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2016-05-01

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Erwin Rommel

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Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel was een Duitse generaal-veldmaarschalk. Hij speelde een belangrijke rol in de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Noord-Afrika. Zijn bijnaam was De Woestijnvos. Bij de Tweede Slag bij El Alamein was hij de tegenstander van Bernard Montgomery. Hij dwong zowel bij de Asmogendheden als de geallieerden veel …

Eurovisiesongfestival 2016

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Het Eurovisiesongfestival 2016 was de 61ste editie van deze Europese liedjeswedstrijd. Het festival werd gehouden in de …

Dag van de Arbeid

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De Dag van de Arbeid is een feestdag van de socialistische, communistische en anarchistische arbeidersbeweging. De dag v…

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On This Day

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2016

2016_Fort_McMurray_wildfire

The evacuation of nearly 88,000 people began when a wildfire swept through Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, and burned for another 14 months, becoming the costliest disaster in Canadian history.

1991

Major_League_Baseball

In Major League Baseball, Rickey Henderson broke the record for stolen bases on the same night that Nolan Ryan broke his own record for no-hitters.

1974

Juan_Perón

Argentine president Juan Perón expelled Montoneros from a demonstration in the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, forcing the group to become a clandestine organization.

1950

Gwendolyn_Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

1947

Salvatore_Giuliano

Sicilian separatist Salvatore Giuliano and his gang fired into a crowd of May Day marchers near Piana degli Albanesi, Sicily, killing 11 and wounding 33.

1945

World_War_II

Second World War: British and Indian forces conducted a successful airborne assault on a Japanese artillery battery during the advance to liberate Rangoon, Burma.

1941

Citizen_Kane

Citizen Kane, a widely acclaimed film by actor and director Orson Welles, premiered.

1931

Empire_State_Building

New York City's Empire State Building (pictured), at the time the tallest building in the world, opened.

1900

Dust_explosion

A dust explosion at a coal mine near Scofield, Utah, U.S., killed at least 200 miners.

1885

Chicago_Board_of_Trade_Building

The original Chicago Board of Trade Building opened for business.