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11 augustus is de 223ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 142 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
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De UEFA Super Cup is de jaarlijkse door de UEFA georganiseerde voetbalwedstrijd tussen de winnaars van de UEFA Champions…
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Imtech kan verwijzen naar:Royal Imtech N.V. was een Nederlands technisch dienstverlenend bedrijf (1993-2015), voortzetti…
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2012
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
1999
Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.
1999
A tornado struck downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
1979
Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.
1977
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto (example pictured) to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
1975
The Timorese Democratic Union launched a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
1973
At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.
1952
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
1945
Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.
1929
The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.