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Arnold Hunter
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Arnold Hunter

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Arnold Hunter is een Noord-Iers voormalig voetbalscheidsrechter. Hij was in dienst van FIFA en UEFA tussen 2011 en 2019. Ook leidde hij tot 2019 wedstrijden in de NIFL Premiership.

Februaristaking
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Februaristaking
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De Februaristaking was een staking op 25 en 26 februari 1941 die begon in Amsterdam en zich uitbreidde naar de Zaanstree…

Frenk Schinkels
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Frenk Schinkels
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Frenk "Frenkie" Schinkels is een, van oorsprong Nederlandse, Oostenrijkse voormalig voetballer.

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2020
Gui_Minhai
Hong Kong–based writer and publisher Gui Minhai, known for writing about Chinese Communist Party politicians, was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment for intelligence violations.
2009
Pilkhana,_Bangladesh
At their headquarters in Pilkhana, members of the Bangladesh Rifles began a mutiny that resulted in 82 deaths.
1994
Baruch_Goldstein
Israeli physician Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinian Muslims praying at the mosque in Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs, killing 29 people and wounding 125 others.
1986
Ferdinand_Marcos
Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda were ousted from power by the non-violent People Power Revolution, with Corazon Aquino succeeding as president.
1980
Henck_Arron
The first prime minister of independent Suriname, Henck Arron (pictured), was deposed in a military coup led by Dési Bouterse.
1956
On_the_Cult_of_Personality_and_Its_Consequences
In a speech to the 20th Congress of the Communist Party, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev denounced the personality cult and dictatorship of his predecessor Joseph Stalin.
1951
1951_Pan_American_Games
After being postponed due to World War II, the inaugural edition of the Pan American Games opened in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
1948
Edvard_Beneš
Fearful of civil war and Soviet intervention in recent unrest, President Edvard Beneš (pictured) ceded control of the government to the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia.
1933
USS_Ranger_(CV-4)
USS Ranger (pictured), the United States Navy's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, was launched.
1870
United_States_Senate
Mississippi senator Hiram Rhodes Revels became the first African American to be seated in the U.S. Congress.

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