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1192:See also
1131:1991–94
1125:1989–91
1119:1985–88
1113:1982–85
1107:1979–82
1101:1976–79
1095:1973–76
1089:1970–73
1083:1967–70
1077:1964–67
1071:1962–64
1065:1957–62
1053:1949–51
1044:1945–47
1038:1943–45
1032:1942–43
1026:1939–41
1020:1937–39
1014:1935–37
1008:1933–35
1002:1931–33
996:1929–31
990:1927–29
984:1925–27
978:1923–25
972:1921–23
954:1912–14
942:1907–10
908:1897–99
902:1895–97
893:1891–93
887:1889–91
881:1887–89
875:1885–87
869:1883–84
863:1882–83
857:1879–82
839:1873–75
833:1872–73
824:1867–69
818:1865–67
812:1863–65
806:1861–63
800:1859–61
794:1857–59
788:1855–57
782:1853–55
776:1851–53
770:1849–51
764:1848–49
758:1846–48
752:1844–46
746:1842–44
740:1840–42
731:1836–38
722:1832–34
716:1830–32
709:1828–30
703:1826–28
694:1822–24
688:1820–22
682:1818–20
664:1810–12
655:1806–08
627:1796–98
615:1790–92
609:1788–90
603:1786–88
594:1782–84
575:1776–78
554:1764–66
548:1762–64
536:1756–58
521:1748–50
512:1744–46
494:1736–37
482:1730–32
458:1718–20
449:1714–16
443:1712–13
421:1701–02
402:1699
393:1695–97
387:1693–95
360:1681–83
348:1675–77
321:1659–61
303:1648–51
294:1644–46
210:1602–03
185:1595–96
152:1580–83
143:1574–78
131:1571–72
86:1540–42
77:1537–38
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1436:2015
1407:2015
1379:2015
1357:2015
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