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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ6-2067 Location: NYWTS -- BIOG · Public domain
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Elvis Presley

1935 CE – 1977 CE · 42 years

The true story of a poor boy from Tupelo who became the most famous entertainer on Earth — and the loneliest man in Graceland.

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Wikipedia

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Elvis Presley on Wikipedia.

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Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Xinjiang

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Figure · Serbia / United States

Nikola Tesla

1856 CE – 1943 CE

Conflict

Indonesian National Revolution

1945 CE – 1949 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Dutch East Indies

Attested 1650 CE – 1938 CE

Figure · Austria

Sigmund Freud

1856 CE – 1939 CE

Landmark

Pamir Mountains

3000 BCE – still standing

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1935 CE and 1977 CE.

1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1935 CE Second Italo-Ethiopian War 1936 CE Spanish Civil War 1936 CE Arab Revolt in Palestine 1937 CE Second Sino-Japanese War 1937 CE Dersim Rebellion

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE World War II Conflict · Europe 1939 CE – 1945 CE Darvaza Gas Crater Landmark · Middle East 1971 CE – still standing China Polity · East Asia Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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