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23 juli is de 204e dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 161 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
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Changeling is een Amerikaanse historische dramafilm uit 2008 geregisseerd door Clint Eastwood. Het scenario voor de film…
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2010
The English-Irish boy band One Direction were formed while auditioning for the 2010 series of the British singing competition The X Factor.
2001
Megawati Sukarnoputri was sworn in (pictured) as the first female president of Indonesia following her predecessor's impeachment.
1999
In Tulia, Texas, 47 people were arrested for dealing cocaine; years later, 35 of the 47 were pardoned by the Governor of Texas.
1995
Hale–Bopp, one of the most widely observed comets of the 20th century, was independently discovered by astronomers Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
1984
Vanessa Williams, the first African-American Miss America, was forced to resign after the magazine Penthouse published nude photos of her without consent.
1982
A helicopter crashed during the filming of Twilight Zone: The Movie in Valencia, California, killing actor Vic Morrow and two child actors.
1968
A shootout between police and a Black power group began in Cleveland, Ohio, sparking three days of rioting.
1942
The Holocaust: The gas chambers at Treblinka extermination camp began operation, killing 6,500 Jews who had been transported from the Warsaw Ghetto the day before.
1940
Sumner Welles, U.S. Under Secretary of State, issued a declaration that the U.S. government would not recognize the Soviet Union's annexation of the Baltic states.
1927
Wilfred Rhodes of England and Yorkshire became the only person to play in 1,000 first-class cricket matches.