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23 mei is de 143ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 222 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
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Alexander Van der Bellen is een Oostenrijks econoom en politicus. Sinds januari 2017 is hij de bondspresident van Oosten…
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De Lockheed Martin-F-35 Lightning II, ook bekend als de Joint Strike Fighter, is een multirole straaljager die voortgeko…
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2008
The International Court of Justice awarded the Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to Singapore, resolving a 29-year-old territorial dispute in the Singapore Strait.
1999
Professional wrestler Owen Hart died immediately before a World Wrestling Federation match after dropping 70 feet (21 m) onto the ring during a botched entrance.
1974
The Airbus A300, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France.
1939
The U.S. Navy submarine Squalus sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire, during tests, causing 26 men to drown.
1934
During a strike against the Electric Auto-Lite company in Toledo, a fight began between nearly 10,000 American strikers and sheriff's deputies, later involving the Ohio National Guard.
1895
Backed by Samuel J. Tilden, the Astor Library and the Lenox Library agreed to merge and form the New York Public Library.
1873
The North-West Mounted Police, the forerunner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, was established to bring law and order to and assert Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Territories.
1862
American Civil War: Confederate troops under Stonewall Jackson defeated a Union force at the Battle of Front Royal in Virginia, taking around 700 prisoners.
1706
War of the Spanish Succession: The Grand Alliance armies routed the Franco-Spanish-Bavarian army in Ramillies, present-day Belgium.
1568
The Dutch Revolt broke out when rebels led by Louis of Nassau (pictured) invaded Friesland at the Battle of Heiligerlee.