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Twenty-First Century

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2017 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2012 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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2010 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2009 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2008 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2007 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2006 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2005 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2004 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2003 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2002 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2001 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2000 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Twentieth Century*

1999 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1998 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1997 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1996 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1995 -- Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Xtra
1994 -- May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

Ninteenth Century

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*NOTE: Give or take a year. Yes, we know that the twenty-first century probably didn't start until 2001.

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