - May 1, 1931 |
21.3 - 22.6 |
Construction period of the Empire State Building |
Monuments |
| Mar 30, 1930 - May 30, 1932 |
21.5 - 23.7 |
Chancellor of Germany: Heinrich Brüning |
Germany |
| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 |
21.8 - 103.9 |
Life of Neil Armstrong |
Personalities |
| Apr 14, 1931 |
22.5 |
Proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic |
Spain |
| 1931 |
22.7 |
Establishment of Porsche |
Companies |
| Dec 11, 1931 |
23.2 |
Statute of Westminster |
Great Britain |
| Jun 1, 1932 - Nov 17, 1932 |
23.7 - 24.1 |
Chancellor of Germany: Franz von Papen |
Germany |
| Dec 3, 1932 - Jan 28, 1933 |
24.2 - 24.3 |
Chancellor of Germany: Kurt von Schleicher |
Germany |
| Jan 30, 1933 - Apr 30, 1945 |
24.3 - 36.6 |
Chancellor of Germany: Adolf Hitler |
Germany |
| Feb 28, 1933 - Mar 23, 1933 |
24.4 - 24.5 |
'Reichstag Fire Decree' and 'Enabling Act': De facto end of the Weimar Republic & beginning of Nazi dictatorship |
Germany |
| Mar 4, 1933 - Apr 12, 1945 |
24.4 - 36.5 |
President of the United States of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |
USA - Presidents |
| 1935 |
26.7 |
Italy occupies Ethiopia, the last remaining free territory in Africa. |
Discoveries & Colonization |
| Dec 11, 1936 - Feb 6, 1952 |
28.2 - 43.4 |
Queen consort of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 'Queen Mum' |
Great Britain |
| May 6, 1937 |
28.6 |
Hindenburg disaster |
Aviation History |
| 1937 |
28.7 |
Construction period of the Golden Gate Bridge |
Monuments |
| Aug 27, 1939 |
30.9 |
First flight of turbine-equipped jet plane |
Aviation History |
| Sep 1, 1939 - Sep 2, 1945 |
30.9 - 36.9 |
World War II |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| May 14, 1940 |
31.6 |
Establishment of McDonald's |
Companies |
| Dec 7, 1941 |
33.2 |
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor |
USA |
| Apr 12, 1945 - Jan 20, 1953 |
36.5 - 44.3 |
President of the United States of America: Harry S. Truman |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 25, 1945 |
36.6 |
Establishment of the United Nations |
World |
| May 8, 1945 |
36.6 |
Unconditional surrender of the German Empire |
Germany |
| Aug 6, 1945 - Aug 9, 1945 |
36.8 - 36.9 |
Nuclear bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
USA |
| Oct 14, 1946 |
38.0 |
Start of the 4th French Republic |
France |
| Oct 14, 1947 |
39.0 |
First supersonic flight of the Bell X-1 |
Aviation History |
| Dec 21, 1948 |
40.2 |
Republic of Ireland Act |
Great Britain |
| May 23, 1949 |
40.6 |
Establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany |
Germany |
| 1949 |
40.8 |
Establishment of Circuit City |
Companies |
| Sep 15, 1949 - Oct 16, 1963 |
41.0 - 55.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Konrad Adenauer |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 7, 1949 |
41.0 |
Establishment of the German Democratic Republic |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1949 - Sep 7, 1960 |
41.0 - 51.9 |
Wilhelm Pieck - State President of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jun 17, 1950 |
41.7 |
First successful organ transplant |
Medicine |
| 1950 - 1953 |
41.8 - 44.8 |
Korean War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 22, 1952 |
43.3 |
First jet airliner in regular commercial use |
Aviation History |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today |
43.4 |
Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II |
Great Britain |
| Jan 20, 1953 - Jan 20, 1961 |
44.3 - 52.3 |
President of the United States of America: Dwight D. Eisenhower |
USA - Presidents |
| Jun 17, 1953 |
44.7 |
Uprising of June 17, 1953 in East Germany |
Germany |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 |
46.4 - 103.1 |
Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs |
Personalities |
| Oct 4, 1957 |
49.0 |
Sputnik launched: first artificial satellite in Earth's orbit |
Technology |
| Oct 5, 1958 |
50.0 |
Start of the 5th French Republic |
France |
| 1959 - Apr 30, 1975 |
50.8 - 66.6 |
Vietnam War |
Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1960 - 1973 |
51.8 - 64.8 |
Walter Ulbricht - Chairman of the State Council of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1961 - Nov 22, 1963 |
52.3 - 55.2 |
President of the United States of America: John F. Kennedy |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 12, 1961 |
52.5 |
First human in space |
Technology |
| May 25, 1961 - Jul 24, 1975 |
52.7 - 66.8 |
Apollo Space Program |
Technology |
| Aug 13, 1961 |
52.9 |
Construction of the Berlin Wall |
Germany |
| Oct 11, 1962 - Dec 8, 1965 |
54.0 - 57.2 |
Second Vatican Council |
World |
| Oct 16, 1962 - Oct 28, 1962 |
54.1 |
Cuban Missile Crisis ('October Crisis') |
USA |
| Oct 16, 1963 - Dec 1, 1966 |
55.1 - 58.2 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Ludwig Erhard |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Nov 22, 1963 - Jan 20, 1969 |
55.2 - 60.3 |
President of the United States of America: Lyndon B. Johnson |
USA - Presidents |
| 1966 - 1973 |
57.8 - 64.8 |
Construction period of the World Trade Center |
Monuments |
| Dec 1, 1966 - Oct 21, 1969 |
58.2 - 61.1 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Kurt Georg Kiesinger |
Germany - Chancellors |
| 1967 |
58.8 |
Founding of the European Community (EC) |
European Union |
| Jan 20, 1969 - Aug 9, 1974 |
60.3 - 65.9 |
President of the United States of America: Richard Nixon |
USA - Presidents |
| Jul 20, 1969 |
60.8 |
First man on the moon |
Technology |
| Oct 21, 1969 - May 7, 1974 |
61.1 - 65.6 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Willy Brandt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Oct 31, 1969 |
61.1 |
Establishment of Wal Mart |
Companies |
| Jul 21, 1972 |
63.8 |
Bloody Friday |
Great Britain |
| 1973 - 1976 |
64.8 - 67.8 |
Willi Stoph - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 |
65.6 - 74.0 |
Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt |
Germany - Chancellors |
| Aug 9, 1974 - Jan 20, 1977 |
65.9 - 68.3 |
President of the United States of America: Gerald Ford |
USA - Presidents |
| Nov 20, 1975 |
67.2 |
Franco's Death, end of the Francoist regime |
Spain |
| Apr 1, 1976 |
67.5 |
Apple Computer is established |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1976 - 1989 |
67.8 - 80.8 |
Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR |
GDR |
| Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 |
68.3 - 72.3 |
President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter |
USA - Presidents |
| Apr 16, 1977 |
68.6 |
Introduction of the Apple II |
Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
Eugene W Perrault
Margaret Perrault
Birth