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Prince
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Prince

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Prince Rogers Nelson, beter bekend onder zijn artiestennaam Prince, was een Amerikaans popartiest in de funk- en rocktraditie. Naast zanger, componist, gitarist, toetsenist en bassist was hij danser, platenproducer, filmregisseur en acteur. Prince stond bekend als een zeer productieve workaholic en een vernieuwer in de…

Heleen Mees
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Heleen Mees
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Heleen Mees is een Nederlands econoom, jurist en publicist. Ze verwierf bekendheid als feminist, die het gebrek aan ambi…

KNVB Beker
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KNVB Beker
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De KNVB Beker is een Nederlandse voetbalcompetitie voor mannen georganiseerd door de nationale voetbalbond KNVB. Het toe…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2013
Savar_Upazila
A building in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people, making it the deadliest accidental structural failure in modern history.
2011
Guantanamo_Bay_files_leak
Secret documents relating to detainees at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp were released on WikiLeaks and several independent news organizations.
2003
Backhoe
A backhoe breached a pipeline in Toronto, Canada, which caused a gas explosion that killed seven people.
1993
Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated a truck bomb in London's financial district in Bishopsgate, killing one person, injuring forty-four others, and causing damage that cost £350 million to repair.
1990
Hubble_Space_Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (pictured) was launched aboard STS-31 by Space Shuttle Discovery.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1980
United_States_Armed_Forces
Eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue the captives in the Iran hostage crisis.
1965
Cold_War
Cold War: The Dominican Civil War broke out due to tensions following a military coup against the democratically elected government of President Juan Bosch two years earlier.
1944
World_War_II
World War II: The British Special Boat Service executed a successful raid to destroy an Axis radio station on the Greek island of Santorini.
1933
Nazi_Germany
Nazi Germany began its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.

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