#Example Data
release_dates = [1897, 1998, 2000, 1948, 1962, 1950, 1975, 1960, 2017, 1937, 1968, 1996, 1944, 1891, 1995, 1948, 2011, 1965, 1891, 1978]


#Simple function for min-max normalization of data
def min_max_normalize(lst):
  minimum = min(lst)
  maximum = max(lst)
  normalized = []
  for i in lst:
    normalized.append((i - minimum) / (maximum - minimum))
  return normalized

print(min_max_normalize(release_dates))
