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2015-08-24

Top reads and historical moments for this date. 4 min leestijd

Wesley Sneijder

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Wesley Sneijder is een Nederlands voormalig profvoetballer die doorgaans als aanvallende middenvelder speelde. Hij speelde tussen 2002 en 2019 voor Ajax, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Galatasaray, OGC Nice en Al-Gharafa. Sneijder was van 2003 tot en met 2018 international in het Nederlands elftal, waarvoor hij 134 inter…

Dafne Schippers

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Dafne Schippers is een Nederlands voormalig atlete. In 2015 werd ze wereldkampioene op de 200 meter in een Europees reco…

24 augustus

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24 augustus is de 236ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 129 dagen tot het einde van het…

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The English Patient (film)

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Tabel van Belgische gemeenten

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Daphne Bunskoek

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Penoza

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Legioen van Eer

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen

2006

International_Astronomical_Union

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

1992

Hurricane_Andrew

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

1966

Cultural_Revolution

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang (depicted), the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

1963

Buddhist_crisis

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

1954

Getúlio_Vargas

In the midst of a political crisis, Brazilian president Getúlio Vargas fatally shot himself in the Catete Palace in Rio de Janeiro.

1942

World_War_II

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

1941

Adolf_Hitler

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

1921

Royal_Navy

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

1914

Battle_of_Cer

The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of World War I.

1889

1888–89_New_Zealand_Native_football_team

The New Zealand Native football team, predominantly comprising Māori players, concluded their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.