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Star Wars

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Star Wars is een Amerikaanse epische space-opera-filmserie bedacht door George Lucas en ontwikkeld door zijn bedrijf Lucasfilm. Het epos bestaat uit drie afgeronde trilogieën, twee losstaande films, zeven live-actionseries, meerdere animatieseries en meerdere stripreeksen.

Adele
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Adele
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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE is een Britse popzangeres. Ze is bekend van de albums 19, 21, 25 en 30 en onder meer de sin…

Raymond van Barneveld
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Raymond van Barneveld
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Raymond van Barneveld – bijgenaamd Barney – is een Nederlands professioneel darter. Hij begon zijn carrière als WDF/BDO-…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2024
President_of_South_Korea
Acting president and prime minister of South Korea Han Duck-soo was impeached by the National Assembly.
2009
2009_Iranian_presidential_election_protests
During protests in Tehran against the recent presidential election, Iranian security forces opened fire on demonstrators.
2007
Mombasa
Riots erupted in Mombasa, Kenya, after Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the presidential election—the first event in a political, economic, and humanitarian crisis.
2007
Benazir_Bhutto
Former prime minister Benazir Bhutto was assassinated while leaving a Pakistan People's Party political rally at Liaqat National Bagh in Rawalpindi.
2002
Human_cloning
The human-cloning company Clonaid claimed to have performed the first reproductive cloning of a human, but provided no evidence for the claim.
1997
Loyalist_Volunteer_Force
Loyalist Volunteer Force leader Billy Wright was assassinated in HM Prison Maze by members of the Irish National Liberation Army.
1985
Primatology
The body of murdered American primatologist Dian Fossey was discovered inside her cabin in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
1979
Soviet–Afghan_War
Soviet–Afghan War: Soviet troops stormed Tajbeg Palace outside Kabul and killed Afghan president Hafizullah Amin and his 100–150 elite guards.
1949
Indonesian_National_Revolution
Indonesian National Revolution: Queen Juliana of the Netherlands signed papers that relinquished sovereignty of most of the Dutch East Indies, officially recognising the independence of Indonesia.
1939
1939_Erzincan_earthquake
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck central Turkey, destroying 90 per cent of the buildings in the area, and causing over 32,000 deaths.

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