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Oranje (Drenthe)
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Oranje (Drenthe)

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Oranje is een streekdorp in de gemeente Midden-Drenthe, in de Nederlandse provincie Drenthe. Het is gelegen aan het Oranjekanaal tussen Hijken en Smilde. Oranje is gesitueerd rond een voormalige aardappelzetmeelfabriek van Avebe die in het midden van de jaren tachtig sloot.

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7 oktober
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7 oktober is de 280ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 85 dagen tot het einde van het ja…

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Felipe Rodriquez
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Felipe Rodriquez, officiële naam Felipe Rodríguez Svensson, was een Nederlands hacker, internetpionier en ondernemer. Hi…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2023
Palestinian_nationalism
Palestinian nationalist groups launched armed incursions into the Gaza envelope, starting the Gaza war.
2023
Al-Qassam_Brigades
The military wing of the Palestinian nationalist Islamist political organization Hamas massacred people attending an open-air music festival in southern Israel.
2008
2008_TC3
2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to atmospheric entry.
2006
Anna_Politkovskaya
Anna Politkovskaya (pictured), a Russian journalist and human-rights activist, was assassinated in the elevator of her apartment block in Moscow.
1991
Croatian_War_of_Independence
Croatian War of Independence: The Yugoslav People's Army conducted an air strike on Banski Dvori, the official residence of the president of Croatia in Zagreb.
1988
Point_Barrow
Near Point Barrow in Alaska, an Iñupiat hunter discovered three gray whales trapped in pack ice, which resulted in an international effort to free them.
1985
1985_Puerto_Rico_floods
During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.
1944
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: Sonderkommando work-unit members in Auschwitz concentration camp revolted upon learning that they were due to be killed; although a few managed to escape, most were massacred on the same day.
1916
Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football
Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1914
Pohnpei
Japan captured Pohnpei from Germany, eventually leading to large-scale Japanese immigration to Micronesia.

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