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Spijtoptant

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Een spijtoptant is in het algemeen iemand die een keuze heeft gemaakt en daar later van terug wil komen omdat hij er spijt van heeft. In het strafrecht zijn spijtoptanten personen die in ruil voor strafverlichting belastende verklaringen afleggen over anderen en/of zichzelf.

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21 maart is de 80ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 285 dagen tot het einde van het jaa…

Guy Pearce
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Guy Pearce
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Guy Edward Pearce is een Australisch acteur.

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2019
2019_Xiangshui_chemical_plant_explosion
A major explosion at a chemical plant in Yancheng, China, killed 78 people and injured 640 others.
1980
Dallas_(TV_series)
The American soap opera Dallas aired the episode "A House Divided", which led to eight months of international speculation on "Who shot J.R.?"
1968
War_of_Attrition
War of Attrition: The Battle of Karameh took place between the Israel Defense Forces and allied troops of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Jordanian Armed Forces.
1963
Alcatraz_Federal_Penitentiary
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, California—one of the world's most notorious and best known prisons—was closed.
1960
Sharpeville
Police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire on a group of unarmed black demonstrators who were protesting pass laws, killing 69 people and wounding 180 others.
1952
Moondog_Coronation_Ball
The Moondog Coronation Ball (poster pictured), generally considered to be the first major rock and roll concert, took place at the Cleveland Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.
1946
Los_Angeles_Rams
The Los Angeles Rams signed Kenny Washington, making him the first African-American player in the National Football League since 1933.
1937
Blanton_Winship
A police squad, acting under orders from Governor of Puerto Rico Blanton Winship, opened fire on demonstrators protesting the arrest of Puerto Rican Nationalist leader Pedro Albizu Campos, killing 21 people and injuring 235 others.
1925
L'enfant_et_les_sortilèges
Ravel's opera L'enfant et les sortilèges (cover pictured), to a libretto by Colette, was premiered at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
1918
World_War_I
First World War: The German Army opened the Spring Offensive with Operation Michael, attempting to break through the Allied lines and to seize ports on the English Channel.

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