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Zlatan Ibrahimović
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Zlatan Ibrahimović

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Zlatan Ibrahimović is een Zweeds voormalig voetballer. Hij speelde doorgaans als spits. Hij wordt doorgaans beschouwd als een van de beste spitsen aller tijden en is een van de meest gedecoreerde voetballers ter wereld met 34 trofeeën tijdens zijn carrière.

Mart Smeets
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Mart Smeets
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Martinus Jan (Mart) Smeets is een Nederlands radio- en televisiepresentator, (sport)journalist en sportcommentator.

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8 juni
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8 juni is de 159ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 206 dagen tot het einde van het jaar…

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2009
2009_imprisonment_of_American_journalists_by_North_Korea
Two American journalists, having been arrested for illegal entry into North Korea, were sentenced to twelve years hard labor before being pardoned two months later.
2008
2008_Akihabara_massacre
A Japanese man drove a truck into a crowd of pedestrians in Akihabara, Tokyo, and proceeded to stab at least 12 people, killing 7 and wounding 10, before being apprehended.
2007
2007_New_South_Wales_storms
A major storm caused the bulk carrier Pasha Bulker to run aground in New South Wales, Australia.
1982
Falklands_War
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked British transport ships while unloading supplies off Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, killing 56 British servicemen and wounding 150 others.
1982
Falklands_War
Falklands War: The Argentine Air Force attacked the neutral oil tanker Hercules while she was traversing the South Atlantic.
1972
Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Phan Thi Kim Phuc fleeing after being burned by napalm.
1967
Israeli_Air_Force
The Israeli Air Force attacked the U.S. Navy intelligence ship USS Liberty in international waters, killing 34 people and wounding 171 others.
1953
1953_Flint–Beecher_tornado
An F5 tornado struck Flint and Beecher, Michigan, causing 116 fatalities, 844 injuries and $19 million in damage during a larger tornado outbreak sequence.
1950
Thomas_Blamey
Thomas Blamey became the only Australian to attain the rank of field marshal.
1941
World_War_II
World War II: The Allies commenced the Syria–Lebanon campaign against Vichy French possessions in the Levant.

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