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Independence Day (Verenigde Staten)
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Independence Day (Verenigde Staten)

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Independence Day ("Onafhankelijkheidsdag"), ook wel Fourth of July genoemd, is in de Verenigde Staten van Amerika een nationale feestdag ter viering van de aanname van de Amerikaanse Onafhankelijkheidsverklaring op 4 juli 1776. In deze verklaring werd de onafhankelijkheid van de VS tegenover het Koninkrijk Groot-Britta…

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Suikerfeest
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Het Suikerfeest, Ramadanfeest of Eid-al-fitr is een islamitische feestdag waarop het einde van de vastenmaand ramadan ge…

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4 juli
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4 juli is de 185ste dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 180 dagen tot het einde van het jaar…

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On This Day

10 gebeurtenissen
2024
Keir_Starmer
Keir Starmer leads the Labour Party to a landslide victory in the United Kingdom general election, ending fourteen years of Conservative rule.
1998
Monster_movie
The monster movie Pulgasari, the most-widely-seen North Korean film ever made, premiered in Tokyo, Japan.
1988
Kylie_Minogue
Kylie Minogue's first album, Kylie, was released, and went on to top the charts in the UK and New Zealand.
1982
1982_kidnapping_of_Iranian_diplomats
Four Iranian diplomats were kidnapped after they were stopped at a checkpoint in northern Lebanon by Lebanese Phalange forces; their fates remain unknown.
1976
Israel_Defense_Forces
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139.
1954
1954_FIFA_World_Cup_final
In what is known as "The Miracle of Bern", West Germany defeated Hungary 3–2 to win the FIFA World Cup.
1951
William_Shockley
William Shockley announced the invention of the junction transistor, for which he, John Bardeen, and Walter Houser Brattain later won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
1945
Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia (pictured) was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300 people.
1943
Władysław_Sikorski
The aircraft carrying Władysław Sikorski, prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile, crashed off Gibraltar, killing him and fifteen others and leading to several conspiracy theories.
1941
The_Holocaust
The Holocaust: During the German occupation of Latvia, a number of synagogues in Riga were set on fire, killing many Jews who were confined within.

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