| Aug 5, 1930 - Aug 25, 2012 | (-50.4) - 31.7 | Life of Neil Armstrong | Personalities |
| Feb 6, 1952 - Today | (-28.8) | Queen of the United Kingdom: Elizabeth II | Great Britain |
| Feb 24, 1955 - Oct 5, 2011 | (-25.8) - 30.8 | Life of Steven 'Steve' Paul Jobs | Personalities |
| May 16, 1974 - Oct 1, 1982 | (-6.6) - 1.8 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Schmidt | Germany - Chancellors |
| 1976 - 1989 | (-4.4) - 8.5 | Erich Honecker - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR | GDR |
| Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20, 1981 | (-3.9) - 0.1 | President of the United States of America: Jimmy Carter | USA - Presidents |
| Dec 27, 1979 - Feb 15, 1989 | (-0.9) - 8.2 | Soviet-Afghan War (1979-1989) | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Sep 22, 1980 - Aug 20, 1988 | (-0.2) - 7.7 | First Gulf War ('Iran-Iraq War') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 20, 1981 - Jan 20, 1989 | 0.1 - 8.1 | President of the United States of America: Ronald Reagan | USA - Presidents |
| Apr 2, 1982 - Jun 14, 1982 | 1.3 - 1.5 | Falklands War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 1, 1982 - Oct 27, 1998 | 1.8 - 17.9 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Helmut Kohl | Germany - Chancellors |
| Jan 19, 1983 | 2.1 | Introduction of the Apple Lisa | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| 1983 | 2.5 | Discovery of HIV | Medicine |
| Jan 24, 1984 | 3.1 | Introduction of the Macintosh | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Jan 20, 1989 - Jan 20, 1993 | 8.1 - 12.1 | President of the United States of America: George H. W. Bush | USA - Presidents |
| Oct 18, 1989 - Dec 3, 1989 | 8.8 - 9.0 | Egon Krenz - Chairman of the Council of State of the GDR | GDR |
| Aug 2, 1990 - Feb 28, 1991 | 9.6 - 10.2 | Second Gulf War ('Operation Desert Shield', 'Operation Desert Storm') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 3, 1990 | 9.8 | German reunification | Germany |
| Dec 8, 1991 | 11.0 | Signing of the Belavezha Accords, declaring the Soviet Union dissolved | Russia |
| 1992 - 1996 | 11.5 - 15.5 | Afghan Civil War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 20, 1993 - Jan 20, 2001 | 12.1 - 20.1 | President of the United States of America: Bill Clinton | USA - Presidents |
| Aug 4, 1993 | 12.6 | Introduction of the Apple Newton | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Nov 1, 1993 | 12.9 | Founding of the European Union (EU) | European Union |
| 1994 - 1996 | 13.5 - 15.5 | First Chechen War ('War in Chechnya') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Jan 17, 1995 | 14.1 | Kobe earthquake | Disasters |
| 1998 - 2003 | 17.5 - 22.5 | Second Congo War ('Great War of Africa') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| 1998 - 1999 | 17.5 - 18.5 | Kosovo War ('Kosovo Conflict') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Aug 15, 1998 | 17.7 | Introduction of the Apple iMac | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Oct 27, 1998 - Nov 22, 2005 | 17.9 - 24.9 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Gerhard Schröder | Germany - Chancellors |
| Jan 1, 1999 | 18.0 | ECU as an internal accounting unit in the European Community | European Union |
| Jan 20, 2001 - Jan 20, 2009 | 20.1 - 28.1 | President of the United States of America: George W. Bush | USA - Presidents |
| Sep 11, 2001 | 20.7 | September 11 attacks ('9/11') | USA |
| Oct 7, 2001 - Today | 20.8 | Afghanistan War | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Oct 23, 2001 | 20.8 | Apple iPod introduced | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Jan 1, 2002 | 21.0 | Introduction of the Euro | European Union |
| Mar 20, 2003 - May 1, 2003 | 22.3 - 22.4 | Third Gulf War ('Iraq War') | Wars & Military Conflicts |
| Dec 26, 2004 | 24.0 | Indian Ocean tsunami | Disasters |
| Jun 6, 2005 | 24.5 | Apple switches to Intel CPU architecture | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Nov 22, 2005 - Today | 24.9 | Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany: Angela Merkel | Germany - Chancellors |
| Jan 9, 2007 | 26.1 | Introduction of the Apple iPhone | Apple Inc. - Corporate History |
| Jan 20, 2009 - Today | 28.1 | President of the United States of America: Barack Obama | USA - Presidents |
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