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Cornelia (Cox) Habbema was een Nederlands actrice, theaterregisseur en directeur van de Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
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10 gebeurtenissen2015
Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, died of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police Department.
1995
A truck bombing destroyed much of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (aftermath pictured) in Oklahoma City, killing 168 people and injuring more than 680 others.
1989
A gun turret exploded on board the United States Navy battleship Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
1987
The fictional Simpson family made their first appearance in the short "Good Night", aired in a segment of the The Tracey Ullman Show.
1984
"Advance Australia Fair", written by Scottish-born composer Peter Dodds McCormick, officially replaced "God Save the Queen" as Australia's national anthem.
1971
Salyut 1, the first space station, was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in the Soviet Union.
1971
The Doors' L.A. Woman was released, their final album during Jim Morrison's lifetime.
1956
American actress Grace Kelly (pictured) became the princess consort of Monaco upon her marriage to Rainier III.
1927
American actress Mae West (pictured) was sentenced to ten days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth" with her play Sex.
1903
Anti-Jewish riots broke out in Kishinev, the capital of Bessarabia Governorate, causing the death of nearly 50 Jews and focusing worldwide attention on the persecution of Jews in Russia.