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| 1 | 1837 | - 1837—1901: Victoria, Queen (U.K.)
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| 2 | 1849 | - 1849—1890: William III, King (Netherlands)
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| 3 | 1863 | - 1863—1906: Christian IX, King of Denmark
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| 4 | 1877 | - 1877—1881: Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President (U.S.)
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| 5 | 1881 | - 1881—1881: James A. Garfield, 20th President (U.S.)
- 1881—1885: Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (U.S.)
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| 6 | 1885 | - 1885—1889: Grover Cleveland, 22nd President (U.S.)
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| 7 | 1889 | - 1889—1893: Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (U.S.)
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| 8 | 1890 | - 1890—1948: Wilhelmina, Queen (Netherlands)
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| 9 | 1893 | - 1893—1897: Grover Cleveland, 24th President (U.S.)
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| 10 | 1897 | - 1897—1901: William McKinley, 25th President (U.S.)
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| 11 | 1901 | - 1901—1909: Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President (U.S.)
- 1901—1910: Edward VII, King (U.K.)
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| 12 | 1906 | - 1906—1912: Frederick VIII, King of Denmark
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| 13 | 1909 | - 1909—1913: William Howard Taft, 27th President (U.S.)
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| 14 | 1910 | - 1910—1936: George V, King (U.K.)
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| 15 | 1912 | - 1912—1947: Christian X, King of Denmark
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| 16 | 1913 | - 1913—1921: Woodrow Wilson, 28th President (U.S.)
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| 17 | 1914 | - 28 Jul 1914—11 Nov 1918: World War I
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| 18 | 1921 | - 1921—1923: Warren G. Harding, 29th President (U.S.)
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| 19 | 1923 | - 1923—1929: Calvin Coolidge, 30th President (U.S.)
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| 20 | 1929 | - 1929—1933: Herbert Hoover, 31st President (U.S.)
- 1929—1941: The Great Depression
The longest and deepest downturn in the history of the United States and the modern industrial economy lasted more than a decade, beginning in 1929 and ending during World War II in 1941. SOURCE: Federal Reserve History.
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| 21 | 1933 | - 1933—1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President (U.S.)
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| 22 | 1936 | - 1936—1936: Edward VIII, King (U.K.)
- 1936—1952: George VI, King (U.K.)
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| 23 | 1939 | - 1 Sep 1939—2 Sep 1945: World War II
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| 24 | 1940 | - 10 May 1940—5 May 1945: German invasion of the Netherlands
Germany invaded The Netherlands in 1940, with occupation lasting until 1945 when the country was liberated by American, British, and Canadian soldiers.
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| 25 | 1945 | - 1945—1953: Harry S. Truman, 33rd President (U.S.)
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| 26 | 1947 | - 1947—1972: Frederick IX, King of Denmark
- 12 Mar 1947—26 Dec 1991: Cold War Period
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| 27 | 1948 | - 1948—1980: Juliana, Queen (Netherlands)
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| 28 | 1950 | - 25 Jun 1950—27 Jul 1953: Korean Conflict
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| 29 | 1952 | - 6 Feb 1952—2022: Elizabeth II, Queen (U.K.)
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| 30 | 1953 | - 1953—1961: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President (U.S.)
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| 31 | 1955 | - 1 Nov 1955—30 Apr 1975: Vietnam War
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| 32 | 1961 | - 1961—1963: John F. Kennedy, 35th President (U.S.)
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| 33 | 1963 | - 1963—1969: Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (U.S.)
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| 34 | 1969 | - 1969—1974: Richard M. Nixon, 37th President (U.S.)
- 20 Jul 1969: Apollo 13 Lands on the Moon
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| 35 | 1972 | - 1972: Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark
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| 36 | 1974 | - 1974—1977: Gerald R. Ford, 38th President (U.S.)
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| 37 | 1977 | - 1977—1981: Jimmy Carter, 39th President (U.S.)
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| 38 | 1980 | - 30 Apr 1980—30 Apr 2013: Beatrix, Queen (Netherlands)
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| 39 | 1981 | - 1981—1989: Ronald Reagan, 40th President (U.S.)
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| 40 | 1989 | - 1989—1993: George Bush, 41st President (U.S.)
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| 41 | 1990 | - 2 Aug 1990—28 Feb 1991: Persian Gulf War
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| 42 | 1993 | - 1993—2001: William "Bill" Jefferson Clinton, 42nd President (U.S.)
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| 43 | 2001 | - 2001—2009: George Walker Bush, 43rd President (U.S.)
- 11 Sep 2001: September 11th Terrorist Attacks
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| 44 | 2003 | - 20 Mar 2003—1 May 2003: Invasion of Iraq
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