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Are You Being Served?

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Are You Being Served? is een Britse komische serie die geproduceerd werd tussen 1972 en 1985. In Nederland en Vlaanderen is deze serie bekend onder de titel Wordt u al geholpen?. In Nederland werd de eerste aflevering op 21 juni 1974 uitgezonden door de TROS en in 2013 en 2014 werd een aantal seizoenen uitgezonden door…

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7 december
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7 december is de 341ste dag van het jaar in de Gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 24 dagen tot het einde van het j…

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Nicholas Smith
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Nicholas Smith was een Brits acteur. Smith werd vooral bekend als Cuthbert Rumbold in de comedyserie en gelijknamige fil…

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2015
JAXA
The JAXA space probe Akatsuki entered into orbit around Venus to study the planet's atmosphere, five years after its first attempt failed.
2014
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The annual furry convention Midwest FurFest was targeted in an unsolved chlorine gas attack.
2011
Al_Anbar_Governorate
The United States transferred its last base in the Al Anbar Governorate to the Iraqi government, ending the Anbar campaign.
1995
Galileo_(spacecraft)
The Galileo spacecraft arrived at Jupiter, a little more than six years after it was launched by Space Shuttle Atlantis during Mission STS-34.
1988
Surface-wave_magnitude
A 6.8 Ms earthquake struck the Spitak region of Armenia, killing at least 25,000 people (aftermath pictured).
1975
Indonesian_occupation_of_East_Timor
The Indonesian military began a lengthy occupation of East Timor under the pretext of anti-colonialism.
1972
Martin_Bormann
Construction workers found the remains of Martin Bormann near Lehrter Station in Berlin, ending a decades-long search after his conviction in absentia at the Nuremberg trials.
1942
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Second World War: A small unit of Royal Marines launched Operation Frankton, in which they damaged six ships in the port of Bordeaux in German-occupied France.
1936
Cricket
Australian cricketer Jack Fingleton (pictured) became the first player to score centuries in four consecutive Test innings.
1862
American_Civil_War
American Civil War: The Battle of Prairie Grove ended a Confederate attempt to regain control of northwestern Arkansas.

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