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`whenYear` >='-3000'
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1960
Burkina Faso
became independent from
France
on
8/5/1960
...
94859
1955
Elvis Presley
on
8/5/1955
...
723375
1552
Genoa
lost
Battle of Ponza
on
8/5/1552
.
Tyrrhenian Sea
...
-99738
1967
The Byrds
released
The Byrds Greatest Hits
on
8/5/1967
...
234043
1063
Gruffydd ap Llywelyn
died
on
8/5/1063
...
261128
1397
Guillaume Dufay
was born
on
8/5/1397
...
94742
1604
John Eliot
was born
on
8/5/1604
...
94745
1607
Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
was born
on
8/5/1607
...
94746
1641
John Hathorne
was born
on
8/5/1641
...
94749
1644
J Henry Alting
died
on
8/5/1644
...
256299
1662
James Anderson
was born
on
8/5/1662
...
94750
1694
Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de
was born
on
8/5/1694
...
94751
1711
Johan Lulofs
was born
on
8/5/1711
...
94752
1743
John Hervey
died
on
8/5/1743
...
254066
1749
Thomas Lynch
was born
on
8/5/1749
...
94753
1778
Thomas Linley
died
on
8/5/1778
...
253071
1797
Thomas Chittenden
lost a job as
Governor of Vermont
on
8/5/1797
...
-154144
1799
Richard Howe
died
on
8/5/1799
...
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