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Margaret Thatcher

1925 CE – 2013 CE · 88 years

The grocer's daughter who broke every ceiling in British politics, defeated a military junta, stared down the Soviet Union, and remade the British economy in her own image.

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Hazrat Sultan Mosque

2012 CE – still standing

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Xinjiang

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

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Thomas Edison

1847 CE – 1931 CE

Conflict

Basmachi Movement

1916 CE – 1934 CE

Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Uzbekistan

Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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Nikola Tesla

1856 CE – 1943 CE

Conflict

Indonesian National Revolution

1945 CE – 1949 CE

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1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1992 CE Tajik Civil War 2012 CE Hazrat Sultan Mosque 1925 CE Great Syrian Revolt 1925 CE Sheikh Said Rebellion 1926 CE Northern Expedition (China)

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Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 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 Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing China Polity · East Asia Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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