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Adriaan Geuze is een Nederlandse landschapsarchitect en de oprichter en eigenaar van West 8 urban design & landscape architecture BV.
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2015
Suicide bombers assassinated Pakistani politician Shuja Khanzada and killed at least 21 others at his home in Attock District.
2009
At the World Championships in Athletics in Berlin, Usain Bolt ran the 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, breaking his own record set a year earlier.
1986
Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days.
1977
American singer and actor Elvis Presley (pictured) was found dead in his home in Memphis, Tennessee.
1962
The English rock band the Beatles fired their drummer Pete Best, replacing him with Ringo Starr (pictured).
1946
Widespread riots between Hindus and Muslims took place in Calcutta following the All-India Muslim League's call for an independent Pakistan.
1945
The Stanley Internment Camp in Hong Kong was liberated following the announcement of the surrender of Japan in World War II.
1942
The Holocaust: During the deportation of Jews from Slovakia, President Jozef Tiso gave a speech describing Jews as "parasites" and "the eternal enemy".
1929
A long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated into a week-long period of violent riots throughout Palestine.
1920
The Battle of Radzymin, one of the bloodiest and most intense battles of the Polish–Soviet War, concluded with a Polish victory.