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Figure Ghana / New York leader

Kofi Annan

1938 CE – 2018 CE · 80 years

The story of a quiet boy from Kumasi who became the moral voice of a fractured world — from the Gold Coast to the glass towers of the United Nations, from Rwanda’s killing fields to the Nobel stage in Oslo.

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Landmark

Hazrat Sultan Mosque

2012 CE – 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

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Uzbekistan

Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Figure · Austria

Sigmund Freud

1856 CE – 1939 CE

Conflict

Tajik Civil War

1992 CE – 1997 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1938 CE and 2018 CE.

1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1992 CE Tajik Civil War 2012 CE Hazrat Sultan Mosque 1939 CE World War II 1939 CE Winter War 1939 CE Battles of Khalkhin Gol

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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