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Ahmed Aboutaleb
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Ahmed Aboutaleb

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Ahmed Aboutaleb is een Marokkaans–Nederlands politicus en bestuurder. Hij is lid van de PvdA. Hij was burgemeester van Rotterdam (2009–2024), staatssecretaris van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid in het kabinet-Balkenende IV (2007–2008) en wethouder van Amsterdam (2004–2007).

Chris Froome
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Chris Froome
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Christopher (Chris) Froome OBE is een in Kenia geboren Brits wielrenner. Froome won alle drie de grote rondes: in 2013, …

Ronde van Frankrijk
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Ronde van Frankrijk
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De Ronde van Frankrijk is een meerdaagse wielerwedstrijd die hoofdzakelijk door Frankrijk voert. Samen met de rondes van…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2016
Hillary_Clinton
Hillary Clinton (pictured) became the first female nominee for president of the United States by a major political party at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
2012
New_Irish_Republican_Army
The New Irish Republican Army was formed from a merger of a number of dissident republican militant groups.
2007
Shambo
After widespread controversy throughout Wales, Shambo, a black Friesian bull that had been adopted by the local Hindu community, was slaughtered due to concerns about bovine tuberculosis.
1993
Asiana_Airlines_Flight_733
Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashed into a mountain during a failed attempt to land at Mokpo Airport, South Korea, leading to the deaths of 68 people on board.
1968
Nguyễn_Văn_Thiệu
After coming second to Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in a rigged presidential election, Trương Đình Dzu was jailed by a South Vietnamese military court for illicit currency transactions.
1953
Colorado_City,_Arizona
In Short Creek, Arizona, police conducted a mass arrest of approximately 400 Mormon fundamentalists for polygamy.
1953
Battle_of_the_Samichon_River
The Battle of the Samichon River, the last engagement of the Korean War, ended a few hours before the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement.
1936
Canadian_National_Vimy_Memorial
The Canadian National Vimy Memorial, dedicated to Canadian Expeditionary Force members killed in the First World War, was unveiled in Pas-de-Calais, France.
1887
L._L._Zamenhof
L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed international language.
1882
Boers
Boer mercenaries established the Republic of Stellaland (later flag pictured) in land claimed by the United Kingdom as part of British Bechuanaland.

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