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Martin Luther King Jr.

1929 CE – 1968 CE · 39 years

The preacher who led a nonviolent revolution, shook the conscience of a nation, and died on a motel balcony in Memphis at the age of thirty-nine.

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3000 BCE – still standing

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1847 CE – 1931 CE

Conflict

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1916 CE – 1934 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

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Attested 1650 CE – 1938 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 1930 CE Central Plains War (China) 1931 CE Japanese Invasion of Manchuria 1931 CE Christ the Redeemer 1932 CE Chaco War 1934 CE Italo-Abyssinian Border War (Walwal Incident)

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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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