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Danny Makkelie
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Danny Makkelie

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Danny Desmond Makkelie is een Nederlandse voetbalscheidsrechter en voormalig politie-inspecteur. Hij debuteerde in 2009 in de Eredivisie. Makkelie is lange tijd werkzaam geweest bij de Nationale Politie en werd in november 2017 bevorderd tot inspecteur van politie. Hij vervulde deze baan op parttime basis en combineerd…

Amstel Gold Race
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Amstel Gold Race
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De Amstel Gold Race is een sinds 1966 jaarlijks in het voorjaar in de Limburgse heuvels verreden Nederlandse wielerklass…

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17 april is de 107de dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 258 dagen tot het einde van het jaa…

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10 gebeurtenissen
2014
NASA
NASA announced the discovery of Kepler-186f (pictured), the first exoplanet with a radius similar to Earth's discovered in the habitable zone of another star.
1986
Three_Hundred_and_Thirty_Five_Years'_War
Having supposedly been at war for 335 years without a single shot having been fired and no casualties incurred, the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly declared peace.
1984
Metropolitan_Police
Metropolitan Police officer Yvonne Fletcher was shot and killed while on duty during a protest outside the Libyan embassy in London, resulting in an 11-day police siege of the building and a breakdown of Libya–United Kingdom relations.
1975
Khmer_Rouge
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing the socialist state of Democratic Kampuchea.
1973
George_Lucas
George Lucas began writing a 13-page film treatment that later formed the basis of Star Wars.
1971
Ustaše
Ustaše-affiliated Croatian separatists attacked the Yugoslav embassy in Stockholm, fatally shooting the ambassador, Vladimir Rolović.
1969
Sirhan_Sirhan
Sirhan Sirhan was convicted of the assassination of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
1951
Peak_District
The Peak District was designated the first national park in the United Kingdom.
1907
Brazilian_battleship_Minas_Geraes
Minas Geraes (pictured), the first of three Brazilian dreadnought battleships, was laid down, sparking a vastly expensive South American naval arms race with Argentina and Chile.
1809
Napoleonic_Wars
Napoleonic Wars: After a three-day chase, the French ship D'Hautpoul was captured off Puerto Rico by a British squadron under Alexander Cochrane.

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