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28 juli is de 209de dag van het jaar in de gregoriaanse kalender. Hierna volgen nog 156 dagen tot het einde van het jaar.
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The Blues Brothers is een Amerikaanse film uit 1980 van John Landis. Dan Aykroyd en John Belushi, die met hun Blues Brot…
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North and South is een miniserie uit 1985 gebaseerd op de bestseller trilogie van John Jakes en bestaat uit de delen Nor…
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On This Day
10 gebeurtenissen2010
In the deadliest air accident in Pakistan's history, Airblue Flight 202 crashed into the Margalla Hills north of Islamabad, killing all 152 aboard.
2005
The Provisional Irish Republican Army announced the formal end of its armed campaign to overthrow British rule in Northern Ireland and create a united Ireland.
2005
Britain's costliest tornado struck Birmingham, injuring 39 people and causing £40 million of damage across the city.
2001
At the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Australian Ian Thorpe became the first swimmer to win six gold medals at a single FINA world championship.
1995
Two followers of the Indian mystic Rajneesh were convicted of a 1985 plot to assassinate Charles Turner, the U.S. attorney for the District of Oregon.
1976
An earthquake registering 7.6 Mw, one of the deadliest in history, devastated Tangshan, China, and killed at least 240,000 people.
1945
A B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, killing 14 people and causing an estimated $1 million in damage.
1940
At the Salzburg Conference, Adolf Hitler demanded the replacement of much of Slovakia's cabinet.
1939
During the excavation of a 7th-century ship burial at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk, England, archaeologists discovered a helmet (reconstruction pictured) that is widely associated with King Rædwald of East Anglia.
1917
In New York City, the NAACP and church and community leaders organized a silent march of at least 8,000 people to protest violence directed towards African Americans.